La API del tiempo para todo lo que creas
Meteorología global, marina, previsión de lluvia y calidad del aire — precisa en todas partes, con los mejores modelos meteorológicos del mundo.
// Current weather anywhere on Earth const res = await fetch( 'https://skiesatlas.com/api/v1/weather?lat=48.85&lon=2.35', { headers: { 'X-API-Key': 'YOUR_KEY' } } ); const { temperature_c, wind_speed_kmh } = await res.json(); // { temperature_c: 24.1, wind_speed_kmh: 5.9, condition: "clear" }
Smart model routing
Modelos locales de alta resolución (ICON-D2 2 km, HRRR 3 km) cuando están disponibles, ECMWF IFS 9 km en todo el mundo. Automático y transparente.
Rain nowcast
Precipitación minuto a minuto para las próximas horas — la respuesta «¿va a llover?» para tus apps.
Marine & tides
Olas, mar de fondo, estado del mar, temperatura del agua, y horarios de marea con tecnología de TidesAtlas.
Built for AI agents
Servidor MCP nativo — conecta el tiempo en vivo a Claude, Cursor y cualquier agente compatible con MCP.
Una API para cada necesidad meteorológica
De apps de navegación a la previsión solar, SkiesAtlas ofrece los datos que los desarrolladores usan de verdad.
Marine & sailing
Olas, mar de fondo, viento y mareas para navegación, regatas y apps costeras.
Agriculture
Lluvia, condiciones del suelo, alertas de heladas y calor para la agricultura inteligente.
Solar & energy
Radiación solar y nubosidad para el rendimiento FV y la previsión de red.
Outdoor apps
Lluvia inminente, índice UV y condiciones para correr, ciclismo y viajes.
Aviation & drones
Viento, rachas, visibilidad y base de nubes para vuelo y drones.
Research
Salida directa de modelos (ECMWF, ICON, GFS) para ciencia reproducible.
Referencia de la API
Simple, predictable REST endpoints. Authenticate with an X-API-Key header — pass lat/lon or a port slug.
Temperature, wind (speed, direction & gusts), humidity, pressure, cloud cover, condition and UV index — plus derived dew point, humidex, heat index and wind chill. Routed to the best available model for your coordinates (ICON-D2, ICON-EU, HRRR or ECMWF IFS).
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required (or use port). |
days | int | Forecast horizon, 1-7 (default: 3). |
hourly | bool | Set to 1 to include the hourly series. |
units | string | metric (default) or imperial. Works on all endpoints: °C→°F, km/h→mph, mm→in, m→ft (field suffixes change to _f/_mph/_in/_ft). |
Example response
Multi-day forecast up to 14 days — 3-hourly series (temperature, wind, precipitation, cloud, pressure, humidity) plus daily aggregates (min/max, precip total, max wind) with a per-day confidence (high ≤7d, medium ≤10d, low = trend for days 11-14). Multi-model: ECMWF-AIFS global backbone (world's best AI model), refined by ICON-EU 7km (Europe) & HRRR 3km (US) near-term; NOAA GFS fills the 3-hourly gaps and the 11-14 day tail — the best model for each location & lead time, from our own store.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
days | int | 1-14 (default: 7). |
units | string | metric (default) or imperial. |
Example response
Probabilistic 16-day outlook from the NOAA GEFS ensemble (31 members): daily temperature trend with an uncertainty band (temp_low/mean/temp_high), a per-day confidence level and precipitation. A trend, not a precise forecast.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
units | string | metric (default) or imperial. |
Convective / storm parameters: CAPE, CIN, 0-3 km helicity, visibility, cloud ceiling, plus model-derived storm risk, lightning probability and hail risk.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
Live METAR observation and TAF forecast from the nearest airport, with computed flight category (VFR / MVFR / IFR / LIFR), a decoded observation and the raw METAR/TAF strings. Powered by aviationweather.gov (NOAA, public domain).
