specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: OpenWeatherMap
providerId: openweathermap
created: '2026-05-29'
modified: '2026-05-29'
tags:
  - Weather
  - Forecast
  - Air Pollution
  - Climate
  - Solar
  - Geocoding
description: Plans and pricing for the OpenWeather API surface. Captures the public Free, Startup, Developer, Professional, and Expert subscription tiers, the One Call 4.0 pay-per-call model, plus enterprise and marketplace bulk offerings. Specific monthly prices are not published on the public site and must be reconciled against current contracts or sales quotes.
plans:
  - id: openweathermap-free
    name: Free
    type: freemium
    description: Free entry tier suitable for evaluation, hobby, and low-volume production use. Includes current weather, 5-day/3-hour forecast, 16-day daily forecast, Air Pollution API, and Geocoding API.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Call Quota
        description: Maximum calls per month across included endpoints.
        name: api_requests_month
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 1000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per Minute Rate Limit
        description: Per-key request rate ceiling.
        name: rate_limit
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_minute
        limit: 60
        timeFrame: minute
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Current Weather Data API
      - name: 5-day / 3-hour Forecast API
      - name: 16-day Daily Forecast API (limited)
      - name: Air Pollution API
      - name: Geocoding API
      - name: Weather Maps 1.0 (current tile layers)
      - name: Community Support
  - id: openweathermap-startup
    name: Startup
    type: paid
    description: Production tier with significantly higher quota and rate limits. Includes everything in Free, with elevated availability.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Call Quota
        name: api_requests_month
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 10000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per Minute Rate Limit
        name: rate_limit
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_minute
        limit: 600
        timeFrame: minute
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: All Free Tier APIs
      - name: 1-minute Forecast (Limited)
      - name: 95% Availability SLA
      - name: Email Support
  - id: openweathermap-developer
    name: Developer
    type: paid
    description: Developer tier adds extended forecasts and historical maps suited to commercial apps and SaaS integrations.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Call Quota
        name: api_requests_month
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 100000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per Minute Rate Limit
        name: rate_limit
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_minute
        limit: 3000
        timeFrame: minute
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: All Startup Tier APIs
      - name: Hourly Forecast 4 Days
      - name: Climatic Forecast 30 Days
      - name: Weather Maps 2.0 (3h Step)
      - name: Relief Maps
  - id: openweathermap-professional
    name: Professional
    type: paid
    description: Professional tier suitable for high-volume production with bulk and historical data access.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Call Quota
        name: api_requests_month
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 1000000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per Minute Rate Limit
        name: rate_limit
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_minute
        limit: 30000
        timeFrame: minute
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: All Developer Tier APIs
      - name: Historical Weather API
      - name: Bulk Current Data
      - name: Accumulated Parameters
      - name: Global Precipitation Maps (Historical)
  - id: openweathermap-expert
    name: Expert
    type: paid
    description: Top-tier subscription with the highest quotas, all data products, and a 99.9% availability target.
    entries:
      - label: Monthly Call Quota
        name: api_requests_month
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 3000000000
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per Minute Rate Limit
        name: rate_limit
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_minute
        limit: 100000
        timeFrame: minute
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Availability SLA
        name: availability
        type: sla
        metric: percent
        limit: 99.9
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: All Professional Tier APIs
      - name: Statistical Weather Data API
      - name: Road Risk API
      - name: Solar Irradiance API
      - name: Fire Weather Index API
      - name: 99.9% Availability SLA
      - name: 10-minute Data Refresh
  - id: openweathermap-onecall-payg
    name: One Call by Call
    type: paid
    description: Pay-per-call subscription for One Call 4.0. First 1,000 calls per day are free; additional calls are billed per call.
    entries:
      - label: Free Daily Calls
        name: free_calls_day
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: 1000
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Per-Call Overage
        name: overage
        type: metered
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: day
        geo: global
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: TBD
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: One Call API 4.0 (Current, Hourly, Daily, Alerts)
      - name: Historical Data (47+ years)
  - id: openweathermap-enterprise
    name: Enterprise
    type: enterprise
    description: Custom contracts for high-throughput, regulated, or specialty use cases. Includes named account management and contractual SLAs.
    entries:
      - label: Volume
        name: volume
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: configurable
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Rate Limit
        name: rate_limit
        type: rate
        metric: requests_per_minute
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: minute
        geo: configurable
        domains: []
        unit: 1
        price: custom
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: All OpenWeather APIs
      - name: Dedicated Account Manager
      - name: Contractual SLA
      - name: Security and Compliance Review
      - name: History Bulk, Solar Bulk, Map Bulk Offerings
      - name: Fire Weather Index Maps
      - name: Weather Maps 2.0 (1h Step)
      - name: Global Precipitation Maps (Forecast)
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com