# AccuWeather APIs

Your gateway to the world’s most accurate, hyper-local, and globally trusted weather data. Whether you're building a mobile app, web platform, or IoT solution, our APIs empower you to deliver timely and relevant weather intelligence that keeps users informed, engaged, and prepared.

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## Global Reach, Local Precision, Built for Developers

AccuWeather offers superior accuracy and globally-scalable RESTful APIs.

- Hyper-local forecasts, updated in real time
- Global coverage with **200+ languages and dialects**
- Seamless integration across industries and platforms
- Detailed API documentation: [Core Weather](/core-weather) and [MinuteCast™](/minutecast)

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## Core Weather APIs

### **[Locations](/core-weather/text-search)**

Easily retrieve location data using:

- City names/documentation/location-keys
- ZIP/postal codes
- GPS coordinates
- Points of interest

Use [location Keys](/documentation/location-keys) to access all other weather content such as Current Conditions, Forecasts, Alerts, and more for millions of locations worldwide.

### **[Current Conditions](/core-weather/location-key-currentconditions)**

Get real-time observations with:

- Temperature, humidity, wind, pressure
- Visibility, UV index, and cloud cover
- RealFeel™ temperature and weather descriptions

### **[Hourly Forecasts](/core-weather/location-key-hourly)** & **[Daily Forecasts](/core-weather/location-key-daily)**

Plan ahead with forecast intervals including:

- 1-hour, 12-hour, 24-hour, 72-hour and 120-hour **hourly** forecasts
- 1-day, 5-day, 7-day, 10-day, and 15-day **daily** forecasts
- Includes detailed weather phrases, temperature, wind speed/direction, sunrise/sunset, moon phases, precipitation probabilities, and more

### **[Indices](/core-weather/1-day)**

Deliver lifestyle insights with [indices](/documentation/indices) like:

- Travel, Dog Walking, Hair Frizz
- Cold & Flu, Arthritis, Migraine,
- Running, Ski Weather, Mosquito, and more

### **[Alerts](/core-weather/location-key-alerts)**

Keep users safe with:

- Severe weather alerts from official Government Meteorological Agencies and leading global weather alert providers

### **[Alarms](/core-weather/location-key-alarms)**

- [Threshold-based](/documentation/weather-alarm-thresholds) alarms determined using daily forecasts

### **[Imagery Maps](/core-weather/location-key-maps)**

Visualize weather with:

- Global satellite and radar images of varying resolutions

### **[Tropical](/core-weather/active)**

Monitor and analyze tropical cyclones worldwide

- Active government-issued tropical cyclones across all basins
- Current and forecasted storm positions with latitude/longitude, wind speeds, pressure, and movement details
- Wind radii summaries indicating the extent of wind fields at various thresholds
- Proximity information to major landmarks or population centers

### **[Translations](/core-weather/groups-translations)**

- Enables localization of weather content in over 200 languages and dialects

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## MinuteCast™ API

### **[MinuteCast™](/minutecast)**

- Hyper-local **minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts** for the next 2 hours
- Forecast start/stop times for rain, snow, and mixed precipitation
- Coverage is worldwide
- Ideal for navigation, outdoor apps, utilities, and safety-critical use cases

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## Subscription Packages

Choose the plan that best fits your application needs.  
**Core Weather API packages** and **MinuteCast™ packages** are billed separately, with the **Free tier** offering limited access to both.

[View All Plans](/pricing)

### Core Weather API Packages

| Plan         | Price      | Key Features                                                                                                             | CPM Overage                          |
| ------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| **Free**     | $0/month   | 14-day trial, 500 daily calls for Core Weather APIs                                                                      | Not available                        |
| **Starter**  | $2/month   | 15,000 monthly calls, Current Conditions, 12-hour Forecasts 5-day Forecasts                                              | $0.25 CPM over 15,000 calls/month    |
| **Standard** | $25/month  | 225,000 monthly calls, 12-hour Forecasts, 5-day Forecasts, 5-day Indices                                                 | $0.12 CPM over 225,000 calls/month   |
| **Prime**    | $250/month | 1,800,000 monthly calls, 72-hour Forecasts, 10-day Forecasts, Alerts, Tropical, Imagery                                  | $0.15 CPM over 1,800,000 calls/month |
| **Elite**    | $500/month | 2,400,000 monthly calls, Full API suite, 120-hour Forecasts, 15-day Forecasts, 15 day Indices, Alerts, Tropical, Imagery | $0.22 CPM over 2,400,000 calls/month |

### MinuteCast™ Packages

| Plan     | Price      | Key Features                                                            | CPM Overage                        |
| -------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| **Free** | $0/month   | 50 daily calls for MinuteCast™                                         | Not available                      |
| **Lite** | $25/month  | 10,000 monthly calls, MinuteCast™ access, basic precipitation insight  | $0.18 CPM over 10,000 calls/month  |
| **Full** | $100/month | 675,000 monthly calls, MinuteCast™ access, basic precipitation insight | $0.12 CPM over 675,000 calls/month |

## Get Started

Bring superior weather accuracy to your application today.

[Sign up](/subscriptions) and start building with the AccuWeather [Core Weather](/documentation/core-weather-quick-start) and [MinuteCast™](/documentation/minutecast-quick-start) APIs

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