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AQICN vs weather-api

If you need a Weather API that's easy to integrate, go with weather-api.

AQICN

Air Quality Index Data for over 1000 cities

weather-api

A RESTful free API to check the weather

AQICN

  • Simple API key authentication
  • HTTPS supported

weather-api

  • No authentication required
  • HTTPS supported
  • No CORS support
FeatureAQICNweather-api
AuthenticationapiKeyNone
HTTPSYesYes
CORSUnknownNo

When to use which?

weather-api is the better choice for quick prototypes and hackathons since it requires no authentication.