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MeteoSwiss Open Data (SwissMetNet stations, radar, climate, forecasts)

Five open-data categories (ground-based measurements, atmosphere measurements, climate data, radar data, forecast data), with station measurements in 10-minute, hourly, daily, monthly and yearly resolutions. MeteoSwiss says it "is also working to enable access to certain data through individual API queries", but "this option will not be available before end of 2026" (file/STAC access works now). Update cadence: varies by collection; Not stated as one figure.

Open opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch
Signal Scoredraft model
95
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
CC-BY-4.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
3 source links checked
15
Freshness
verified 2026-11-09
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
20

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
Free, no key. Open data is published as files via a STAC catalogue; a per-query API "will not be available before end of 2026".
Rate limits
No numeric limit; terms bar "excessive use in terms of access frequency or data volume" (in particular high-frequency downloading of the same content).
Licence
CC-BY-4.0terms
Licence note
The terms of use page says: "The 'Open Data' of MeteoSwiss are published accordingly under the Creative Commons Licence CC BY 4.0 ." Cite the source: "The 'Open Data' from MeteoSwiss may be used without restriction; the source must be cited when reproducing or redistributing (\" Source: MeteoSwiss \")." WARNING: "excessive use in terms of access frequency or data volume" is prohibited and may lead to restricted or blocked access.
Attribution
Required: cite "Source: MeteoSwiss" (or the French/German/Italian equivalent) when reproducing or redistributing.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-09

  1. 01opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch/
  2. 02opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch/general/terms-of-use
  3. 03data.geo.admin.ch/api/stac/v1/collections/ch.meteoschweiz.ogd-smn

// Good for

weatherswitzerlandstationsstacclimateapi

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "meteoswiss-open-data"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
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  "slug": "meteoswiss-open-data",
  "domain": "Weather",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "No numeric limit; terms bar \"excessive use in terms of access frequency or data volume\" (in particular high-frequency downloading of the same content).",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch/general/terms-of-use",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch/",
    "https://opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch/general/terms-of-use",
    "https://data.geo.admin.ch/api/stac/v1/collections/ch.meteoschweiz.ogd-smn"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "weather",
    "switzerland",
    "stations",
    "stac",
    "climate",
    "api"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch/"
}

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