Weather · head-to-head
Aemet vs openSenseMap
AEMET OpenData is the official REST API of Spain's national meteorological agency, publishing forecasts, observations, climatology, and warnings ("avisos") restricted to Spanish territory. Requests return a metadata JSON envelope containing a signed URL that must be fetched separately to retrieve the actual payload (JSON, XML, or CSV depending on endpoint), and the service is documented via an interactive Swagger UI and machine-readable OpenAPI spec.
openSenseMap is the open, non-profit citizen-science platform behind the University of Munster's senseBox project, serving live and historical readings from thousands of crowdsourced environmental sensor stations worldwide, covering not just temperature/humidity but also particulate matter, noise and other phenomena. Reading data is fully open and keyless (accounts are only needed to register or post data from your own senseBox), and the full historical archive is separately mirrored on an archive subdomain.
| Aemet | openSenseMap | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | API Key | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON, XML, CSV | JSON, GeoJSON, CSV |
| CORS | unknown | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
openSenseMap needs no API key, while Aemet requires API Key — pick openSenseMap to start without signup.