Elevation API
Returns terrain elevation in meters for one or more geographic coordinates using a 90-meter digital elevation model, useful for altitude-correcting weather data and geographic enrichment in location-aware applications.
OpenAPI Specification
openapi: '3.0.3'
info:
title: Open-Meteo Elevation API
description: >-
Look up terrain elevation for coordinates using a 90-metre digital elevation model.
version: '1.0'
contact:
name: Open-Meteo
url: https://open-meteo.com
email: [email protected]
license:
name: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
termsOfService: https://open-meteo.com/en/features#terms
paths:
/v1/elevation:
servers:
- url: https://api.open-meteo.com
- url: https://customer-api.open-meteo.com
get:
tags:
- Elevation API
summary: Get terrain elevation for coordinates
description: >-
Returns terrain elevation using a 90-metre digital elevation model.
parameters:
- name: latitude
in: query
required: true
description: Comma-separated list of latitude values in WGS84.
schema:
type: string
- name: longitude
in: query
required: true
description: Comma-separated list of longitude values in WGS84.
schema:
type: string
- name: apikey
in: query
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
elevation:
type: array
items:
type: number
format: float
'400':
description: Bad Request
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: boolean
reason:
type: string