Bright Sky

by brightsky.dev

Weather forecasts Added on November 1st, 2026 Checked and working on November 1st, 2026

What it does

Bright Sky is an open source JSON API for the open weather data of the German Meteorological Service (DWD). It gives hourly observations and forecasts for any coordinates, mostly in and around Germany, plus current weather, rain radar and weather warnings. Request /weather with latitude, longitude and a date to get temperature, precipitation, wind, cloud cover and more. Free for all purposes, no key needed; the DWD terms of use apply to the data.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free for all purposes, no key needed; the DWD terms of use apply to the data.
Commercial use: Allowed on the free plan
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: brightsky.dev
Last checked: Working on November 1st, 2026

More information: https://brightsky.dev/docs/

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HTML

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Markdown

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Example request

curl

curl 'https://api.brightsky.dev/weather?lat=52.52&lon=13.4&date=2026-11-01'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.brightsky.dev/weather?lat=52.52&lon=13.4&date=2026-11-01");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.brightsky.dev/weather?lat=52.52&lon=13.4&date=2026-11-01",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.