Hong Kong Obervatory
Provide weather information, earthquake information, and climate data
- Authentication
- No auth
- HTTPS
- Yes
- CORS
- Unknown
- Category
- Weather
- Data source
- public-apis + marcelscruz
- Documentation / URL
- https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/abouthko/opendata_intro.htm
Overview
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) exposes live Hong Kong weather — readings, forecasts, and warnings — as keyless JSON (verified live).
Quick Start
Current readings (verified live):
curl "https://data.weather.gov.hk/weatherAPI/opendata/weather.php?dataType=rhrread&lang=en"{
"icon": [66],
"temp": { "data": [ { "place": "HONG KONG OBSERVATORY", "value": 28, "unit": "C" } ] },
"humidity": { "data": [ { "value": 85, "unit": "percent" } ] },
"rainfall": { "data": [ { "place": "HONG KONG OBSERVATORY", "max": 0.5 } ] }
}Forecast:
curl "https://data.weather.gov.hk/weatherAPI/opendata/weather.php?dataType=fnd&lang=en"Authentication
None — keyless.
Rate Limits & Notes
- Free government open data; be polite with request rates.
dataTypeoptions:rhrread(readings),fnd(forecast),flw(warnings),local_weather_report.
FAQ
Is HKO free? Yes — keyless government open data (verified).
What data types? Readings, forecasts, and warnings.
What’s the response format? JSON (verified live).