Check through our weather app The weather conditions of the day is a routine that many of us have when we get up to get an idea of what type of clothes or accessories we have to choose to go to work, to high school, to university, to go shopping or to walk the dog.
Unlike iOS, on Android we don't have any native app to check the weather, so unless we make use of the Google application, we are forced to install one of the thousands of weather applications available in the Play Store. In this article we show you which are the best weather apps for Android.
Although meteorology has received a large number of improvements to predict the weather in recent decades, to this day, it is still impossible to forecast the weather beyond 3 daysTherefore, when choosing one or the other application, we should never base ourselves on the weather it claims to forecast, especially in winter, where weather conditions vary greatly.
In summer, when we know that it is going to be hot and the rain is not expected for a few months, the applications that offer us a forecast of the weather beyond 3 days, they just confirm something obvious: it will be hot.
Another aspect that we must tener into account is the source from which the data is obtained. It is always preferable to choose an application whose data source is in our country, the AEMET being the official source in Spain.
If we also want to receive alerts of sudden changes in time, we must choose one application that sends us notifications, since otherwise, we will be forced to regularly consult the application.
Although many applications offer us the same information, not all of them offer us other types of information that can be useful either for our work, for our leisure activities in our free time ... as it can be the time the sun sets or rises, wind speed o the state of the sea, if we like water sports, although for this there are other types of applications.
Once we are clear about what type of information we need to choose which is the application of the time that best suits our needs, we go on to show you what they are, after our analysis, which are the best weather apps for Android. The order in which they are shown is not associated with their being better or worse than the rest.
If our needs to know the time they are not very wide and we are only interested in knowing the current temperature, what it will do throughout the day and if there is any possibility of rain, it is not necessary to resort to third-party applications, since the Google application, through the Day View option.
AEMET time
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has its own application for Android, an application that informs of all meteorological phenomena of any municipality, including the official notices of this body.
This application offers us the forecast hour by hour until the third day of more than 8.000 municipalities throughout Spain, includes radar images from satellites, warnings for adverse phenomena and also allows us to know the state of the beaches two days in advance.
It allows us to store different locations, share weather information through messaging applications and also includes weather widgets for the home screen of our device that shows us the daily forecast and up to 5 days in advance.
AEMET time requires Android version 4.4 to be able to download it, an application that has exceeded one million downloads since its arrival in the Play Store.
Climate Weather
Clima Weather is one of the applications more complete that we can find in the Play Store, so complete that sometimes it can be confusing by offering so much information in the same place. With this application we can know not only the current weather, but also the forecast for the next few days, humidity and air quality, the moon phase, the speed of time ...
It allows us to add different locations, includes a real-time weather radar that allows us to see how the weather conditions vary by tracking the movement of clouds and storms ... As a good weather application, it allows us to add to the home screen a customization widgets with the daily weather forecast, per hour that also shows the weather conditions .
Clima Weather is available for your download for free and includes ads, ads that we can remove by making use of the in-app purchase that it offers us and that has a price of 3,39 euros. The minimum Android version to install this application with more than 1 million downloads is 4.2.
The time is
Behind the free application with ads Eltiempo.es is one of the best-known weather presenters in Spain: Mario Picazo. This application offers us the hourly weather forecast for 14 days in more than 500.000 locations (airports, schools, beaches, golf courses, soccer stadiums ...).
Includes a weather widget that allows us to quickly access the most important meteorological information such as temperature, thermal sensation, wind speed, atmospheric pressure, air quality as well as pollen levels by provinces.
It also offers us information about the coasts in the 12 main Spanish coastal areas. It also offers us weather information for Europe and includes weather warnings from the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
The application is available for your download for free and includes ads, ads that we cannot remove in any way through an in-app purchase as if they include other applications of this type.
In order to enjoy this application with more than 5 million downloads, our Android smartphone must be managed by Android 5.0 or later.
Yahoo Weather
One of the applications more aesthetically pleasing to the eye is Yahoo Weather, an application that shows us fantastic images of the towns where we want to know the weather information.
This application offers us detailed weather information In the next 10 days, it includes interactive radar, satellite, heat and weather maps as well as important weather alerts.
Offers us sunrise and sunset animations and wind modules. It also shows us the thermal sensation, the humidity sensation, the ultraviolet rays index and a percentage of probability of precipitation. It also includes on-screen widgets, although the customization options are not very high.
Yahoo Weather, with more than 10 million downloads is available for download completely free of charge and contains ads, but not the option to remove them using an in-app purchase.
Klara
Another application with a very attractive design We find it in Klara, an application that shows us the weather information through easy-to-consult graphs. Klara gives us information on temperature, cloud cover, weather speed, atmospheric pressure and humidity.
The application allows us to choose between 4 different themes, has a widget for the home screen, does not include advertising and is available for download completely free of charge.
Weather channel
If we talk about weather applications, we have to talk about Weather Channel, one of the older applications, well rather one of the most veteran weather forecasting services in the world.
Weather Channel offers us sudden weather alerts, weather information in our area and offers accurate reports of the weather in the next 15 days ...
This application offers us 5 main functions:
- The weather of our location and those that we set as favorites, with statistics and graphics in real time.
- An alert subscription system through push notifications.
- Climatic trends that allow us to follow the evolution of the weather in the next hours and days.
- Extreme weather alerts such as thunderstorms or snowfall.
- Complete information on wind speed and its evolution in the form of storms or other atmospheric phenomena.
Weather Channel is available for your download for free, includes ads and a monthly subscription system to eliminate them and enjoy all the functions it offers us. With almost 2,5 million downloads and an average rating of 4,6 stars out of 5 possible, it is one of the best options available on the market.
AccuWeather
With more than 100 million downloads, we find AccuWeather, an application with an average score of 4,2 stars out of 5 possible that we can download for free, includes ads and in-app purchases to eliminate them.
AccuWeather offers us a series of widgets to place on the home screen with which we can know the temperature, wind speed and humidity at a glance and that we can also customize to show more or less information. It offers us information about the weather for the next 15 days, it offers us access to videos with the evolution of the expected time.
Includes an application for Wear OS, so if you have a smartwatch with this operating system, you can enjoy a version of the application on your wrist.
Overdrop Weather
If you like widgets, the application you are looking for to know the current and future weather is Overdrop, an application that allows us to add a large number of widgets to the home screen with the information that interests us the most about the weather, the date on which we we find the current weather and the next few days, the remaining battery ...
Overdrop offers us weather information for the next 24 hours and the next 7 days, includes an alert system, 5 themes to customize the appearance and is available for download completely free including ads and in-app purchases to remove them.
Carrot Weather
If you have previously used an iPhone, you probably know the Carrot application, one of the most popular applications on iOS to know the weather information in great detail and one of the best predictions offers.
The application is available for your download for free, includes ads and a monthly subscription system to be able to have access to all the information that the application offers us in addition to eliminating the ads.
For me the best for its efficiency and reliability (and by far the rest) is Eltiempo.es.