Best weather apps for Android: these are 10 gems

Weather apps should not be missing on your phone. Everyone has a favorite, but it never hurts to look at an alternative. We have listed 10 contenders for you.

1. Today Weather

Today Weather is by far one of the most beautiful apps on this list, and greets you daily with a nice photo and an overview of the day. In addition, there is a minimalist dark theme. Today Weather comes with detailed overviews that you can consult in clear schedules. In addition, there are also many widgets available for your home screen and you can select a weather provider yourself. You can read more about Today Weather here. The app is completely free, but for additional features there are in-app purchases.

2. Overdrop

Overdrop is fully committed to a strong interface and a beautiful appearance. You can choose between different light and dark themes, the app contains clear graphs and there are no fewer than 51 different widgets with which you can personalize your home screen completely to your preference. This app also includes a handy function that allows you to view the weather for the next 96 minutes in detail. This strong all-round app lets you choose between three weather providers. The app is completely free, but it includes in-app purchases. You can read more about Overdrop here.

3. Flux

Flux is a nice weather app that is still in a test phase, but already worth it. First of all, there is the beautiful design with beautiful animations. Flux looks very fresh and also very clear. The app comes with a daily weather chat in which you can read an overview of the day, but you can also consult changes per hour. Flux also shows information about the wind that day and there is a handy widget you can add to the home screen.

4. Geometric Weather

Geometric Weather is an open source weather app with a simple yet beautiful design where all data is displayed in one screen. There is a weather forecast by day, by hour and information about the UV index, air pressure and much more. The app also has a dark mode and a widget for your home screen. The app costs nothing and is translated into Dutch.

5. Weather & Widget – Weawow

Weawow features a nice interface with lots of tables and the app lets you choose from plenty of widgets that brighten up your home screen. The app comes with a light and a dark theme and it is also specially adapted for tablets. In addition, Weawow contains detailed information and predictions that let you look two weeks ahead. The app also pays attention to weather photography, because you can sell your photos on a marketplace. Weawow is completely free and contains no ads but does have in-app purchases. You can read more about Weawow here.

6. 1Weather

1Weather comes with a sleek, modern design where you can view important weather information at a glance. The app has ensured that information about more extensive weather forecasts is also at your fingertips. The app gives you data about temperature, precipitation, but also a Doppler radar, and information about pollution or pollen in the air. The 1Weather Shorts provide news, facts and live weather information in 60 words and there is a 12 week forecast. 1Weather has 10 widgets and includes in-app purchases.

Foreca Weather is divided into four sections, Map, Home, Hourly and Meteogram, and those sections provide information on precipitation, cloud cover, current weather, hourly weather forecast, and a 10-day meteogram. The precipitation map contains beautiful animations of the rain showers and is also very fast in displaying them. Foreca is free and contains ads. You can choose from fixed advertisements and occasional full-screen advertisements.

8. Klara weather

The weather app Klara gives a nice overview of the weather forecast, wind forecast and forecast regarding clouds, precipitation and air pressure. The data comes from the Norwegian Weather Institute. If you find the blue theme too boring, you can choose one of the other three skins including ‘Darth Vader’. Klara also offers a widget and is free to use.

9. Windy.com

Would you like to spend a day at sea with this beautiful weather for sailing or surfing? Then the Windy.com app is a must-have. This app provides professional wind strength and direction information, forecasts tropical storms and severe weather. You can also get an up-to-date weather forecast. The app comes with both radar and satellite images and you also get access to the live images from webcams in tens of thousands of places around the world. Windy.com also has a very nice desktop site including 3D rendering. The app is very suitable for pilots, paragliders, paratroopers, kiters, surfers, sailors, fishermen, storm chasers and weather freaks. The app is free to use and contains no ads.

10. Weather Forecast

Weather Forecast – Weather Live & Radar & Widget is a beautiful and well-arranged weather app that displays all information per box on one screen. There is a 24-hour forecast, a daily forecast, there is data on UV index and humidity, wind and pressure and much more. Once you tap a box, you’ll see even more information about that item. The app contains a lot of widgets, not only with the weather but also with a clock, and you can customize the widgets. The app is free and you can remove the ads via an in-app purchase.