Open-Meteo Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Open-Meteo hosting and serve weather forecasts from your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Open-Meteo 1.6.0 image as a single container, mounts a persistent volume for the local cache and publishes the API over HTTPS in minutes — weather data is downloaded on demand from the public Open-Meteo data store, so there is no data sync to set up and no per-call limits from the hosted service.

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What is Open-Meteo?

Open-Meteo is an open-source weather API, and self-hosted Open-Meteo means running that API from your own domain. Upstream builds it from open forecasts published by national weather services, processes them into a compressed time-series file format and serves them through an HTTP API written in Swift that compiles to a single binary. The hosted service at api.open-meteo.com needs no API key and is free for non-commercial use.

This template runs the upstream server as a single container on your own xCloud server. It downloads weather data on demand from the public Open-Meteo data store and keeps a local cache, so you can serve /v1/forecast requests from your own domain. Upstream licenses the server under AGPL-3.0 and the weather data under CC BY 4.0, and states that self-hosting is available for commercial use.

From Sign-Up to a Live Weather API In Just 3 Easy Steps

A self-hosted weather API normally means pulling an image, pointing it at a data source, mounting a cache volume, adding a domain and a certificate before the first forecast. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Open-Meteo from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no credentials to generate and no extra fields to fill in. Avoid a domain containing open-meteo.com: the server treats those hosts as the hosted service and answers 404.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Open-Meteo 1.6.0 image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no other services, mount the open_meteo_data volume for the local cache, and publish the API over HTTPS on your domain. It is usually healthy within about a minute.
Step 03
Request A Forecast
Open https://your-domain/v1/forecast?latitude=52.52&longitude=13.41&hourly=temperature_2m and read the JSON response. The site root returns 404 by design — it is an API only. The first request for a location is slower while data is fetched and cached.

Everything Open-Meteo Does, On Your Own Server

Open-Meteo runs in full here: a weather forecast API on your own domain, backed by a local cache you own.

A Forecast API On Your Domain
Serve /v1/forecast requests from your own HTTPS address for apps, dashboards and automations, instead of sending them to someone else's endpoint.
Data Fetched On Demand
Weather data is downloaded from the public Open-Meteo data store (REMOTE_DATA_DIRECTORY) when a request needs it, so no manual data sync is required.
A Local Cache You Can Size
Downloaded data is cached in the open_meteo_data volume, and repeat requests for a location are served from it. CACHE_SIZE sets the cache file's maximum size; this template defaults to 5GB.
No Accounts Or API Keys
There is no sign-in and no administrator setup. The API answers anyone who can reach the site, so add your own access layer such as HTTP Basic Auth if it should not be public.
Ready For Browser Apps
The API answers CORS requests with Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, so a web page can call it directly from the browser.
Tunable In The Environment Editor
Concurrency limits, log level, maximum request body size and more are listed as commented settings in the environment file. Change them, then Save & Redeploy.

Everything You Need To Run Your Weather API 24/7

Managed hosting for Open-Meteo, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Open-Meteo 1.6.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Persistent cache volume included
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Open-Meteo

Weather for your own apps
Point a web or mobile app at your own /v1/forecast endpoint, and answer its requests from a server you control.
Dashboards and automations
Feed forecast values such as hourly temperature into dashboards, scripts and home or office automations over a plain HTTPS request.
Repeated lookups with a warm cache
Upstream notes that self-hosting pays off for workloads with enough repeated calls to benefit from caching: repeat requests for a location are served from the local cache.
An endpoint without hosted-service call limits
The per-visitor call limits of the hosted service do not apply on your own domain, so request volume is bounded by your server and the concurrency settings you choose.

Open-Meteo vs Alternatives

The hosted Open-Meteo API: api.open-meteo.com needs no API key and is free for non-commercial use, according to upstream. Self-hosting moves requests to your own server and domain, where the hosted service's call limits do not apply.
Docker on a server you manage yourself: Upstream documents running the same image with Docker or Docker Compose. On your own VPS you also set up the domain, TLS certificate and reverse proxy; here those come with the OneClick deployment.
The upstream Ubuntu package: Upstream also ships a prebuilt openmeteo-api package for Ubuntu 22.04 through its own APT repository, which you install, update and expose yourself.
Other hosted weather APIs: Third-party weather services run on their provider's servers under their own terms. Open-Meteo is open source (AGPL-3.0), so you can run and inspect the server yourself.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Open-Meteo hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

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More headroom for a larger cache and heavier request volume.

$59.99per month

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200 GB NVMe SSD
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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Open-Meteo itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Open-Meteo on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
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From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can you self-host Open-Meteo with Docker?

Yes, upstream documents Docker and Docker Compose, and this template is Open-Meteo Docker hosting already assembled: the official 1.6.0 image as one container, an open_meteo_data volume, and HTTPS on your domain, giving you your own Open-Meteo cloud endpoint without a reverse proxy to configure.

How much RAM does Open-Meteo need?

The template declares 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 10 GB of disk, and the CPU must support AVX2; idle use in QA was about 21 MiB. Upstream suggests 8 GB of RAM and 100 GB of disk for a heavily used API, so the 6 GB plan is the entry rung here.

Does Open-Meteo need an API key?

No. There is no sign-in, account, API key or administrator setup, and no web interface: the site root returns 404 by design. Request forecasts at /v1/forecast, for example with latitude, longitude and hourly=temperature_2m in the query string.

Is the API public by default?

Yes. With no built-in authentication, anyone who can reach the domain can query it, and every request uses your server's CPU, cache and outbound bandwidth. Forecast data is not private, but if abuse matters, put your own access layer such as HTTP Basic Auth in front of the whole API.

Is self-hosted Open-Meteo slower than the hosted API?

Upstream notes a self-hosted instance is generally slower than the free hosted API, especially while the cache is cold. The first request for a location fetches data from the public store; repeat requests for it are then served from the local cache in open_meteo_data.

Is Open-Meteo free for commercial use?

The hosted api.open-meteo.com is free for non-commercial use only, while upstream states that self-hosting is available for commercial use. The server is AGPL-3.0 and the weather data is CC BY 4.0. You pay xCloud only for the server, not a licence fee.

Do I need to credit Open-Meteo?

Yes, if you publish results. Upstream licenses the weather data under CC BY 4.0, so attribute Open-Meteo.com. The server software itself is under AGPL-3.0, which applies to the code and not to the forecast values your apps display.

How do I back up Open-Meteo?

There is little to protect. The open_meteo_data volume holds only cached weather data that is re-downloaded on demand, so a volume backup is optional; it saves only the time of refilling the cache. The cache survived an xCloud Restart in QA.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Open-Meteo?

Open-Meteo stays on pinned 1.6.0 until you pick up a newer template version. Upstream's release notes come first; as open_meteo_data holds only rebuildable cache, a backup before redeploying is a precaution. Nothing upgrades itself on an existing site.

Can I limit how much disk the cache uses?

Yes. CACHE_SIZE sets the maximum size of the cache file, reserved inside the open_meteo_data volume; this template defaults to 5GB. Keep it below your free disk space, then Save & Redeploy after changing it in the environment editor.

Edit environment variables and redeploy

Can I use any domain?

Almost any. Avoid a domain containing open-meteo.com: the server treats those hosts as the hosted service and answers 404. A subdomain on your own domain, such as weather.example.com, works and gets a free SSL certificate from xCloud on deployment.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.