Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service

What Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service does

The Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (Državni hidrometeorološki zavod, DHMZ) is the statutory national authority for meteorology, hydrology, and air quality in Croatia. Established by decree on August 27, 1947 and currently governed under the Law on Meteorological and Hydrological Activity (NN 66/2019, amended NN 114/2022), DHMZ operates as a state government agency funded through the Croatian state budget. It serves the Croatian public, media, civil protection authorities, transportation (road, maritime, aviation), agriculture, and climate research users, providing daily forecasts, severe weather warnings, climate monitoring, hydrological and flood data, and air quality information as a public good.

DHMZ operates a comprehensive national infrastructure that includes automatic weather stations, ground and remote sensing observation networks, radar centers, satellite reception, meteorological-oceanographic buoys, and accredited chemical and air quality laboratories. It runs and consumes multiple numerical weather prediction models — ALADIN, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON-EU, RegCM, WRF, and the Sava SM2 hydrological model — and contributes to European warning systems including MeteoAlarm, ANEMO-ALARM, EFAS, and SEEFFGS. The service is ISO 9001:2015 certified and holds laboratory accreditations 1427, 1505, and 2365, and participates in WMO, ECMWF, EUMETSAT, EUMETNET, ALADIN, ACCORD, RC LACE, EURO-CORDEX, Destination Earth, PannEx, and HyMeX.

The business model is non-commercial: core forecasts, warnings, and observations are provided free of charge through meteo.hr, mobile apps (HRTmeteo, nIS), social channels, and Croatian Radio Television. Specialized data products, calibration services, and official weather certificates for insurance and judicial use are available only via formal request procedures. Revenue is therefore state appropriations rather than market-priced contracts, with no public revenue figure disclosed.

Name

Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service

Legal name

Državni hidrometeorološki zavod

Website

https://meteo.hr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DHMZ is Croatia's statutory national meteorological, hydrological, and air quality authority, providing public forecasts, severe weather warnings, climate monitoring, and hydrological data funded by the Croatian state budget.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

National Meteorological Services

NAICS

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAMAC

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

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration

SECONDARYBPADALAN

Environmental Data, Monitoring, Remote Sensing & Early Warning

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Climate, Environment & Sustainable Development Programs

SECONDARYEUABALAJ

Early Warning, Event Monitoring & Forecasting (Extreme Weather Alerts, Nowcasting)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Carbon & Climate Solutions (Carbon Markets, Offsets, CCS/CCUS)/Climate Risk, Insurance & Resilience Analytics (Physical/Transition Risk Modeling)

Keywords

• Meteorological forecasting services
• Hydrological monitoring data
• Air quality measurement
• Climate observation systems
• Weather warning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Zagreb

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Croatia's national meteorological and hydrological authority, operating comprehensive weather, climate, hydrology, and air-quality monitoring and forecasting services. Operates a national observation network (ground stations, radar, satellite receivers, ocean buoys), runs numerical weather prediction models (ALADIN, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON-EU, RegCM, WRF, Sava SM2), and issues official severe-weather warnings for public safety. Provides specialized forecasts for agriculture, maritime, aviation, and civil protection, plus accredited calibration, chemical/air-quality laboratory services, and free mobile applications.

Product overview

The Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ) is Croatia's national meteorological and hydrological authority, operating as a government public service rather than a commercial SaaS product. Its portfolio is organized into weather data and forecasts (including the ALADIN numerical weather prediction model), climate monitoring and data products, agrometeorological products, hydrological products, air quality data, and XML data services for technical users. Supporting services include calibration, publications, weather certificates for insurance, and mobile applications (HRTmeteo and nIS). DHMZ participates in European warning networks including MeteoAlarm and operates national warning systems such as ANEMO-ALARM. DHMZ does not offer a public developer API.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Weather Data Products

