Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI)

Name

Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI)

Legal name

Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI)

Website

https://inamhi.gob.ec

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI) is Ecuador's national meteorological and hydrological institute, a government state entity that provides weather forecasts, climate data, and hydrological monitoring for the Ecuadorian government and public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meteorological and Hydrological Services

NAICS

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Monitoring, Data & Reporting (Air/Water/Soil) (BPAIAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental Data Management Platforms (EHS/EMS, LIMS, ELN, Compliance Data Hubs) (EUAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Weather forecasting services
• Meteorological data monitoring
• Hydrological information services
• National climate observation
• Severe weather warnings

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Core offering

INAMHI is Ecuador's national meteorological and hydrological institute, providing official weather forecasts, climate monitoring, severe weather warnings, and hydrological information for the country. It operates the national observation network and publishes climatological and hydrological data used by government, aviation, agriculture, disaster management, and the general public. Its services are delivered under a state mandate rather than through commercial sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Official national weather forecasting and severe weather warning service

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Others

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO): UN specialized agency for meteorology, hydrology, and related geophysical sciences. Others: not a peer in the commercial sense but the governing international body that sets standards, coordinates data exchange, and channels funding to national services like INAMHI.
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF): Intergovernmental organization producing global numerical weather predictions. Others: not a direct competitor but a critical upstream data partner and standards-setter that national institutes like INAMHI rely on for global forecast model inputs.

Broad incumbents

• Met Office (UK): United Kingdom's national meteorological service. Broad incumbent: a much larger, well-funded national service that combines statutory public-good forecasting with commercial weather and climate services - a structural reference point for what INAMHI's mandate could evolve into.
• NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration): United States federal agency encompassing the National Weather Service and broader oceanic and atmospheric research. Broad incumbent: vastly larger scale and broader mandate, but serves as the model national authority whose weather service component is directly analogous to INAMHI's role.
• MeteoSwiss: Switzerland's national meteorological and climatological service. Broad incumbent: a smaller-population national service that nonetheless operates at a high technological standard, illustrating how a focused national institute can punch above its weight - a useful aspirational peer for INAMHI.

Direct peers

• SENAMHI Peru: Peru's national meteorological and hydrological service under the Ministry of Environment. Direct peer: shares an almost identical name, mandate, and operational scope with INAMHI, and serves an adjacent Andean nation with comparable climate and hydrological monitoring requirements.
• INMET Brazil: Brazil's National Institute of Meteorology, a federal government entity under the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Direct peer: designated national authority for meteorological observations, forecasts, and climate data in Brazil, performing the same statutory role INAMHI holds in Ecuador.
• IDEAM Colombia: Colombia's Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies. Direct peer: performs the same core functions for Colombia as INAMHI does for Ecuador, with very similar institutional structure as a government scientific institute covering meteorology, hydrology, and environmental monitoring.
• Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentina): Argentina's national meteorological service, operated under the Ministry of Defense. Direct peer: provides weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and hydrometeorological data for Argentina, serving the same governmental and public-safety functions as INAMHI.
• Dirección Meteorológica de Chile (DMC): Chile's national meteorological directorate, a government entity providing weather, climate, and aeronautical meteorological services. Direct peer: comparable Andean-Pacific regional mandate, similar institutional structure, and overlapping technology and data requirements.

Market position

Customer concentration

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