Weather#

Two free services, no API keys needed.

wttr.in (primary)#

Quick one-liner:

bash

curl -s "wttr.in/London?format=3"
# Output: London: ⛅️ +8°C

Compact format:

bash

curl -s "wttr.in/London?format=%l:+%c+%t+%h+%w"
# Output: London: ⛅️ +8°C 71% ↙5km/h

Full forecast:

bash

curl -s "wttr.in/London?T"

Format codes: %c condition · %t temp · %h humidity · %w wind · %l location · %m moon

Tips:

• URL-encode spaces: wttr.in/New+York
• Airport codes: wttr.in/JFK
• Units: ?m (metric) ?u (USCS)
• Today only: ?1 · Current only: ?0
• PNG: curl -s "wttr.in/Berlin.png" -o /tmp/weather.png

Open-Meteo (fallback, JSON)#

Free, no key, good for programmatic use:

bash

curl -s "https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=51.5&longitude=-0.12&current_weather=true"

Find coordinates for a city, then query. Returns JSON with temp, windspeed, weathercode.

Docs: https://open-meteo.com/en/docs