Explore current weather and short-range forecasts around the world. Select a country, then optionally search for any city within that country.
How to use the Climate & Weather Explorer
Click a country on the map or search for it by name to see the weather in its capital. To check a different place, type any city within that country in the second search box. You’ll see the current conditions, including temperature, “feels like” temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation, plus a 5-day forecast with daily highs and lows, rain or snow totals, and maximum wind speed.
Reading the forecast
- Temperature is measured about 2 meters above the ground, the standard height for weather stations.
- Feels like (apparent temperature) combines temperature, humidity, and wind. Wind makes cold days feel colder, and humidity makes hot days feel hotter.
- Humidity is relative humidity: how much moisture the air holds compared with the most it could hold at that temperature. High humidity on a hot day makes it harder for sweat to cool you down.
- Precipitation is rain, snow, or sleet, shown in millimeters and inches. 1 mm of rain means a layer of water 1 mm deep on flat ground. A day with 10 mm or more is a properly wet day.
- Wind speed is measured 10 meters above the ground and shown in km/h and mph. Above about 40 km/h (25 mph), umbrellas become hard to use.
Forecasts are most reliable for the next two or three days. After that, treat them as a general guide and check again closer to the date.
Weather vs. climate
Weather is what’s happening in the air today or this week: a rainy afternoon, a heat wave, a snowstorm. Climate is the long-term pattern, usually averaged over 30 years: how hot summers usually get, which months are rainy, how cold winters are. In simple words, climate is what you expect and weather is what you get. One cold week doesn’t change a region’s climate, but a steady rise in average temperatures over decades does.
Handy uses
- Trip planning: compare the forecast for two cities before you pack.
- Calling family abroad: see whether it’s hot, rainy, or snowing where they are.
- Learning geography: click countries near the equator and near the poles and compare temperatures on the same day. Remember that the seasons are reversed in the Southern Hemisphere. When it’s autumn in Korea, it’s spring in Australia.
Where the data comes from
Weather data comes from Open-Meteo, a free, open-source weather service that combines forecast models from national weather agencies around the world, including those in Germany, the United States, and France. City locations come from Open-Meteo’s geocoding service, and the map uses public Natural Earth boundaries. Conditions are model estimates for the location, so they can differ slightly from a nearby weather station.
Common questions
Does it show Celsius or Fahrenheit?
Both. Every temperature is shown in Celsius and Fahrenheit side by side. For other conversions, try our Conversion Calculator.
Why is the weather shown for the capital?
The capital is used as a sensible default for each country. Search for a city to see anywhere else.
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