WeatherAPI.com vs Weatherbit

Weatherbit sells plans by calls per day, with history, air quality and agriculture data on its higher plans; its free plan is for non-commercial use. WeatherAPI.com plans are by calls per month, and the Free plan allows commercial use.

Weatherbit's details checked on 4 November 2026 from their own website (sources at the end of this page). Prices are in US dollars unless stated.

Feature and price comparison

Feature	WeatherAPI.com	Weatherbit
Free plan	100,000 calls a month, 3-day forecast, no card needed	50 calls a day, 7-day forecast; non-commercial use only
Paid plans from	$7 a month for 3 million calls (Starter); $25 for 5 million (Pro+); $65 for 10 million (Business); High Volume up to 500 million	Standard (25,000 calls a day), Plus (250,000) and Business (2 million); prices on their pricing page
Forecast length	Up to 14 days hourly; long-range outlook up to 300 days (Pro+ and above)	16 days daily and 240 hours hourly from Standard; 7 days on Free
Next-hour rain, minute by minute	Starter and above: radar-based in the US and much of Europe, model-based elsewhere	60 minutes in 1-minute steps where radar covers, from Standard
Radar map tiles	Pro+ and above: US and much of Europe, past 2 hours and 1-hour nowcast	Map tiles with precipitation (radar) and satellite layers, from Plus
Historical weather	Back to 1 January 2010 on Business; past 365 days on Pro+	None on Standard; 5 years on Plus; 30 years on Business
Air quality	Current and forecast on every plan (limited on Free)	Current, forecast and history on Business and Enterprise
Pollen	Starter and above	Where available, with air quality (Business)
Marine weather and tides	Every plan; tides on Pro+ and above	Not listed
Government weather alerts	Every plan (limited on Free)	US, EU, UK, Israel, Canada and China
Agriculture (soil, evapotranspiration)	Agriculture API with soil, evapotranspiration, growing degree days and spray windows (Business)	Soil temperature and moisture, evapotranspiration (Business and Enterprise)
Solar irradiance and PV	Irradiance on Starter and above; PV power forecast on Business	Irradiance fields (GHI, DNI, DHI); no PV forecast listed
Climate normals and degree days	Climate averages, records and degree days (Business)	Climate normals from Plus; degree days on Business
Many locations in one request	Up to 50 locations per request (Pro+ and above)	No bulk API; custom historical data orders
Webhooks	Pro+ and above	Not listed
Commercial use on the free plan	Allowed	Free plan is non-commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0)
When you reach your plan's limit	Calls stop at the limit unless you top up; automatic top-ups on paid plans	Requests refused (HTTP 429) until the daily limit resets at 00:00 UTC
Uptime commitment	99% on Starter and Pro+, 99.9% on Business; SLA on Enterprise	95% on Free, 99.5% on paid plans

Choose Weatherbit if…

You need up to 30 years of history, or air quality history.
You want satellite map layers.
A 16-day forecast matters more to you than a 14-day one.

Choose WeatherAPI.com if…

You're building a commercial product on a free plan: commercial use is allowed with 100,000 calls a month.
You want monthly allowances rather than daily ones, so busy days don't cut you off.
You need marine weather and tides, bulk requests of up to 50 locations, or webhooks.
You want air quality and pollen from the Starter plan ($7 a month).

Questions

Is WeatherAPI.com a good Weatherbit alternative?

Yes, if you need commercial use on a free plan, monthly rather than daily call allowances, marine and tide data, or bulk requests. Weatherbit is a good fit if you need up to 30 years of history or satellite map layers.