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Overview

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For all product information and Image API purchases, please consult the Image API product page.
This page here and the following subpages contain all technical information about the Image API.

meteoblue offers special charts for agronomy or aviation. The API generates PNG images on request.

API Queries

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For most of the images, all relevant information can be found in the OpenAPI documentation, which is linked on the Forecast Images and History & Climate Images pages.

Mandatory URL Query Parameters

ParameterDescriptionExample
latLatitude coordinate in WGS84&lat=47.5584
lonLongitude coordinate in WGS84&lon=7.57327
apikeyPersonal API key&apikey=DEMOKEY

Optional URL Query Parameters

ParameterDescriptionExampleDefault
sigsignature for increased security&sig=83190bd....none
aslaltitude above sea level in meters&asl=279API elevation model
tztime zone&tz=Europe%2FZurichlocal time
citylocation name, user defined forecast label, has no effect on data&city=Baselnone
lookselectable units*&look= FAHRENHEIT_INCH_MILE_PER_HOUR°C, mm, m/s
langlanguage&lang=enen
history_daysnumber of past days to include&history_days=10
forecast_daysnumber of days to include&forecast_days=37.5
dpiresolution of the image in dots per inch&dpi=10072

*any combination of temperature, wind and precipitation units possible, separated by underscore.

Selectable Units

  • Temperature units: Celsius; FAHRENHEIT
  • Wind speed units: KNOT; METER_PER_SECOND; KILOMETER_PER_HOUR; MILE_PER_HOUR; BEAUFORT
  • Precipitation units: INCH; MILLIMETER
  • Available languages: en=English; de=German; fr=French; it=Italian; es=Spanish; pt=Portuguese; ro=Romanian; ru=Russian; nl=Dutch; tr=Turkish; hu=Hungarian; bg=Bulgarian; ar=Arabian; cs=Czech; el=Greece; ka = Georgian; pl=Polish; sk=Slovak; sr=Serbian
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Selectable units are not available for Sounding and Cross-sections currently.

Many image sets can be downloaded without the meteoblue logo by adding _nologo to the image's url.

http://my.meteoblue.com/visimage/meteogram_verify_nologo

Exceptions: Meteogram Solar Season and all Picto*-Image-Sets.

Some images have additional variants, descriptions of which can be found on the following pages.