# Meteomatics Weather API vs Pirate Weather (slim)

> Pirate Weather scores 65.9 (B) on agent readiness against Meteomatics Weather API's 49.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Meteomatics 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 Meteomatics Weather API's 49.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Meteomatics Weather API leads on security & auth. Both do weather current.

- Meteomatics Weather API: D 49.6, rank #606 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/meteomatics.min.md
- Pirate Weather: B 65.9, rank #249 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pirate-weather.min.md
- Meteomatics Weather API, good for Companies in energy, aviation, insurance and logistics that need many models, long history, polygon and route queries and an SLA, and will buy by contract. Ahead on Security & auth, 54 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 Reliability, 75 against 34; Schema & documentation, 85 against 71; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Maintenance & community, 80 against 42; Transparency & trust, 68 against 59. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Meteomatics Weather API | Pirate Weather |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 34 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 45 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 42 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Meteomatics Weather API | Pirate Weather |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Meteomatics AG | Pirate Weather |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.meteomatics.com` | `https://api.pirateweather.net/forecast` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Meteomatics' general terms and conditions. The Python connector on GitHub is MIT | Apache-2.0 (docs and spec), AGPL-3.0 (API code) |
| Tools exposed | 9 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-08-24 | 2026-09-23 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 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 | 56 stars, 16k PyPI/wk | 907 stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |