Meteo-France

Météo-France is the French national weather service, named in its legal notice as a public administrative body, an établissement public administratif, under the ministry responsible for ecological transition. Its website offers forecasts up to 15 days for France and worldwide, which the homepage describes as free of charge.

Around that sit vigilance alerts, mountain, beach, forest and marine forecasts, favourite cities, radar and satellite animations and widgets. The APIC and VigicruesFlash alert services notify users about heavy rain in their commune and are described as free. A Certificat d'Assurance, a weather attestation for insurance claims, is listed as a service with no price shown. The registered office is in Saint-Mandé, near Paris.

• Forecasts up to 15 days. The site gives forecasts up to 15 days for France and worldwide. The homepage describes them as free, though the pages we read do not say how the longer range is produced.
• Vigilance alerts. Weather vigilance alerts are listed prominently. They are the official warning channel for France, so they matter most to residents and to organisers of outdoor events.
• Specialised forecasts. Mountain, beach, forest and marine forecasts are listed separately. Skiers, swimmers, walkers and sailors each get a dedicated view instead of a general outlook.
• Rain alerts by commune. APIC and VigicruesFlash are described as free and notify users about heavy rain in their commune. The pages do not detail alert thresholds or delivery channels.
• Radar and satellite. Radar and satellite animations are offered, along with favourite cities and widgets. Resolution and update frequency are not stated on the pages we read.
• Insurance attestation. A weather attestation for insurance claims, the Certificat d'Assurance, is listed under services. No price is shown, so users must open the service page to learn the cost.
• Mobile applications section. The homepage links to a mobile applications section but does not name iOS or Android or say whether the app has a paid tier.

• A resident facing heavy rain. The free rain alert services notify users by commune, and vigilance alerts give the official warning level for their area.
• A skier, walker or sailor. Separate mountain, beach, forest and marine forecasts let outdoor users read the view that matches their activity instead of piecing it together from a general forecast.
• A homeowner making an insurance claim. The Certificat d'Assurance is a weather attestation for insurance claims. The price is not shown on the homepage, so the claimant would confirm it on the service page.

The website works without a visible account: search for a commune or add favourite cities and read the forecast, radar and vigilance information. The free alert services APIC and VigicruesFlash are aimed at users who want heavy rain notifications for their commune, though the pages we read give no sign-up steps.

A mobile applications section is linked from the homepage, but it does not state platforms or pricing. For the insurance attestation, the services section is the starting point, and we saw no price there. The legal notice points to a Nos services section and an offers page for anything beyond the free forecasts.

Météo-France is a public administrative body under the ministry for ecological transition, and its site gives forecasts up to 15 days for France and worldwide at no charge, plus vigilance alerts and mountain, beach, forest and marine forecasts.

The homepage links a mobile applications section without naming iOS or Android or saying whether any tier is paid. The attestation service for insurance claims shows no price.

In our weather apps ranking Meteo-France stands at #10 of 12: Yr sits directly above it and Buienradar directly below. From place 4 the established names follow in their ranked order; we publish no numeric score.

Counting headquarters, 5 out of 12 sit in Europe; for Meteo-France that is France.

In the catalogue: Forecasts at no charge according to the homepage; insurance attestation service shows no price.

Forecasts up to 15 days are described as free of charge on the homepage. The APIC and VigicruesFlash alert services are also described as free. The Certificat d'Assurance, a weather attestation for insurance claims, is listed under services with no price shown. The legal notice gives no prices and links to a Nos services section and an offers page, which we did not read in full. The homepage does not say whether the mobile app has a paid tier. As a public administrative body, the service sits under a ministry, and the pages we read describe no subscription plans. For any paid service, confirm the amount on the relevant service page before ordering.

Where this comes from: the vendor pages at meteofrance.com, checked for Best Weather Apps in 2026 on 13 November 2026.

Radar and satellite animations, favourite cities and widgets are listed.

The legal notice names ANTEMETA in Guyancourt as host of the main sites and OVH in Roubaix for overseas sites, which tells a data-conscious buyer where the pages are served from.

The legal notice names METEO FRANCE as publisher, with its registered office at 73 avenue de Paris, 94165 Saint-Mandé Cedex, and refers to the French Republic. It names ANTEMETA in Guyancourt as host of the main sites and OVH in Roubaix as host of the overseas sites.

The pages we read do not describe certifications, data retention or the handling of location data in the app. Anyone relying on the attestation service for legal purposes should read its own terms.

Integrations the vendor names (9):

• Vigilance alerts
• APIC
• VigicruesFlash
• Radar animations
• Satellite animations
• Widgets
• Favourite cities
• Mobile applications
• Certificat d'Assurance

Closest by traits, not by rank: 5 products from the same list that overlap most with Meteo-France.

• Weawow (#2 of 12): Suits: People who want a quiet app without banners, with GPS search and widgets.
• Ventusky (#4 of 12): Animated global weather maps from a Plzeň meteorological company.
• Meteoblue (#6 of 12): Basel forecast house using a many-model blend, now majority owned by Windyty. Watch out: the API pricing and business pages render client-side, so the text we could read shows no prices or limits. (Switzerland)
• Yr (#9 of 12): Not for: companies that require a contractual service level on forecast data. Norwegian broadcaster and met institute forecasts for ten million places.
• Weather Channel (#12 of 12): Ad-supported US forecast site with radar, allergy and air tools. Watch out: each paid subscription is limited to one individual user under section 7 of the terms. (United States)

Read from the vendor’s own pages on 12 November 2026.

• meteofrance.com: Forecast range, free wording, alerts, specialised forecasts, attestation and mobile section
• meteofrance.com/mentions-legales: Public administrative body status and registered office
• meteofrance.com/mentions-legales: Hosting by ANTEMETA and OVH
• meteofrance.com/mentions-legales: Absence of prices and links to services and offers pages

We test for four things rather than for features: setup time, price in practice, exit and audience. Meteo-France ends up at #10 among 12. How vendor facts are sourced, and how money can and cannot influence a page, is in the editorial process.