Meteocool - Rain radar

Meteocool - Rain radar

Live rain radar with a 45-minute nowcast. Open core, no ads

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Description

Don't want to get wet, or want to follow a thunderstorm? meteocool shows rain and storms as they happen and where they are heading next. Features

  • Live radar, updated every few minutes: Germany, Switzerland, France, Czechia, Poland and the United States
  • Nowcast: watch where the rain moves over the next 45 minutes. In our experience the first 45 minutes are pretty spot-on
  • Lightning strikes live, from Blitzortung.org
  • Storm cells, with a 3D radar view of each one
  • Precipitation types, as the radar sees them
  • Rain forecast for your location, comparing several weather models
  • Base maps: match system, light, dark, OpenStreetMap or CyclOSM for biking
  • Radar colour maps, including two for colour vision deficiency
  • Your location on the map, followed as you move
  • English, German, French, Italian, Polish and Czech
Rain alerts, the notification before rain reaches you, need Google's push service and are only in the Google Play version. meteocool is open-core, built and run by volunteers in their spare time. This app is open source (AGPL-3.0), free of charge and has no ads. Radar data from DWD, MeteoSwiss, Météo-France, ČHMÚ, IMGW-PIB and NOAA; the app lists every source and its licence under Settings.

What’s new (4.0.0)

meteocool 4.0, rebuilt from the ground up:
• New map with radar for more countries, storm cells in 3D, lightning and model forecasts
• Location button: show your position, or follow it as you move
• New settings: base map (incl. match system), colour maps, data sources and licences
• New three-page welcome; now also in French, Italian, Polish and Czech
• Works on Android 16; the F-Droid build contains no Google code

Anti-features

Properties of this app that are worth knowing about before installing.

  • NonFreeNet
  • Tracking

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
4.0.0 current
8a2c380c0d1ab598…
 2026-10-14 2.4 MB API 23
2.1l
a9ca46ec214e8b43…
 2021-08-29 4.9 MB API 23

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • Approximate locationDetermine the location via the network.
  • Precise locationDetermine the location via GPS.
  • VibrationControl the vibration alert.
  • DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
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  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • meteocool.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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