# Meteomatics Weather API vs WeatherAPI.com (slim)

> WeatherAPI.com scores 65.3 (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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WeatherAPI.com scores 65.3 (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
- WeatherAPI.com: B 65.3, rank #260 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/weatherapi-com.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 37.
- WeatherAPI.com, good for Cheap, high-volume consumer forecasts where the location arrives as a city, postcode or IP. Ahead on Reliability, 90 against 34; Schema & documentation, 89 against 71; Payments & pricing, 30 against 0; Transparency & trust, 65 against 59. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Meteomatics Weather API | WeatherAPI.com |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 34 | 90 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 71 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 42 | 45 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 59 | 65 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Meteomatics Weather API | WeatherAPI.com |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Meteomatics AG | WeatherAPI.com (Zoomash Ltd) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.meteomatics.com` | `https://api.weatherapi.com/v1` |
| 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 | none |
| Tools exposed | 9 | none |
| Last release | 2026-08-24 | none |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 56 stars, 16k PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |