--- title: "Open-Meteo vs Visual Crossing: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Open-Meteo or Visual Crossing more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Weather APIs set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/open-meteo-vs-visual-crossing" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Open-Meteo vs Visual Crossing: Which is searched more? Is Open-Meteo or Visual Crossing more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Weather APIs set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Open-Meteo and Visual Crossing - **Competitive set**: Weather APIs - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Open-Meteo Share of Search**: 0.66% - **Visual Crossing Share of Search**: 0.04% ## Is Open-Meteo or Visual Crossing more popular in search? - In September 2026, Open-Meteo had more branded searches than Visual Crossing among weather APIs worldwide. Open-Meteo had about 41,200 branded searches, while Visual Crossing had 2,220. Open-Meteo made up 0.66% of all weather API searches we track, and Visual Crossing accounted for 0.04%. - Open-Meteo was ahead of Visual Crossing in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Open-Meteo’s share of searches among weather APIs worldwide moved from 0.38% to 0.66%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 23.5K to 41.2K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Visual Crossing’s share of searches among weather APIs worldwide moved from 0.05% to 0.04%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.9K to 2.2K. ## Top weather APIs in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Open-Meteo appeared in all five answers. Visual Crossing was mentioned in four out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers and in both Google AI Overviews. Open-Meteo was listed before Visual Crossing in four out of five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Open-Meteo | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | WeatherAPI | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | OpenWeather | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Tomorrow.io | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Visual Crossing | 5th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | AccuWeather | 6th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about weather APIs - Asked ChatGPT "Which weather API should I use?": 1. Open-Meteo, 2. OpenWeather, 3. WeatherAPI, 4. Visual Crossing, 5. Tomorrow.io - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best weather APIs?": 1. Open-Meteo, 2. OpenWeather, 3. WeatherAPI, 4. Tomorrow.io, 5. Visual Crossing - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best weather API for an app?": 1. Open-Meteo, 2. OpenWeather, 3. WeatherAPI, 4. Tomorrow.io - Searched Google, AI Overview "weather apis": 1. WeatherAPI, 2. Open-Meteo, 3. Visual Crossing - Searched Google, AI Overview "forecast api": 1. Tomorrow.io, 2. Visual Crossing, 3. Open-Meteo, 4. AccuWeather Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 19, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for weather APIs worldwide in September 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Open-Meteo worldwide rose 75.3% over 12 measured months, from 23.5K to 41.2K in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Visual Crossing worldwide fell 22.9% over 12 measured months, from 2.9K to 2.2K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Open-Meteo estimated searches | Open-Meteo Share of Search | Open-Meteo rank | Visual Crossing estimated searches | Visual Crossing Share of Search | Visual Crossing rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 23.5K | 0.38% | 4 | 2.9K | 0.05% | 6 | | Nov 2025 | 27.6K | 0.54% | 3 | 3.3K | 0.06% | 6 | | Dec 2025 | 22.5K | 0.36% | 4 | 2.7K | 0.04% | 6 | | Jan 2026 | 27.6K | 0.3% | 3 | 3.4K | 0.04% | 6 | | Feb 2026 | 32.5K | 0.64% | 3 | 2.9K | 0.06% | 6 | | Mar 2026 | 39.7K | 0.64% | 3 | 3.3K | 0.05% | 6 | | Apr 2026 | 41.2K | 0.66% | 2 | 3.4K | 0.05% | 6 | | May 2026 | 41.2K | 0.54% | 2 | 2.9K | 0.04% | 6 | | Jun 2026 | 41.2K | 0.54% | 2 | 2.3K | 0.03% | 6 | | Jul 2026 | 39.7K | 0.52% | 2 | 2.2K | 0.03% | 6 | | Aug 2026 | 39.7K | 0.52% | 2 | 2.2K | 0.03% | 6 | | Sep 2026 | 41.2K | 0.66% | 2 | 2.2K | 0.04% | 6 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Open-Meteo’s and Visual Crossing’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Open-Meteo**: Measured on the search terms “open meteo” and “openmeteo”, summed into one figure. - **Visual Crossing**: Measured on the search terms “visual crossing” and “visualcrossing”, summed into one figure. - [Open-Meteo profile](/demand/global-en/brands/open-meteo) - [Visual Crossing profile](/demand/global-en/brands/visual-crossing) - [All weather APIs worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/weather-apis): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Open-Meteo or Visual Crossing more popular in search? In September 2026, Open-Meteo had more branded searches than Visual Crossing among weather APIs worldwide. Open-Meteo had about 41,200 branded searches, while Visual Crossing had 2,220. Open-Meteo made up 0.66% of all weather API searches we track, and Visual Crossing accounted for 0.04%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Open-Meteo vs Visual Crossing: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/open-meteo-vs-visual-crossing This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/open-meteo-vs-visual-crossing. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.