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
Model sounding on GFS pressure levels (1000 → 200 hPa): temperature, wind, humidity and geopotential height at each level, plus bulk wind shear and a low-level inversion flag. For aviation, gliding, ballooning and convective analysis.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
Downward solar radiation (GHI, W/m²) hour by hour, plus an estimated PV yield per kWp and daily energy total — for solar / photovoltaic production forecasting. From NOAA GFS.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
Soil temperature & moisture at three depths (0-10, 10-40, 40-100 cm) from the GFS land model, plus ground-frost risk, growing degree-days (base 10) and a crop-spraying window for the next 48 h. For agriculture, irrigation and vineyard apps.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
Probabilistic forecast from the ECMWF AIFS-ENS 50-member AI ensemble: temperature percentiles (p10 / median / p90) with an uncertainty band, and precipitation probabilities (chance of >0.1 / >1 / >5 mm) per lead time. Sell confidence, not just a single number.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
days | int | 1–7 (12-hourly steps). |
Our verified forecast accuracy, published: MAE, RMSE and bias for each model (ECMWF-AIFS, GFS, ICON-EU and the blend) at each lead time, scored continuously against real METAR observations at dozens of global stations. Transparency most weather APIs won't give you.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
param | string | temperature (default), wind, pressure. |
region | string | global (default) or a region (europe, asia…). |
Slippy-map raster tiles rendered from our own models (ECMWF-AIFS & GFS) — drop them straight onto Leaflet, Mapbox GL or MapLibre. Five layers, animatable across the forecast with ?step= (hours ahead). This is the "see everything" map. Open the live interactive map →
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
layer | path | temperature, wind, precipitation, clouds, pressure. |
z/x/y | path | Standard slippy-map tile coordinates. |
step | query | Forecast hours ahead (0 = now, up to 240). |
api_key | query | Your key (tiles don't consume request credits). |
Real-time lightning strikes near a location from the NOAA GOES-19/18 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (updated every ~2 minutes): strike count in radius, activity level, the nearest strike (distance & minutes-ago), a storm_overhead flag and the recent strike list. Public-domain data. Coverage: the Americas, Atlantic & Pacific (GOES field of view).
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
radius | float | Search radius in km (default 50, max 500). |
window | int | Look-back window in minutes (default 15, max 20). |
Hyperlocal 0–60 minute rain nowcast: live radar intensity right now at the point, plus rain approaching from upwind with a minutes-to-arrival ETA — radar truth advected by the model wind field. The "will it rain in the next 20 minutes?" answer.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
A human-readable daily summary plus a standardised WMO-like weather code and icon name for each day — everything a consumer app UI needs to render a forecast card without post-processing.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
days | int | 1–15 (default 5). |
The whole sky, literally: planetary Kp index (now + 3-day forecast), geomagnetic storm level (G1–G5) and active NOAA alerts, plus — with lat/lon — the aurora visibility probability at that location from the OVATION model. From NOAA SWPC (public domain).
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Optional. Returns aurora probability at this point. |
Live tropical cyclones from the NOAA National Hurricane Center: name, category (Saffir-Simpson), position, maximum sustained wind, central pressure and movement, plus links to the official forecast track & cone. Pass optional lat/lon to sort by distance and get the nearest storm. Atlantic & Eastern Pacific basins.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Optional. Sorts storms by distance from this point. |
Current weather for many locations in a single call (up to 50). Ideal for fleets, store networks, sensor grids and dashboards — one round-trip instead of 50. Each result carries your optional id and a cached flag.
| Field (JSON body) | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
points | array | [{lat, lon, id?}, …] — 1 to 50 locations. Required. |
Weather along a journey: POST a list of waypoints with a speed (or explicit ETAs) and get the forecast valid at each point's estimated time of arrival, plus a trip summary (max gust, worst-gust location, total precipitation, distance). For logistics, road-trips, sailing and delivery routing.
| Field (JSON body) | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
waypoints | array | [[lat,lon], …] in order (2–100 points). |
speed_kmh | float | Travel speed to compute ETAs (default 60). |
start_time | string | ISO departure time (default now). |
points | array | Alternative: [{lat,lon,eta}] with explicit ETAs. |
Create weather alert rules that we evaluate every hour against the forecast horizon and deliver to webhook, Slack, Microsoft Teams, email or mobile push when the condition is met. Manage with GET /api/v1/alerts (list) and DELETE /api/v1/alerts?id=…. Configurable cooldown_hours prevents alert storms.
| Field (JSON body) | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
name | string | Alert label. Required. |
lat / lon | float | Location. Required. |
metric | string | temperature_c, wind_speed_kmh, wind_gust_kmh, precipitation_mm, fire_danger, ice_risk… |
operator | string | gt, lt, gte, lte, eq. |
threshold | string | Numeric value, or a label (high, extreme…) for categorical metrics. |
horizon_hours | int | How far ahead to watch (1–240, default 24). |
channel | string | webhook, slack, teams, email, push. |
target | string | Webhook/Slack/Teams URL, email address, or Expo push token. |
Ready-to-use sector indices derived from the forecast: energy heating & cooling degree-days (base 18°C), wind-power capacity factor from an 80 m generic turbine curve, Hot-Dry-Windy fire danger, and road ice risk. For utilities, renewables, insurance and highway operations.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
A single call that merges weather, marine, precipitation and air quality for a location — perfect for dashboards.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
Sunrise, sunset, dawn, dusk and day length, plus moon phase, illumination, moon age, moonrise and moonset. Computed in-house from astronomical algorithms — no external calls, instant.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
date | YYYY-MM-DD | Start date, UTC (default: today). |
days | int | 1-7 (default: 1). |
Example response
Daily historical weather — temperature (min/max), precipitation and wind — for any past date back to 1940. Powered by the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF), the reference dataset for past weather.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
date | YYYY-MM-DD | Past start date. Required. |
days | int | 1-31 (default: 7). |
Example response
Wave height, swell, wind-wave, sea state and sea-surface temperature from NOAA WaveWatch III and MUR SST.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Ocean coordinates. Required. |
days | int | 1-7 (default: 3). |
Hour-by-hour precipitation for the coming hours, with a simple will_rain flag.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
hours | int | Horizon in hours, 1-12 (default: 6). |
Example response
Snowfall, snow depth, freezing level, thunderstorm potential and solar radiation — for mountain and winter apps.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
days | int | 1-7 (default: 3). |
Example response
Live precipitation radar + IR satellite tile URLs — past frames and nowcast (future) frames for animated maps. Standard {z}/{x}/{y} slippy tiles (Leaflet, Mapbox GL…). Powered by RainViewer.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates (map centre). Required. |
Particulate matter, ozone, NO₂, SO₂ and a computed air-quality index, from Copernicus CAMS.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lat / lon | float | Coordinates. Required. |
Example response
European pollen forecast (CAMS) for 6 species — alder, birch, grass, mugwort, olive, ragweed — with concentration (grains/m³) and a risk level per species + overall. Europe only.
Worldwide Saharan dust, wildfire smoke and total aerosol optical depth (CAMS global) — optical depth values + a risk level for dust and smoke.
High/low tide times and heights for 17,000+ ports, powered by TidesAtlas. Pass a port slug or coordinates.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
port | string | Port slug, e.g. san-francisco. |
days | int | 1-14 (default: 1). |
Pruébalo en vivo
Pega tu clave API, elige un endpoint y pulsa Enviar: respuestas reales, aquí mismo.
Inicio rápido en tu lenguaje
Grab an API key, then call the API with cURL, JavaScript, Python — or plug it straight into an AI agent via MCP.
