Tomorrow.io
Weather Free key (no card)
AuthenticationFree key (no card)
Rate limit500 calls per day, 25 per hour, 3 per second on the free plan.
Documentation: support.tomorrow.io ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Tomorrow.io is a modern weather company that sells data to big apps. But it also keeps a genuinely useful free tier. You get current conditions, forecasts, and air quality for any location, all in a clean, well-documented API. The company even has a public support site that spells out exactly what the free plan allows.
Details
Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.
Auth: Free key (no card)
Rate limit: 500 calls per day, 25 per hour, 3 per second on the free plan.
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: developer business personal
Setup
- Create a free Tomorrow.io account and generate an API key.
- Pick an endpoint: /v4/weather/realtime for right now, /v4/weather/forecast for the future.
- Pass your location as coordinates or a place name with the apikey parameter.
- Watch your usage. 500 calls a day is plenty if you cache results instead of re-asking.
Example
https://api.tomorrow.io/v4/weather/realtime?location=toronto&apikey=YOUR_KEYUse cases
- Add rain-now awareness to a daily driver app
- Show hourly temperature for the next 5 days
- Pull air quality data for a health tracker