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Route Queries

The route query allows you to query the weather along your travel route. You need to provide a list of times (see time description) and a list of locations (Polyline or Point list may come in handy), both of the same length. The route query has to include the optional flag &route=true. Currently available output formats are csv, json and xml.

Examples: The following 3 examples query all the same data in different output formats and with different input specifications, where we are in St. Gallen at 12:00Z, Winterthur at 13:00Z, Zurich at 14:00Z and in Bern at 15:00Z: https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-16T12Z,2024-04-16T13Z,2024-04-16T14Z,2024-04-16T15Z/t_2m:C,precip_1h:mm,sunshine_duration_1h:min/47.423938,9.3728583+47.499419,8.7265173+47.3819673,8.5306616+46.949911,7.4300993/xml?route=true 
<xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8">
<meteomatics-api-response version="3.0">
 <user>meteomatics</user>
 <dategenerated>2019-05-02T11:45:40Z</dategenerated>
 <status>OK</status>
 <data>
 <location lat="47.4239" lon="9.37286" date="2019-05-02T12:00:00Z">
 <parameter name="t_2m:C">15.7</parameter>
 <parameter name="precip_1h:mm">0.00</parameter>
 <parameter name="sunshine_duration_1h:min">0.0</parameter>
 </location>
 <location lat="47.4994" lon="8.72652" date="2019-05-02T13:00:00Z">
 <parameter name="t_2m:C">15.2</parameter>
 <parameter name="precip_1h:mm">0.00</parameter>
 <parameter name="sunshine_duration_1h:min">0.0</parameter>
 </location>
 <location lat="47.382" lon="8.53066" date="2019-05-02T14:00:00Z">
 <parameter name="t_2m:C">12.8</parameter>
 <parameter name="precip_1h:mm">0.45</parameter>
 <parameter name="sunshine_duration_1h:min">0.0</parameter>
 </location>
 <location lat="46.9499" lon="7.4301" date="2019-05-02T15:00:00Z">
 <parameter name="t_2m:C">13.2</parameter>
 <parameter name="precip_1h:mm">0.00</parameter>
 <parameter name="sunshine_duration_1h:min">0.2</parameter>
 </location>
 </data></meteomatics-api-response>
Instead of using coordinates explicitly, you can choose your locations by postal code. In this example the output format is json: https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-16T12Z,2024-04-16T13Z,2024-04-16T14Z,2024-04-16T15Z/t_2m:C,precip_1h:mm,sunshine_duration_1h:min/postal_CH9000+postal_CH8400+postal_CH8000+postal_CH3000/json?route=true 
{
 "version": "3.0",
 "user": "meteomatics",
 "dateGenerated": "2019-04-16T12:20:30Z",
 "status": "OK",
 "data": [
 {
 "station_id": "postal_CH9000",
 "date": "2019-04-16T12:00:00Z",
 "parameters": [
 {
 "parameter": "t_2m:C",
 "value": 12.3
 },
 {
 "parameter": "precip_1h:mm",
 "value": 0.00
 },
 {
 "parameter": "sunshine_duration_1h:min",
 "value": 0.0
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "station_id": "postal_CH8400",
 "date": "2019-04-16T13:00:00Z",
 "parameters": [
 {
 "parameter": "t_2m:C",
 "value": 13.7
 },
 {
 "parameter": "precip_1h:mm",
 "value": 0.00
 },
 {
 "parameter": "sunshine_duration_1h:min",
 "value": 0.0
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "station_id": "postal_CH8000",
 "date": "2019-04-16T14:00:00Z",
 "parameters": [
 {
 "parameter": "t_2m:C",
 "value": 12.7
 },
 {
 "parameter": "precip_1h:mm",
 "value": 0.00
 },
 {
 "parameter": "sunshine_duration_1h:min",
 "value": 0.0
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 "station_id": "postal_CH3000",
 "date": "2019-04-16T15:00:00Z",
 "parameters": [
 {
 "parameter": "t_2m:C",
 "value": 9.2
 },
 {
 "parameter": "precip_1h:mm",
 "value": 0.04
 },
 {
 "parameter": "sunshine_duration_1h:min",
 "value": 0.0
 }
 ]
 }
 ]
}
If you like to work with csv, just change the output format: https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-16T12ZPT3H:PT1H/t_2m:C,precip_1h:mm,sunshine_duration_1h:min/postal_CH9000+postal_CH8400+postal_CH8000+postal_CH3000/csv?route=true 
station_id;validdate;t_2m:C;precip_1h:mm;sunshine_duration_1h:min
postal_CH9000;2019-04-16T12:00:00Z;12.3;0.00;0.0
postal_CH8400;2019-04-16T13:00:00Z;13.7;0.00;0.0
postal_CH8000;2019-04-16T14:00:00Z;12.7;0.00;0.0
postal_CH3000;2019-04-16T15:00:00Z;9.2;0.04;0.0
You can also specify the starting and ending point of your route and the increments in-between to get the data along a line https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-16T12ZPT1H:PT5M/t_2m:C,precip_10min:mm,wind_speed_10m:ms,elevation:m/47,9_45,7:13/json?route=true or if you like a route consisting of several lines (s. Polylines): https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-16T12ZPT1H:PT20M,2024-04-16T13ZPT2H:PT30M/t_2m:C,wind_speed_10m:ms/47,9_45,7:4+45,8:6/xml?route=true

