Knowing the weather is something necessary in today’s world. What happens when you’re away from home and on the road. We’ve gotten used to seeing the weather change with such a little notice — and sometimes with no notice at all. Ranging from snowing, hurricanes and flash floods to also knowing precisely how cold or hot the temperature is.
That’s where the weather apps come in.
Over the years, Smartphone weather widgets and apps are improving steadily and have provided more accurate and detailed information.
There are literally hundreds of weather apps out there on the Play Store. So, how exactly do you sort out the ones working for you?
That’s why we’ve scoured the market and here are our favorite weather apps for Android that provide stunning visuals, comprehensive data, and everything needed to ensure that you don’t get left out in the cold.
1. The Weather Channel
The app is comprehensive and will give you live updates of the weather in your area.
When you change your location, it will also automatically changes based on your location and it will provide you with the current weather.
Also, you can also check the weather on an hourly basis and weather for the next two days. The app also forecasts the weather for up to fifteen days in advance too.
It also has a snow tracker that will prepare you for any ice and snow on the streets or severe storm on the horizon.
Features of The Weather Channel:
- Live weather and rain alerts
- Automatically notify you of severe weather alerts
- Weather tracker & trending conditions
- Wind speed reports & forecast radar updates
- Watch exclusive web content and videos recorded
- Suggests a variety of outdoor activities for the current weather
- Lightning data is available, too.
They also have a Pro plan which cost just $0.99 and see the forecast and plan your day without the inconvenience of ads.
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
2. 1Weather
1Weather is a weather app created by One Louder Apps and it is one of the most popular and highly rated one too. It has a bounty of customization options and dozens of weather widgets that can be customized too.
It is a simple weather app with crisp design and clean look but has all the essential standard features.
Features of 1Weather:
- Daily and hourly forecast
- Android Wear support
- Weather tracking for up to 12 cities
- Support for 25 languages.
- Access graphs
- Precipitation forecast
- Weather facts and videos
Of course, it is free but if you want to get rid of the annoying ads, you can upgrade just for$0.99.
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
3. AccuWeather
AccuWeather is an app from Accuweather.com and it is one of the comprehensive and solid weather apps in the market.
AccuWeather is one of the very few free accurate, dependable and staple weather apps on Android. They also give you a minute-by-minute rundown of weather conditions up to two hours in advance. It’s hard to compare Accuweather for another weather app.
It also has the RealFeel index – which suggests what the outdoor temperature is like, rather than where the mercury stops.
Features of AccuWeather:
- Live weather 24/7 wherever you are
- 15-day daily forecast
- Smart and simple layout and a lovely dark theme option
- Info on allergies, sunrise, and sunset
- It comes loaded with graphs, maps, and radar
- Video weather forecasts for your region
- Android Wear support
It is an all-around app and it is also Free. But it is funded by ads, so you can pay just $3.99 and be free from the advertisements.
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
4. Dark Sky
Dark Sky is another weather app which provides down-to-the-minute forecasts, that way you’ll know exactly when the rain will start or stop. (It’s Kinda like magic.)
In the start, Dark Sky received tons of backlash for being among the first weather apps to charge a subscription for Android while it was Free for the iOS version. But aside from that it’s a decent weather app and has all the basic features needed.
Features of Dark Sky:
- Full 24-hour forecast
- Detailed 7-day forecast
- Multiple saved locations
- Down-to-the-minute Forecasts
- The temperature in Status Bar
- Rain Notifications and Alerts
- Historical data, and beautiful weather maps.
The Premium version cost only $2.99 / year although they provide 2 weeks free trial and thereafter (that’s 25 cents a month). You can check out and see if it’s worth paying for.
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
5. YoWindow Weather
YoWindow Weather is one of those apps which is quite flashy. It is Highly-precise and accurate.
The sun in the apps sets at the same time as in the real world also does the phase of the moon too. You can also move your finger across the User Interface or the screen to see the weather at any given point in the day.
YoWindow can show any weather, sunset, sunrise and the phase of the Moon on a photograph. For example, the view from your Balcony.
It is quite a simple app and covers all the basics fairly well.
Features of YoWindow Weather:
- Live Weather Update
- Weather forecast 14 days ahead!
- The temperature on the status bar
- Weather forecast in the notification area
- Wallpaper on the lock screen
- Radar and Weather Map
- Alarm clock with the weather
- Screensaver
- Scenic photo-landscapes
6. Weather Underground
Weather Underground is an Android Weather app that provides the world’s most accurate hyper-local weather forecasts able to show the weather and temperatures in your area in addition to interactive radar, satellite maps, and severe weather alerts.
With the help of the database from a network of around 180,000 private weather stations, the app can make very accurate predictions and warn you of rain, snow or hurricanes in the surrounding area.
Most importantly, Weather Underground has a pretty good history for accuracy as well.
It is Presented in both graphical form and text. They also have a webcam section. It is a crowdsourced photo feature which gives you a photo look at what’s going on and the weather condition.
Maybe snap a quick selfie and you may find yourself on the app too.
Features of Weather Underground:
- Current conditions from your local weather station
- 10-day Forecasts (Daily, Hourly)
- Favorite Locations and Recent Searches
- Crowd reporting
- National Weather Service Radio
The ad-free version can be purchased at just $1.99 per year which I think is worth the price for what you get.
7. Carrot Weather
Carrot Weather is one of the newer apps and comes with the slickest UIs in the weather apps for Android space. It is a beautifully minimalist weather app and features hilariously twisted quotes.
Want to get a weather forecast for the 2029 Coachella Festival? No problem!
Carrot Weather is a weather time machine with up to 70 years in the past or 10 years in the future of weather history. However, you need to upgrade your plan to use this feature which cost only $1.99 per month or $3.99 per year. But we highly recommend the Yearly plan because it saves you more in the long run.
Features of Carrot Weather:
- Hourly temperatures
- Super accurate weather data
- Time Travel (Premium Club only)
- Widget (Premium Club only)
- Secret Locations
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
8. Today Weather
Today Weather is a simple to use with a clean, functional and simple UI Weather app that provides accurate local weather forecasts.
It is rather a newcomer to the weather app market, but it has made quite a name and impression for itself. It is free but has an optional in-app purchase for just $4.49
The app will also greet you with your name and then display the weather information for your given locations from one of the user-selectable sources including-
- AccuWeather
- Aerisweather
- Dark Sky and
- Yr.no
Today Weather includes all the usual features such as:
- Weather forecasts, humidity and actual temperature
- Severe weather alerts
- Weather widgets
- Air quality index
- Moon cycles, and
- Sunrise/sunset times.
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
9. Google Assistant
Google Assistant isn’t necessarily one of the usual weather apps. But It can still show you the weather. In the latest Android software, the Google weather app is baked into as part of Google Assistant.
A mini report will be read back to you when you ask your Google Assistant something like: “OK Google, what will the weather today”.
You can also ask for the current weather, Rain alerts and other weather alerts. However, it is not one of the best weather apps. It’s excellent just for a quick check and it comes pre-installed on most of the Android devices as well.
And it’s entirely free.
Features of Google Assistant :
- Make quick phone calls on the go
- Send text messages
- Receive updates on the latest news
- Set reminders
- Set calendar events
- Navigate places
- Weather information and much more
Price: Free
10. Flowx
Flowx was awarded Google Play Editors’ Choice for The 5 Best Weather Forecast Apps.
If you Wanna Visualize the forecast with the unique Flowx weather map and graphs or the whole week ahead in one go? Flowx is a perfect choice for you.
With Flowx, you can control the forecast animation with your finger on one screen, with details on wind speed and direction, as well as information from over 30 different types of data including precipitation, cloud, wind, temperature, pressure, humidity, waves and more.
Features of Flowx:
- Wind Streamlines
- Wavefronts
- Widget
- 10-Day Forecast (premium subscription)
- Graph Editor
- Map Styles
- Travel Mode
- Offline Use
- Permissions
Price: Free
11. MyRadar Weather Radar
MyRadar is another weather app which is fast, easy-to-use and a weather radar around your current location, allowing you to quickly see animations so you can see what weather is coming in your way or away from you, and how fast.
Features of MyRadar Weather Radar:
- Real-time hurricane tracking
- Professional radar pack
It’s best if you combine with a normal weather app.
Price: Free
12. Yahoo Weather
Yahoo’s weather app is another great app which features a beautiful design and it is powered by Weather Underground. Meaning its accuracy rate is high.
The gorgeous background imagery for the app is pulled from Flickr, which is Yahoo’s picture service. The layout for Yahoo Weather is very simple and easy to use and can also check multiple locations quickly by scrolling side to side to switch between locations and scrolling up and down for the data about one location.
Features of Yahoo Weather:
- Accurate hourly, 5-day, and 10-day forecasts
- Amazing Photos from Flickr which match your location, time of day, and current weather conditions.
- Animated sunrise, sunset, wind, and pressure modules.
- Browse interactive maps
- Track all your favorite cities and destinations!
Price: Free
13. NOAA Weather Unofficial
This weather app is not directly affiliated with NOAA or the National Weather Service but is in compliant with NOAA/NWS terms of use and uses NOAA point forecasts from your current GPS location to get the most localized weather for you.
Since this app uses point forecasts from the National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS), therefore it is only available in the US.
Features of NOAA Weather:
- Forecasts
- Animated radar
- Current conditions
- Track several cities at once
- Weather widgets
- Easy to use interface.
But there is one downside to this app and that is it doesn’t support severe weather alerts. hey also have a Free version and a Paid Upgrade as well for just $1.99.
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
14. Windy
Windy is an amazing weather app for weather forecast visualization especially focuses on clear wind maps. It is used and trusted by professional pilots, paragliders, skydivers, surfers, fishermen, and weather geeks. Even the government and the rescue teams rely on it.
Windy also provides you with the most up-to-date weather forecast for around your location.
Features of Windy:
- 35 different weather maps
- Weather radar- USA, Hawaii, Alaska, Europe, Australia, and many other locations.
- Map labels
- 35 global weather layers
- Detailed Airgram and Meteogram
- Sunrise and Sunset time for any location
- Nearby weather stations
- Detailed wave and wind forecast
- Webcams
- English + 39 other world languages
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
15. What The Forecast?!!
What The Forecast? is an android weather app that will explain, how nasty it is outside.
It also has a sense of humor and answers with funny quips that describe the weather outside and delivered alongside the usual weather stats.
This is definitely a fun unique weather app and by the way, the profanity setting isn’t for everyone. You can change it by toggling the profanity on or off, or leave it as it is and enjoy the funny quips.
In case you find a pithy comment that really makes you laugh, there’s an option to share a screenshot within the app itself.
Features of What The Forecast:
- Includes Over 6657 completely obnoxious phrases to describe your current weather conditions
- Highly accurate weather reports directly from AerisWeather
- Daily forecasts for 7 days.
- Hourly forecasts for 48 hours
- Select from U.S. (F) or international units (C)
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
16. WeatherBug
WeatherBug is an older weather app powered by the world’s largest network of professional weather stations. It features weather alerts, real-time weather conditions, accurate hourly & 10-day forecasts & more.
The UI is modernized and relatively easy to use. It is also free but includes ads as compensation.
Features of WeatherBug:
- Weather forecasts, temperature, radar and alerts
- Animated Weather Maps
- International Weather Forecasts
- Weather Alerts
- Precise Weather Details
- Weather Customizations
- Radar Weather Maps
Overall, It’s a really solid, stable weather app.
Price: Free
17. Morecast
Morecast has a modern great-looking and easy to use intuitive interface. At the top, you will see the current weather of your location and there is a more detailed view of the day’s weather when you scroll down.
You can also check out the weather situation by viewing from the thousand webcams that show the weather at different times of the day across the world.
Features of Morecast:
- Pinpoint-accurate weather forecasts
- Minute-by-minute weather radar
- Compare the weather condition for 2 locations side-by-side and hour-by-hour
- Weather community
- 3D globe feature
- Customize your home screen weather widgets
- Thousands of weather webcams around the world.
With the Free version, it comes with ads. You can upgrade to the pro version for the ad-free version.
Price: Free/Offers in-app purchases
Conclusion: Best Weather Apps for Android
These are the 17 best weather apps for Android. Which of the app would you say is the best weather app for Android? Let us know in the comments below.
