Meteotest
Meteotest AG is a Swiss, 100% employee-owned applied meteorology and climatology firm founded in 1985 that combines scientific expertise with in-house software development to deliver weather forecasts, climate data, air quality modeling, urban heat analysis, custom APIs, and measurement services to Swiss government, infrastructure operators, energy firms, and global Meteonorm API customers.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1985
- HeadquartersBern, Switzerland
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
Meteotest firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Meteotest
- Legal name
- Meteotest AG
- Website
- https://meteotest.ch
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1985
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Meteotest AG is a Swiss, 100% employee-owned applied meteorology and climatology firm founded in 1985 that combines scientific expertise with in-house software development to deliver weather forecasts, climate data, air quality modeling, urban heat analysis, custom APIs, and measurement services to Swiss government, infrastructure operators, energy firms, and global Meteonorm API customers.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Meteotest is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bern
- HQ country
- Switzerland
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Meteotest business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Weather and Climate Consulting / Expert Reports: Meteotest provides expert consulting services in meteorology, climatology, air quality, and environmental science. Services include wind assessments (energy yield, environmental, wind load), climate assessments, air quality dispersion modeling, icing analysis, and urban heat studies. These are customized expert reports delivered to B2B and government clients.
- Meteonorm Software and API: Meteonorm is a commercial software product providing global climate data (solar radiation, temperature, and other weather parameters) since 1985. Distributed globally via standardized API for integration into digital applications. Also offered as desktop software. Positioned as 'The Norm in Radiation'. Custom APIs developed for specific industry needs.
- Custom API and Software Development: Meteotest develops customized, scalable APIs delivering weather, climate, and environmental data in CSV, XML, JSON, or YAML formats. Also includes GIS standards (WMS, WFS, WMTS, GeoJSON). Web applications, map applications, data management systems, and databases are built for specific client needs.
- Weather Station and Measurement Equipment Services: Messtechnik (measurement technology) division provides weather and measurement stations, measurement data portals, and engineering & measurement campaigns. Includes hardware deployment and ongoing data management services.
- Training and Guided Tours: Weather training courses offered for schools, construction industry/outdoor event organizers, and agriculture. Covers weather interpretation, risk management, frost detection, and harvest planning. Also offers expert-guided weather tours.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Training & Tours - Customized weather training for schools, construction/outdoor events, and agriculture |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels4 records
Meteotest product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Meteotest AG is a Swiss applied meteorology, climatology, and environmental science firm that sells customized weather, climate, and air-quality consulting reports, expert assessments (wind, icing, urban heat, dispersion), measurement stations and data portals, and proprietary software products including the Meteonorm global climate database, Meteonorm API, custom data APIs, and tailored web applications. Services are delivered primarily to Swiss government agencies, cantons, energy and transport companies, with the Meteonorm API distributed globally to digital application developers.
Product overview
Meteotest offers a multi-product portfolio organized across six business divisions: (1) Weather Forecasts covering general forecasting, media weather, extreme weather (hail, lightning, heavy precipitation, wind), and training services; (2) Energy & Climate including Meteonorm software (the company's flagship product since 1985), climate data, urban heat analysis via PALM-4U, and solar potential assessments; (3) Software encompassing the Meteonorm API, custom APIs, web applications with real-time visualization, MAAP web mapping library, and data management; (4) Wind & Ice providing energy yield assessments, environmental expertise, wind load reports, icing forecasts, and ice throw assessments; (5) Measurements including weather stations, data portals, and engineering measurement campaigns; and (6) Air Quality covering dispersion modeling, immission maps (PolluMap), and critical loads. The portfolio is complemented by Geoinformatics (spatial analysis, geodata models, and GeoAI). The company develops and operates all solutions in Switzerland under the Swiss Made Software label.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Meteonorm: Global climate database software providing solar radiation, temperature, and weather parameters for any location worldwide since 1985.
- Meteonorm API
- MAAP Webkarten
Products and services
- Meteonorm
- Meteonorm API
- Custom API for Weather, Climate, and Environmental Data
- Custom Web Applications
- MAAP Webkarten (MAAP Online Maps)
- Weather Consultancy (Wetterberatung)
- Media Weather (Medienwetter)
- Extreme Weather Services (Extremwetter)
- Training and Weather Tours (Schulungen & Führungen)
- Urban Heat & Spatial Planning (Stadthitze & Raumplanung)
- Climate Assessments (Klimagutachten)
- Climate Data Products (Klimadaten)
- Wind Energy Yield Assessments (Ertragsgutachten)
- Wind Load Reports (Windlastgutachten)
- Icing Forecasts and Ice Risk Services (Vereisung)
- Weather & Measurement Stations and Engineering Campaigns (Messtechnik)
- Air Quality Dispersion Modelling and Immissions Maps (Luftreinhaltung)
- Spatial Analysis, Geodata Models, and GeoAI (Geoinformatik)
Quantifiable outcome
- Geneva Airport handles 16M+ annual passengers (growing to 25M by 2030) with single runway using Meteotest weather dashboard
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Meteotest
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
Segments9 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Meteotest technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability4 records
Feature6 records
Meteotest partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, core and minor.
- Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) / ECMWFstrategicMeteotest and afca developed the Climate Analogues website for Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by ECMWF on behalf of the European Commission. The tool shows how climate might change at any location on Earth by identifying climate analogue sites. Meteotest evaluated and prepared CMIP5 climate model data and programmed the API.
- CSEM (Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology)strategicCSEM and Meteotest collaborated on the SkyCam project (funded by Swiss Federal Office of Energy), developing a low-cost system using cameras and AI to predict solar radiation. Engineers set up CMOS cameras and pyranometers in Alpnach, Bern, and Neuchâtel. Data were collected every 10 seconds for a year. Project results opened to the scientific community via GitHub.
- MétéoragecoreMeteotest entered a close partnership with Météorage (autumn 2019). Météorage operates a high-quality lightning detection network in Europe with more than 30 years of experience. Meteotest obtains lightning data for Switzerland and neighbouring countries in real time. Meteotest acts as a distributor for Météorage services in Switzerland. Services include lightning risk evaluation, lightning warnings, thunderstorm monitoring, and lightning footprints. This complements Meteotest's extreme weather portfolio covering hail, lightning, heavy precipitation, and strong wind.
- MeteoSwiss (Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology)coreMeteoSwiss provides weather data specifically compiled for Meteotest's clients. For Geneva Airport, MeteoSwiss compiles weather data and provides it to Meteotest who imports and displays it via a dashboard application. Meteotest also uses the COSMO-1e forecasting model developed at MeteoSwiss (operational since 2021, replacing WRF model).
- INFRAScoreINFRAS and Meteotest have maintained a long-standing joint venture partnership for the development and refinement of the PolluMap air quality dispersion model over the past 20+ years. PolluMap calculates immission maps for Switzerland's air pollutants (NO2, PM10, PM2.5) and has been used by FOEN for national air pollution control.
- NET Nowak Energie & Technologie AGstrategicNET Nowak Energie & Technologie AG collaborated with Meteotest on the Zurich photovoltaic potential study. NET Nowak provided energy expertise while Meteotest contributed solar resource analysis. The study found Zurich can increase solar power by a factor of 7 by 2030 (207 GWh/year production potential).
- afcastrategicafca and Meteotest co-developed the Climate Analogues website for Copernicus Climate Change Service. Afca designed the user experience and programmed the front end; Meteotest handled climate data processing and API development. The result is an educational website showing climate change analogues.
- MeteoradarcoreMeteotest maintains close cooperation with Meteoradar for hail detection and nowcasting. Products include Donnerradar (current hail and lightning), Haildoc (past hail events), and Meteolocal (hail forecasts). This complements Meteotest's extreme weather portfolio.
- Clean Power ResearchminorClean Power Research collaborated with Meteotest on the 'Oversize Me' study funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. The study analyzed optimal PV/battery configurations for Switzerland's energy transition, examining 24 scenarios based on Energy Perspectives 2050+.
- State University of New York at AlbanyminorState University of New York at Albany collaborated with Meteotest and Clean Power Research on the 'Oversize Me' study for the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, analyzing optimal PV-battery configurations for Switzerland's future electricity generation.
- Swiss Made SoftwarestrategicMeteotest is a member of the Swiss Made Software association. All software value creation is certified Swiss Made Software. This serves as a quality differentiator and marketing positioning for the company's software products.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Meteotest competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- StormGeo: StormGeo (Norway) provides weather-driven decision support for energy, shipping, and offshore operations globally, combining forecasting with software/API delivery. It mirrors Meteotest's mix of expert consulting and data products for renewable energy and infrastructure clients.
- Reask: Reask specializes in extreme weather risk analytics (tropical cyclones, severe storms) for insurance, finance, and infrastructure clients. Comparable to Meteotest's Extremwetter division for insurance and infrastructure customers, with overlapping use cases in probabilistic risk modeling.