Other Examples

A shipping route example is shown below. It starts in Southhampton, followed by Cherbourg, then Queenstown, and a final stop in New York. Along the route the significant wave height was examined where the red color corresponds to high waves and blue to low wave heights.
Sea route query
https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-16T14:00:00ZP8D:PT1H/significant_wave_height:m,wind_speed_10m:ms,wind_dir_10m:d/50.8978,-1.4241+50.8943,-1.4072+...+40.6719,-74.0826+40.6637,-74.08964/xml?route=true 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<meteomatics-api-response version="3.0">
 <user>meteomatics</user>
 <dateGenerated>2019-05-02T11:42:57Z</dateGenerated>
 <status>OK</status>
 <data>
 <location lat="50.8978" lon="-1.4241" date="2019-04-10T14:00:00Z">
 <parameter name="significant_wave_height:m">-999</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_speed_10m:ms">4.3</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_dir_10m:d">46.5</parameter>
 </location>
 <location lat="50.8943" lon="-1.4072" date="2019-04-10T15:00:00Z">
 <parameter name="significant_wave_height:m">-999</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_speed_10m:ms">4.0</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_dir_10m:d">47.0</parameter>
 </location>
 ...
 <location lat="40.6719" lon="-74.0826" date="2019-04-18T18:00:00Z">
 <parameter name="significant_wave_height:m">-999</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_speed_10m:ms">5.9</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_dir_10m:d">134.8</parameter>
 </location>
 <location lat="40.6637" lon="-74.0896" date="2019-04-18T19:00:00Z">
 <parameter name="significant_wave_height:m">-999</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_speed_10m:ms">5.5</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_dir_10m:d">115.2</parameter>
 </location>
 </data>
</meteomatics-api-response>
This example represents the highway A1 between St. Gallen and Bern. The temperature along the route is shown in the figure where red corresponds to high values and green to low temperatures.
Land route query
https://api.meteomatics.com/2024-04-16T06:30:00Z,2024-04-16T06:32:10Z,...,2024-04-16T09:32:00Z,2024-04-16T09:35:00Z,2024-04-16T09:43:00Z/t_2m:C,wind_speed_10m:ms/47.43185,9.37355+47.42024,9.33235+...+46.99636,7.50299+46.95326,7.4563/xml?route=true 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<meteomatics-api-response version="3.0">
 <user>meteomatics</user>
 <dateGenerated>2019-05-02T11:54:37Z</dateGenerated>
 <status>OK</status>
 <data>
 <location lat="47.4318" lon="9.37355" date="2019-04-25T06:30:00Z">
 <parameter name="t_2m:C">13.5</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_speed_10m:ms">4.6</parameter>
 </location>
 <location lat="47.4202" lon="9.33235" date="2019-04-25T06:32:10Z">
 <parameter name="t_2m:C">12.8</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_speed_10m:ms">1.8</parameter>
 </location>
 ...
 <location lat="46.9964" lon="7.50299" date="2019-04-25T09:35:00Z">
 <parameter name="t_2m:C">13.2</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_speed_10m:ms">4.6</parameter>
 </location>
 <location lat="46.9533" lon="7.4563" date="2019-04-25T09:43:00Z">
 <parameter name="t_2m:C">16.6</parameter>
 <parameter name="wind_speed_10m:ms">6.5</parameter>
 </location>
 </data>
</meteomatics-api-response>