Real-Time Climate Intelligence for Data-Driven Cities

Combine IoT sensor networks with high-resolution urban climate models to map heat islands, flood risk and wind at street level. Data, forecasts and measurements are available through standardised APIs and integrate into digital twins, GIS systems and smart city platforms.

From Measurements to Actionable Climate Information

meteoblue supports cities through the whole chain: from planning the sensor network to delivering street-level climate data into the platforms your teams already use.

Step 1
Plan the network
Plan the network

Plan the Measurement Network With Us

Deciding where sensors go, how many a city needs and which sites are representative is often the hardest part of a measurement project.

meteoblue supports cities from the first site survey to long-term operation, including our largest city network with more than 150 stations.

  • Network design: Number of stations and network layout for your city.
  • Sensor placement strategy: Representative sites for heat, green space and traffic.
  • Deployment planning: Hardware, mounting and data connection.
  • Validation and operation: Checks after installation, then monitoring and maintenance.
Aerial image of Basel with planned measurement station sites on streets and squares
Collect and check

Measurements Stored, Checked and Ready to Use

Sensor measurements are ingested in real time, quality-controlled automatically and stored in a central database.

Your team accesses current and historical values through the Measurements API, without running its own data infrastructure.

  • Real-time ingestion: A continuous data stream from every station.
  • Automatic quality control: Implausible values and drift are flagged.
  • Central database: Long-term storage of all measurements.
  • Measurements API: Current and historical data for your own systems.
Measurement data flow: sensors, quality control, central database and Measurements API
Combine with models

Urban Climate Models Validated by Local Measurements

The urban climate model covers the city at 10 m resolution. It shows conditions in places where no sensor stands.

Where local IoT stations exist, their measurements are used to validate and refine the temperature model. The result is street-level climate information you can trust across the whole city.

  • Urban climate model: Complete coverage of the city at 10 m.
  • Local measurements: Ground truth at each station in the network.
  • Validated climate information: Street-level data and forecasts up to 7 days ahead.
  • Continuous refinement: New measurements keep the temperature model up to date.
Urban temperature map with IoT stations coloured by measured temperature
Generate climate layers

Urban Climate Layers for Every Street

The model and the measurements produce four core layers as maps and time series, with forecasts up to 7 days ahead for temperature, thermal comfort and wind.

Threshold-based alerts notify your teams by API, email or dashboard. The indicators also support funding applications, adaptation concepts and climate adaptation laws.

  • Air temperature: Heat islands and cool spots at 10 m resolution.
  • Thermal comfort (PET): Heat stress as people feel it, street by street.
  • Wind: Speed and direction at down to 2 m resolution.
  • Pluvial flood: Areas where heavy rain collects on the surface.
Urban climate layers: air temperature, thermal comfort (PET), wind and pluvial flood
Deliver via API

Urban Climate Data Ready for Smart City Platforms

Urban climate information is delivered through two APIs, so it fits into digital twins, GIS software, operational dashboards and municipal applications.

Maps are available for the current time or a chosen point in time, so dashboards and planning tools always work with up-to-date data.

  • City Climate API: Heat, thermal comfort (PET), wind and pluvial flood maps for your city.
  • Measurements API: Current and historical observations from your sensor network.
  • Standard formats: GeoTIFF for GIS and images for web and dashboards.
Example City Climate API request, available map endpoints and the Measurements API feeding digital twins, GIS and city dashboards

End-to-End Urban Climate Intelligence

Hyperlocal Forecasts and Alerts

Dense sensor observations and high-resolution models provide street-level predictions of temperature, wind and rainfall. Threshold-based alerts activate when conditions exceed set limits and reach your teams by API, email or dashboard.

Integration into Digital Twins and Smart City Dashboards

Our APIs and data formats are compatible with smart city software, GIS systems, and planning dashboards.

Weather stations, satellite data, radar, climate models and topography data processed by meteoblue into a weather dashboard

Climate Data Decision-Makers Can Act On

We translate complex high-resolution climate data into ready-to-use outputs, empowering smart city decision makers to act.

Layered view of a green city, climate data and an urban planning map

Support for Funding and Adaptation Laws

Our climate indicators support funding applications, adaptation planning and the requirements of climate adaptation laws in different countries.

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Cities actively using meteoblue urban climate systems

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Urban Maps publicly deployed worldwide

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Stations in our largest city climate network

meteoblue offers us flexible solutions and has worked with us to establish a long-term measurement network that provides accurate measurements and quality-assured real-time data. This data gives us important insights into temperature trends in the city. This enables us to take targeted measures to promote the well-being and quality of life of our population.

Stefan Fluck
Project Lead, City of Zürich

Products for Smart Cities

City Climate API

Urban climate data at 10 m for heat and down to 2 m for wind, delivered by API or FTP into your own systems.

Measurements API

Current and historical observations from your city's sensor network, quality-controlled and ready to integrate.

Urban Maps

Street-level maps of heat, thermal comfort, wind and pluvial flooding for your city, ready for planning and public communication.

Urban Maps Widget

Show your city's urban climate maps on your own website, so residents can see where heat and flooding matter.

Personalised solutions

Plan your city's measurement network and urban climate data with our team.