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PannEx (Pannonian Basin Experiment)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015PannEx is forming as a Regional Hydroclimate Project under WCRP GEWEX, studying the hydrological cycle and energy exchanges in the Pannonian basin. DHMZ researcher Ivan Güttler serves as responsible person.
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDHMZ operates under WMO frameworks and guidelines. The organization supports glavni ravnatelj's participation in IPCC and UNFCCC processes, implementing international treaties and conventions related to meteorology and climatology.
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)coreTechnology or IntegrationDHMZ uses ECMWF IFS forecasting data and models. The organization's Sector for Budget, Finance and Accounting represents Croatia in ECMWF matters related to finance.
• EUMETSATcoreTechnology or IntegrationDHMZ receives and processes satellite data from EUMETSAT for weather monitoring and climate observation. EUMETSAT leads next-generation European weather and climate monitoring systems (40th anniversary noted in 2026).
• EUMETNETcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDHMZ participates in EUMETNET Climate Programme and short-range numerical weather prediction programs. EUMETNET celebrates 30 years of cooperation in 2026. DHMZ finance sector represents the organization in EUMETNET.
• ALADIN ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDHMZ has participated in ALADIN numerical weather prediction project for 20+ years. The consortium develops limited-area atmospheric models. Croatia celebrates 20 years of participation in ALADIN and RC LACE projects.
• ACCORD ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACCORD (Consortium for Small-Scale Modeling) focuses on convective-scale atmospheric research and development in which DHMZ participates.
• RC LACE (Regional Cooperation for Limited Area Modeling)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional cooperation in atmospheric process modeling for Central Europe. DHMZ celebrates 20 years of participation alongside ALADIN.
• HyMeX (Mediterranean Hydrological Cycle Experiment)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA 10-year multidisciplinary program studying the Mediterranean water cycle in which DHMZ participates, including Special Observing Periods over Croatia.
• EURO-CORDEXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDynamic downscaling of regional climate models for Europe, in which DHMZ contributes climate modeling expertise.
• Destination Earth (DestinE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean initiative for digital twin technology of the Earth system. DHMZ participated in Phase 1 (completed) and Phase 2 (ongoing) of the On-Demand Extremes Digital Twin project.
• EFAS (European Flood Awareness System)coreTechnology or IntegrationEuropean early warning system for floods in which DHMZ participates as Croatia's national service.
• MeteoalarmcoreTechnology or IntegrationEuropean severe weather warning system. DHMZ provides official danger warnings for dangerous weather phenomena in Croatia through this platform.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG): Austria's national meteorological service — Alpine-region counterpart delivering weather, climate, hydrology and air-quality services; shares ALADIN/RAD consortia and Central-European RC LACE membership with DHMZ.
• Met Office: United Kingdom's national meteorological service — delivers weather, climate, hydrological and air-quality services under statutory authority with international research participation, directly comparable to DHMZ's mandate and product breadth.
• Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway): Norway's national meteorological service — combines operational forecasting, climate services, oceanographic and hydrological monitoring with free open-data APIs, a model with direct overlap to DHMZ's mission and ECMWF/ACCORD consortium ties.
• Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI): Sweden's combined meteorological and hydrological service — directly matches DHMZ's combined meteo+hydro mandate, with identical EUMETNET/ALADIN/RCM consortium membership and analogous European-funded climate-adaptation service delivery.
• Météo-France: France's national meteorological service — provides public forecasting, climate monitoring, hydrology and marine meteorology under a similar legal/statutory framework as DHMZ, with overlapping ALADIN and ECMWF consortium participation.
• Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD): Germany's national meteorological service — operates public weather, climate, hydrology and air-quality monitoring on the same statutory-monopoly model as DHMZ and supplies forecasts via national and European channels, making it the closest functional analogue at larger scale.
• Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI): Netherlands' national meteorological service — operates weather, climate, hydrology and air-quality programs under statutory authority with ECMWF/EUMETSAT participation, structurally analogous to DHMZ at smaller national scale.
• Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET): Spain's national meteorological agency — Mediterranean-region peer to DHMZ delivering official warnings, aviation, marine, climate services and air-quality monitoring from a similar statutory base with shared WMO/EUMETNET membership.
• Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI): Finland's national meteorological institute — small-population national service combining operational forecasting, climate research, hydrology and air quality with broad European research consortium participation, closely paralleling DHMZ's structure and funding model.

Others

• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF): Intergovernmental forecasting organization that produces the IFS model DHMZ directly consumes; not a customer-competing peer but a core data/infrastructure supplier and consortium partner whose roadmap directly shapes DHMZ's forecasting capability ceiling.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DHMZ_HR
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCqOO-SG0P9J_eWZrI5HW-qA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/croatian-meteorological-and-hydrological-service

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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