Add SkiesAtlas to Claude Desktop, Cursor or any MCP client — your agent gets live weather tools:
Un motor de predicción real, no un proxy
SkiesAtlas no se limita a reenviar datos de terceros. Ingerimos la salida bruta de los modelos numéricos, la decodificamos, elegimos el mejor modelo para cada coordenada y lo unificamos en una API limpia y coherente, entregada en menos de 200 ms.
1 · Ingesta
Extraemos la salida GRIB bruta directamente de los principales centros meteorológicos del mundo, en cada ejecución del modelo.
2 · Enrutamiento
Para cada coordenada seleccionamos el modelo de mayor resolución disponible: ICON-D2 2 km, HRRR 3 km o ECMWF 9 km en todo el mundo. Automático y transparente.
3 · Unificación
Seis formatos de modelos distintos se convierten en un único esquema JSON predecible: los mismos nombres de campo en todas partes, unidades métricas y marcas de tiempo ISO.
4 · Entrega
Un caché agresivo por ejecución entrega respuestas en menos de 200 ms, con recurso automático a los últimos datos para que tu app nunca se quede sin servicio.
Fuentes de datos y licencias
Tras el telón, decodificamos y combinamos estos modelos meteorológicos y oceánicos oficiales, de licencia abierta, en una sola API.
ECMWF AIFS & IFS
The world's best global model — AIFS (ECMWF's AI system) is our worldwide backbone.
CC-BY 4.0DWD ICON
ICON-D2 (2 km) & ICON-EU (7 km) high-resolution Europe.
DWD Open Data · GeoNutzVNOAA GFS, GEFS & HRRR
Global GFS + GEFS ensemble + 3 km HRRR rapid refresh over the US.
Public domain (US Gov)ECMWF AIFS-ENS
50-member AI ensemble for the /probabilities endpoint.
NOAA GOES GLM
Geostationary Lightning Mapper — real-time lightning (/lightning).
NOAA WaveWatch III
Global wave & swell model for the marine endpoint.
Public domainCopernicus CAMS
Global air quality, pollen & aerosols (dust, smoke).
Copernicus / ADSNOAA MUR SST
1 km sea-surface temperature analysis.
Public domainECMWF ERA5
Reanalysis powering the /history endpoint (past weather).
NOAA NHC & SWPC
Tropical cyclones (/cyclones) + space weather & aurora (/space-weather).
aviationweather.gov
METAR/TAF (/aviation) & the observations that verify our accuracy.
RainViewer
Live precipitation radar & satellite tiles (/radar).
SkiesAtlas builds the ingestion, routing, unification and caching layer on top of these open datasets. Attribution to upstream providers is handled on our side.
Precisión en la que confiar
Nos basamos en la mejor ciencia disponible y nos verificamos constantemente.
Modelos de primer nivel
ECMWF IFS está considerado sistemáticamente el modelo global más preciso del mundo. Lo usamos como base mundial y le superponemos modelos regionales de alta resolución.
Validado continuamente
Cada pocas horas comparamos nuestros resultados con pronósticos de referencia independientes en más de 20 ciudades del mundo para detectar cualquier desviación a tiempo.
Actualizado todo el día
Los modelos se actualizan hasta cuatro veces al día (00/06/12/18 UTC). Nuestro motor reingiere cada ejecución automáticamente, para que siempre tengas el pronóstico más reciente.
Live forecast accuracy
● verified continuouslyMean absolute temperature error (°C) vs real METAR observations at 1130 global stations — lower is better. Our backbone ECMWF-AIFS and the multi-model BLEND lead the field.
| Model | analysis | +24h | +48h | +72h | +120h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICON-EU | 1.02 | 1.15 | 1.25 | 1.37 | 1.57 |
| ECMWF-AIFS backbone | 1.25 | 1.35 | 1.41 | 1.48 | 1.55 |
| BLEND | 1.32 | 1.46 | 1.55 | 1.63 | 1.77 |
| GFS | 1.79 | 1.87 | 1.96 | 2.06 | 2.19 |
Full scores (all parameters, lead times & regions) via GET /api/v1/accuracy. Longer lead-time skill fills in as forecast/observation pairs accumulate.
