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SMHI Open Data (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute)

Open meteorological observation, forecast, hydrology and ocean data served by SMHI's download APIs. Update cadence: Not stated on the terms page.

Open opendata.smhi.se
Signal Scoredraft model
92
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
17

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
Free, no key, via JSON/XML download APIs (e.g. opendata-download-metobs).
Rate limits
Not stated on the terms page.
Licence
CC-BY-4.0terms
Licence note
Swedish terms page (Signal Lab translation in brackets): "Med våra öppna data följer licensvillkoren Creative commons Erkännande 4.0 SE." [Our open data carries the licence terms Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 SE.] "Detta är tillåtet även för kommersiella ändamål. Du ska ange SMHI som källa och även ange om du har ändrat i licensmaterialet." [This is permitted for commercial purposes too. You must state SMHI as the source and also state if you have changed the licensed material.] WARNING: "För konsekvensbaserade vädervarningar och meddelanden gäller särskilda licensvillkor." [Separate licence terms apply to impact-based weather warnings and messages.] This entry is scoped to SMHI's open data, not those warnings.
Attribution
Required: state SMHI as the source and note any changes to the licensed material.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-09

  1. 01opendata.smhi.se/
  2. 02www.smhi.se/data/om-smhis-data/villkor-for-anvandning
  3. 03opendata-download-metobs.smhi.se/api/version/1.0.json

// Good for

weatherswedenhydrologyoceanapi

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "smhi-open-data-api"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "SMHI Open Data (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute)",
  "slug": "smhi-open-data-api",
  "domain": "Weather",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated on the terms page.",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.smhi.se/data/om-smhis-data/villkor-for-anvandning",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://opendata.smhi.se/",
    "https://www.smhi.se/data/om-smhis-data/villkor-for-anvandning",
    "https://opendata-download-metobs.smhi.se/api/version/1.0.json"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "weather",
    "sweden",
    "hydrology",
    "ocean",
    "api"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://opendata.smhi.se/"
}

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