Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern EDI

What Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern EDI does

MeteoSwiss (Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology) is the Swiss federal government agency responsible for weather forecasting and climate monitoring, operating under the Federal Department of Home Affairs (Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern, EDI). The organization delivers a portfolio of web-based applications covering severe weather hazards, precipitation radar, probability of precipitation, real-time temperature measurements (updated at 10-minute intervals), temperature forecasting, wind analysis at 10 meters above ground, cloud cover, pollen forecasts, meteorological reports, and a long-term Climate Monitor tracking temperature, precipitation, and sunshine patterns. The underlying technology stack combines radar, satellite, and ground-based measurement networks that provide continuous, standardized national coverage of Swiss weather and climate conditions.

The agency serves four primary customer segments: the general Swiss public (primary), the aviation industry (flight planning and weather briefings), the agriculture sector (crop planning, irrigation, frost warnings), and federal and cantonal government agencies (emergency response and public safety). Distribution is direct-to-consumer via the official meteoswiss.admin.ch website, supplemented by social media channels (Instagram, Bluesky, Threads, LinkedIn, Vimeo, YouTube) and an email newsletter. All services are provided free of charge to the public, with no commercial pricing model; MeteoSwiss is funded through Swiss federal budgetary allocations rather than commercial revenue. The agency holds the official statutory mandate for weather and climate data collection and distribution in Switzerland, operating as a monopoly federal service with no commercial competitors within its domestic remit.

The firm's business model is therefore not commercial but rather governmental: it captures value through public safety, policy support, and economic enablement (e.g., aviation safety, agricultural planning) rather than through revenue generation. As a government state entity, it has no funding rounds, no external investors, no parent company beyond the Swiss Federal Government, and no subsidiaries.

Name

Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern EDI

Legal name

MeteoSwiss - Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology

Website

https://meteoswiss.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MeteoSwiss is the Swiss Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology, operating radar, satellite, and ground-based monitoring networks to deliver free public weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, and climate tracking. It serves Swiss residents, aviation, agriculture, and government agencies under a federal statutory mandate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

MeteoSwiss is the Swiss Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology. It operates a unified portfolio of web-based weather and climate applications that provide real-time forecasts, severe weather hazard warnings, radar-based precipitation tracking, temperature, wind, cloud cover, and pollen measurements, as well as long-term climate monitoring across Switzerland. All services are delivered free of charge to the public and to Swiss institutions through an integrated national network of radar, satellite, and ground-based measurement systems.

Product overview

MeteoSwiss (Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology) is a Swiss federal government weather and climate service that operates as a unified platform providing multiple weather forecasting and climate monitoring applications. The product portfolio includes weather-focused tools (Hazards/Severe Weather Map, Precipitation Radar, Probability of Precipitation, Temperature Measurement Values, Temperature Forecast, Wind monitoring, Cloud Cover, Pollen Forecast, and Meteo Reports) alongside climate-focused services (Climate Monitor with temperature, precipitation, and sunshine tracking). These applications are available as web-based tools accessible through the MeteoSwiss portal, covering real-time weather monitoring, severe weather warnings, and long-term climate observation for Swiss citizens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hazards (Severe Weather Map)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• DTN: Commercial provider of weather and climate insights to agriculture, energy, aviation, and logistics; represents a private-sector counterpart to MeteoSwiss's vertical-specialist services.

Direct peers

• Met Office (UK): United Kingdom's national weather and climate service; operates radar/satellite observation, public forecasts, climate monitoring, and aviation-specific services under a comparable national mandate.
• Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD): Germany's national meteorological service; operates the same public-good mandate as MeteoSwiss, providing radar, satellite, and ground-based observation along with forecasts, warnings, and climate monitoring for citizens and verticals including aviation and agriculture.
• Environment and Climate Change Canada: Canadian government's national weather service offering forecasts, warnings, and climate monitoring with a portfolio and mandate closely mirroring MeteoSwiss's public-facing services.
• Météo-France: France's national meteorological agency; operates a directly comparable portfolio of public weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, and climate monitoring services with a similar aviation and agricultural user base.
• NOAA - National Weather Service: U.S. federal weather agency under NOAA; the largest direct comparator in terms of national-scale observation infrastructure, severe weather warnings, aviation briefings, and climate services.

Broad incumbents

• The Weather Company (IBM): Commercial weather and climate data platform serving consumer, media, aviation, and enterprise verticals; a broad incumbent competitor with overlapping aviation and enterprise offerings.
• AccuWeather: Commercial weather provider that distributes forecasts and severe weather alerts to consumers globally; competes with MeteoSwiss as an alternative consumer-facing brand despite relying on national-agency data.

Regional players

• ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts): Intergovernmental organization producing medium-range global forecasts; provides foundational numerical model output that MeteoSwiss and other national services consume, making it a key upstream peer.
• Geosphere Austria (formerly ZAMG): Austria's national meteorological and geophysical service; a smaller regional peer with a similar public-mandate model and overlapping Alpine forecasting and climate monitoring responsibilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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