Autenticación & Límites de peticiones
Autenticación
Pasa tu clave API en el header X-API-Key (recomendado) o como parámetro api_key.
Límites de peticiones
Cada respuesta informa de tu uso en las cabeceras. Superar tu cuota devuelve 429 Too Many Requests: espera antes de reintentar.
| Header | Description |
|---|---|
X-RateLimit-Limit | Your daily request limit (paid plans). |
X-RateLimit-Remaining | Requests left today. |
| Plan | Quota | HTTP on exceed |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 500 requests / day | 429 |
| Basic | 10,000 requests / day | 429 |
| Starter | 50,000 requests / day | 429 |
| Pro | 200,000 requests / day | 429 |
| Business | 1,000,000 requests / day | 429 |
Quotas reset every day at 00:00 UTC, on the free plan too. A 402 is different: it means the endpoint itself requires a higher plan (/nowcast needs Starter or above; /batch, /history, /radar, /lightning, /probabilities, /alerts and /route need Pro or above).
Precios
Start free, upgrade when you scale. No credit card to get your key.
- ✓Core weather & forecast API
- ✓ECMWF-AIFS multi-model blend
- ✓Verified accuracy endpoint
- ✓All core endpoints
- ✓Current + 14-day forecast
- ✓Marine, air quality, tides & more
- ✓ECMWF-AIFS · verified accuracy
- ✓Everything in Basic, plus:
- ✓Weather map tiles (5 layers)
- ✓Minute rain nowcast
- ✓Batch multi-point endpoint
- ✓Everything in Starter, plus:
- ✓Real-time lightning
- ✓AI ensemble probabilities
- ✓Alerts platform (webhook/Slack/email)
- ✓Route weather
- ✓Everything in Pro
- ✓Highest rate limits
- ✓Priority support
- ✓Commercial redistribution
Preguntas frecuentes
Ejecutamos nuestro propio motor sobre los mejores modelos abiertos del mundo: ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS/HRRR, WaveWatch III, Copernicus CAMS y MUR SST. Decodificamos la salida bruta, enrutamos cada solicitud al modelo de mayor resolución para esa ubicación y devolvemos una única respuesta limpia y coherente. Obtienes un producto real, no seis flujos en bruto que ensamblar tú mismo.
Usamos ECMWF IFS —considerado el modelo global más preciso del mundo— como base, más modelos regionales de alta resolución (2–3 km) donde existen. Validamos continuamente frente a referencias independientes, con una diferencia típica de unos 0,6 °C en temperatura.
Cada plan tiene una cuota diaria que se reinicia a las 00:00 UTC — incluido el plan gratuito: 500 peticiones al dia, renovadas cada dia. Planes de pago: Basic 10.000/dia, Starter 50.000/dia, Pro 200.000/dia, Business 1.000.000/dia. Cada respuesta indica tu cuota restante en la cabecera X-RateLimit-Remaining.
Sí. Las suscripciones son mensuales y puedes cancelar en cualquier momento: tu plan sigue activo hasta el final del periodo pagado y luego vuelve a gratuito automáticamente.
Por supuesto. SkiesAtlas incluye un servidor MCP nativo en https://skiesatlas.com/mcp — añádelo a Claude Desktop, Cursor o cualquier cliente MCP y tu agente obtiene herramientas meteorológicas en vivo.
Sí, mediante el endpoint /api/v1/tides, impulsado por TidesAtlas — horarios y alturas de marea para más de 17 000 puertos en todo el mundo.
Lanza funciones meteorológicas hoy mismo
Consigue tu clave API en segundos y haz tu primera llamada en una línea de código.