- meteoblue: meteoblue is a Swiss-based weather forecasting company offering high-resolution global weather data, APIs, and historical climate datasets. Like Meteotest, it serves energy, agriculture, construction, and government clients with scientific weather services and has a strong European market focus.
- Solargis: Solargis provides solar resource data and forecasting for the renewable energy industry via software, APIs, and consulting. It is directly comparable to Meteotest's Meteonorm and Energy & Climate division, serving PV developers, utilities, and banks with bankable solar data.
- Vortex (part of StormGeo): Vortex provides high-resolution weather data, historical reanalysis, and forecasting services primarily for renewable energy markets in Europe. Comparable to Meteotest's wind/solar resource and forecasting offerings, with similar target customer base.
Others
- INFRAS: INFRAS is a Swiss research and consulting firm that has co-developed the PolluMap air dispersion model with Meteotest for 20+ years. While a partner rather than direct competitor, INFRAS works on overlapping environmental consulting topics for Swiss federal clients.
Broad incumbents
- DTN (formerly MeteoGroup): DTN acquired MeteoGroup and now offers enterprise-grade weather, climate, and agricultural intelligence globally. It is a broader incumbent than Meteotest, with overlapping services for energy, government, and media but a much larger portfolio and international footprint.
Regional players
- MeteoSwiss (Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology): MeteoSwiss is Switzerland's national weather service and a partner/data supplier to Meteotest (provides COSMO-1e). It also serves Swiss government and aviation customers directly, making it a partial competitor in the same Swiss geography with overlapping products (forecasts, warnings, climate data).
- Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD): DWD is Germany's national meteorological service, providing weather data, climate information, and warnings. As a regional public-sector provider with adjacent services to Meteotest's German projects (e.g., Hessen weather extremes portal), it is a comparable reference point for the type of national meteorological services Meteotest partners with.
Emerging players
- Climavision: Climavision provides high-resolution weather forecasting and environmental intelligence by combining radar, satellite, and proprietary modeling. It is an emerging global player targeting similar enterprise and government customers (energy, transport, insurance) with an API-first model comparable to Meteonorm.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Meteotest leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles11 records
Meteotest funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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Frequently asked questions about Meteotest
What does Meteotest do?
Meteotest AG is a Swiss applied meteorology, climatology, and environmental science firm that sells customized weather, climate, and air-quality consulting reports, expert assessments (wind, icing, urban heat, dispersion), measurement stations and data portals, and proprietary software products including the Meteonorm global climate database, Meteonorm API, custom data APIs, and tailored web applications. Services are delivered primarily to Swiss government agencies, cantons, energy and transport companies, with the Meteonorm API distributed globally to digital application developers.
Is Meteotest a public or private company?
Meteotest is a private company. It is classified as management employee owned and is currently operating.
When was Meteotest founded?
Meteotest was founded in 1985. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Meteotest based?
Meteotest is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, in the Europe region.
How does Meteotest make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Weather and Climate Consulting / Expert Reports are the primary driver. The others are meteonorm Software and API, custom API and Software Development, weather Station and Measurement Equipment Services and training and Guided Tours.
Who are Meteotest's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are StormGeo, Reask, meteoblue, Solargis and Vortex (part of StormGeo). INFRAS is listed as an others. DTN (formerly MeteoGroup) is listed as a broad incumbent. Regional players are MeteoSwiss (Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology) and Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD). Climavision is listed as an emerging player.
Does Meteotest have an API?
Yes. Meteotest offers two API products: (1) The Meteonorm API provides access to a comprehensive global climate database enabling integration of solar radiation, temperature, and weather/climate parameters for any location worldwide. (2) Custom-built APIs deliver up-to-date weather, climate, and environmental data in formats including CSV, XML, JSON, or YAML, with support for specific graphics or data structures. For GIS applications, open mapping standards including WMS, WFS, WMTS, and GeoJSON are available. Available data includes temporal coverage from historical climate data through nowcasting, forecasts, and future climate scenarios; parameters include temperature (current/max/min at 2m height, ground temperature), precipitation (amount, rain probability, snow line), wind (speed, direction, gusts), radiation (global horizontal, direct/diffuse, inclined surfaces), humidity (relative, dew point), air pressure (QFF, zero-degree level), evapotranspiration, and air quality (hourly/annual values for Switzerland). Application areas include energy industry, building automation, agriculture, tourism & events, and media & communication. Developer documentation is at meteonorm.com.