# meteoblue Weather API vs Pirate Weather (slim)

> Pirate Weather scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against meteoblue Weather API's 61.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. meteoblue Weather API leads on security & auth. Both do weather current. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Pirate Weather scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against meteoblue Weather API's 61.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. meteoblue Weather API leads on security & auth. Both do weather current.

- meteoblue Weather API: C 61.7, rank #360 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meteoblue.min.md
- Pirate Weather: B 65.9, rank #249 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pirate-weather.min.md
- meteoblue Weather API, good for Energy, agriculture and marine applications that need solar, wind, soil, sea or ensemble variables at a point, with history back to 1940 on a paid plan. Ahead on Security & auth, 51 against 45.
- Pirate Weather, good for Agents and apps that want Dark Sky-shaped forecasts, model transparency and deep history on a small budget. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 77; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 66; Maintenance & community, 80 against 57; Transparency & trust, 68 against 61. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | meteoblue Weather API | Pirate Weather |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 66 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 45 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 34 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 57 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 61 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | meteoblue Weather API | Pirate Weather |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | meteoblue AG | Pirate Weather |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://my.meteoblue.com` | `https://api.pirateweather.net/forecast` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary service under meteoblue's general terms and conditions. The Python SDK for the Dataset API is MIT | Apache-2.0 (docs and spec), AGPL-3.0 (API code) |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-22 | 2026-09-23 |
| Terms last updated | 2018-05-24 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-05-15 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 8 stars, 512 PyPI/wk | 907 stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |