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Meteomatics Weather API Response

JSON Schema for the standard weather data response from the Meteomatics Weather API (format=json).

WeatherForecastClimateHistorical WeatherMarineEnvironmental DataHyperlocalMeteorologyTime SeriesGeospatial

Properties

Name Type Description
version string API response schema version.
user string Username associated with the API request.
dateGenerated string UTC timestamp when the response was generated.
status string Response status indicator.
data array Array of weather parameter result objects — one per requested parameter.
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JSON Schema

meteomatics-weather-response-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/meteomatics/main/json-schema/meteomatics-weather-response-schema.json",
  "title": "Meteomatics Weather API Response",
  "description": "JSON Schema for the standard weather data response from the Meteomatics Weather API (format=json).",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["version", "user", "dateGenerated", "status", "data"],
  "properties": {
    "version": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "API response schema version.",
      "examples": ["3.0"]
    },
    "user": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Username associated with the API request.",
      "examples": ["api_user"]
    },
    "dateGenerated": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "UTC timestamp when the response was generated.",
      "examples": ["2026-06-12T00:01:00Z"]
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Response status indicator.",
      "enum": ["OK", "ERROR"],
      "examples": ["OK"]
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of weather parameter result objects — one per requested parameter.",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/ParameterData"
      }
    }
  },
  "$defs": {
    "ParameterData": {
      "type": "object",
      "title": "ParameterData",
      "description": "Weather data for a single parameter across all requested locations.",
      "required": ["parameter", "coordinates"],
      "properties": {
        "parameter": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Parameter code with unit (e.g. t_2m:C, precip_1h:mm, wind_speed_10m:ms).",
          "examples": ["t_2m:C", "precip_1h:mm", "wind_speed_10m:ms"]
        },
        "coordinates": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Results indexed by geographic coordinate.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/CoordinateData"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "CoordinateData": {
      "type": "object",
      "title": "CoordinateData",
      "description": "Time-series of weather values at a single location.",
      "required": ["lat", "lon", "dates"],
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84). At most 6 decimal places.",
          "minimum": -90,
          "maximum": 90,
          "examples": [52.5206]
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84). At most 6 decimal places.",
          "minimum": -180,
          "maximum": 180,
          "examples": [13.4618]
        },
        "dates": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Ordered list of timestamp-value pairs.",
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/DateValue"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "DateValue": {
      "type": "object",
      "title": "DateValue",
      "description": "A single time-stamped weather observation or forecast value.",
      "required": ["date", "value"],
      "properties": {
        "date": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "description": "UTC timestamp of the observation or forecast step.",
          "examples": ["2026-06-12T00:00:00Z"]
        },
        "value": {
          "type": ["number", "null"],
          "description": "Numeric value of the weather parameter in the requested unit. Null when data is unavailable for this point/time.",
          "examples": [18.4, -3.2, 0.0]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}