WeatherAPI · Schema

Location

Location metadata returned with every weather response.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Location name
region	string	Region or state
country	string	Country name
lat	number	Latitude
lon	number	Longitude
tz_id	string	IANA timezone ID, e.g. Europe/London
localtime_epoch	integer	Local time as Unix epoch
localtime	string	Local date and time string

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/weatherapi/refs/heads/main/json-schema/weatherapi-location-schema.json",
  "title": "Location",
  "description": "Location metadata returned with every weather response.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Location name",
      "example": "London"
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Region or state",
      "example": "City of London, Greater London"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Country name",
      "example": "United Kingdom"
    },
    "lat": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "float",
      "description": "Latitude",
      "example": 51.5074
    },
    "lon": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "float",
      "description": "Longitude",
      "example": -0.1278
    },
    "tz_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "IANA timezone ID, e.g. Europe/London",
      "example": "Europe/London"
    },
    "localtime_epoch": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Local time as Unix epoch",
      "example": 1748441400
    },
    "localtime": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Local date and time string",
      "example": "2026-05-28 15:30"
    }
  }
}