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Yr is a weather service from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway) and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), providing free, high-quality weather forecasts for locations worldwide via a simple REST interface. The MET Weather API offers a comprehensive suite of products including location-based forecasts, weather alerts, nowcasts, ocean forecasts, aviation weather, sunrise and sun event calculations, radar imagery, and historical meteorological observation data. All data is open under CC BY 4.0 and requires only a User-Agent identification header — no API key or account is needed.

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APIs

Locationforecast API

Weather forecasts for any location on Earth up to nine days ahead, returning temperature, wind, precipitation, cloud cover, humidity, and more. Available in compact JSON, comple...

MetAlerts API

Weather alerts and warnings issued by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute for Norway and surrounding areas, returned as CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) XML or GeoJSON.

Nowcast API

Immediate short-range weather forecasts for the Nordic area based on radar data, providing precipitation and wind for the next two hours.

Sunrise API

Calculate sun and moon rise, set, and transit events as seen from any specific location on Earth, including civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight times.

Frost API

REST API for historical meteorological observation data from weather stations worldwide, maintained by MET Norway. Access time-series temperature, precipitation, wind, and other...

Oceanforecast API

Ocean forecasts for points at sea in Northwestern Europe, providing wave height, sea temperature, current direction and speed, and salinity.

Radar API

Radar composite images for various areas in the Nordic region, providing near real-time precipitation radar data in multiple formats and scan types.

Air Quality Forecast API

Forecasts of air quality for locations in Norway, including concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and ozone, with daily and hourly granularity.

Semantic Vocabularies

Yr No Context

21 classes · 48 properties

JSON-LD

Resources

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GitHubOrg
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GitHubOrg
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LinkedIn
LinkedIn
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Blog
Blog
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Pricing
Pricing
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TermsOfService
TermsOfService
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License
License
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PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
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X
X
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Facebook
Facebook
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GettingStarted
GettingStarted
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Plans
Plans
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RateLimits
RateLimits
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FinOps
FinOps

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aid: yr-no
name: Yr
description: >-
  Yr is a weather service from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)
  and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), providing free, high-quality
  weather forecasts for locations worldwide via a simple REST interface. The MET
  Weather API offers a comprehensive suite of products including location-based
  forecasts, weather alerts, nowcasts, ocean forecasts, aviation weather, sunrise
  and sun event calculations, radar imagery, and historical meteorological
  observation data. All data is open under CC BY 4.0 and requires only a
  User-Agent identification header — no API key or account is needed.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/yr-no/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Weather
  - Forecasts
  - Meteorology
  - Climate
  - Norway
  - Nordic
  - Open Data
  - Aviation Weather
  - Marine Weather
  - Alerts
apis:
  - name: Locationforecast API
    description: >-
      Weather forecasts for any location on Earth up to nine days ahead,
      returning temperature, wind, precipitation, cloud cover, humidity, and
      more. Available in compact JSON, complete JSON with probabilistic
      percentiles, and legacy XML formats.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/
    tags:
      - Weather Forecast
      - Location
      - Global
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/swagger

  - name: MetAlerts API
    description: >-
      Weather alerts and warnings issued by the Norwegian Meteorological
      Institute for Norway and surrounding areas, returned as CAP (Common
      Alerting Protocol) XML or GeoJSON.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/2.0/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/2.0/
    tags:
      - Weather Alerts
      - Warnings
      - Norway
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/2.0/documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/metalerts/2.0/swagger

  - name: Nowcast API
    description: >-
      Immediate short-range weather forecasts for the Nordic area based on
      radar data, providing precipitation and wind for the next two hours.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/nowcast/2.0/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/nowcast/2.0/
    tags:
      - Nowcast
      - Short-range Forecast
      - Nordic
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/nowcast/2.0/documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/nowcast/2.0/swagger

  - name: Sunrise API
    description: >-
      Calculate sun and moon rise, set, and transit events as seen from any
      specific location on Earth, including civil, nautical, and astronomical
      twilight times.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/sunrise/3.0/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/sunrise/3.0/
    tags:
      - Sunrise
      - Sunset
      - Moon
      - Astronomy
      - Global
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/sunrise/3.0/documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/sunrise/3.0/swagger

  - name: Frost API
    description: >-
      REST API for historical meteorological observation data from weather
      stations worldwide, maintained by MET Norway. Access time-series
      temperature, precipitation, wind, and other observations.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://frost.met.no/howto.html
    baseURL: https://frost.met.no/
    tags:
      - Observations
      - Historical Data
      - Climate
      - Global
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://frost.met.no/howto.html

  - name: Oceanforecast API
    description: >-
      Ocean forecasts for points at sea in Northwestern Europe, providing
      wave height, sea temperature, current direction and speed, and salinity.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/oceanforecast/2.0/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/oceanforecast/2.0/
    tags:
      - Ocean
      - Marine
      - Forecast
      - Northwestern Europe
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/oceanforecast/2.0/documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/oceanforecast/2.0/swagger

  - name: Radar API
    description: >-
      Radar composite images for various areas in the Nordic region, providing
      near real-time precipitation radar data in multiple formats and scan types.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/
    tags:
      - Radar
      - Precipitation
      - Nordic
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/documentation
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/radar/2.0/swagger

  - name: Air Quality Forecast API
    description: >-
      Forecasts of air quality for locations in Norway, including concentrations
      of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, and ozone, with daily and hourly granularity.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/airqualityforecast/0.1/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/airqualityforecast/0.1/
    tags:
      - Air Quality
      - Pollution
      - Norway
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api.met.no/weatherapi/airqualityforecast/0.1/documentation

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.yr.no/en
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.yr.no/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/YR
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/metno
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/met-norway/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://developer.yr.no/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://developer.yr.no/doc/TermsOfService/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://developer.yr.no/doc/TermsOfService/
  - type: License
    url: https://developer.yr.no/doc/License/
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.met.no/en/About-us/privacy
  - type: X
    url: https://twitter.com/meteorologene
  - type: Facebook
    url: https://www.facebook.com/yrno-22652235447/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.yr.no/doc/GettingStarted/
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/yr-no-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/yr-no-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/yr-no-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]