{"id":34246,"date":"2021-07-26T16:27:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T16:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=34246"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:51:00","slug":"weather-apps-ubuntu-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/07\/weather-apps-ubuntu-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 6 Weather Apps You Can Try for Ubuntu Linux in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/weather-icon250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/weather-icon250.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/weather-icon250-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Halfway through the year, many new apps released and many abandoned. Here are 6 weather apps that are still useful in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Without searching in web browser or watching an app on mobile, there are quite a few weather apps for Linux that display weather conditions and forecast either on desktop or via system tray applet.<\/p>\n<p>And here are top ones still in active development and well working in all current Ubuntu releases.<\/p>\n<h4>1. Gnome Weather<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gnome-weather1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gnome-weather1-600x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gnome-weather1-600x423.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gnome-weather1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gnome-weather1-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gnome-weather1.jpg 812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Gnome Weather app is always the first one you should try, since it&#8217;s well designed and integrated with Ubuntu Gnome Desktop.<\/p>\n<p>It shows weather conditions via a desktop window and <b>integrates forecast into the Clock (date &#038; time) menu<\/b>. Sadly forecast does not work in Ubuntu 20.04 due to bug.<\/p>\n<p>Version 40 displays the current temperature, feel like temperature, as well as cloudy\/sunny\/rainy icon for current weather. And it shows forecast both hourly and daily (2 weeks). As indicates, it collects weather data from Norwegian Meteorological Institute.<\/p>\n<p>To install the app, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install gnome-weather<\/pre>\n<p><b>For Ubuntu 20.04, forecast is not available due to libgweather bug.<\/b> To workaround it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>either install Gnome Weather <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/details\/org.gnome.Weather\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flatpak package<\/a> which runs in sandbox.<\/li>\n<li>or install patched version of libgweather from my <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/libgweather\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">personal PPA<\/a> and restart Gnome Shell.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2. My Weather Indicator.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/my-weather-indicator1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/my-weather-indicator1-600x370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/my-weather-indicator1-600x370.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/my-weather-indicator1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/my-weather-indicator1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is my favorite weather app from a Spain software developer. And it&#8217;s more than 10 years old that is still being maintained.<\/p>\n<p>The app displays weather via both panel indicator and desktop widget. You can add 2 locations and choose weather services between OpenWeatherMap, Yahoo Weather, Wunderground.com, and WORLD WEATHER ONLINE.<\/p>\n<p>It shows weather conditions including temperature, feels like, pressure, humidity, dew point, wind, and cloudiness. As well, it indicates the time of sunrise, sunset, and dawn\/dusk.<\/p>\n<p>The panel indicator offers forecast options for next hours and week days and forecast map. As well, a Moon Phase calendar is available for Waning Gibbous.<\/p>\n<p>To install it, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run commands one by one to get it from the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~atareao\/+archive\/ubuntu\/atareao\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">developer&#8217;s PPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao\/atareao<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt install my-weather-indicator<\/pre>\n<h4>3. Meteo<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meteo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meteo1-600x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meteo1-600x407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meteo1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meteo1-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/meteo1.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMeteo is a forecast application using OpenWeatherMap API. It comes with an indicator that shows weather information including temperature, pressure, wind speed and direction, sunrise &#038; sunset.<\/p>\n<p>It also provide app window with current weather and forecast for next 18 hours and next 5 days. With it, you can also check information about temperature, pressure, wind speed, clouds, and precipitation in <b>map mode<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The software has an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~bitseater\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu PPA<\/a>. So you can open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run following commands one by one to install it.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitseater\/ppa<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt install com.gitlab.bitseater.meteo<\/pre>\n<h4>4. KWeather<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kweather-dynamic.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kweather-dynamic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a KDE weather app designed for plasma mobile. It however works good on Linux desktop even without KDE.<\/p>\n<p>It shows the basic weather conditions as well as 10 days forecast in an <b>adaptive<\/b> app window. Which makes it different is the <b>Dynamic mode<\/b> that displays raining, shining, or snowing animation.<\/p>\n<p>KWeather is available as flatpak package in <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/details\/org.kde.kweather\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flathub.org<\/a>. To install it, first follow the setup guide and run bottom command in the link page.<\/p>\n<h4>5. OpenWeather Extension<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/openweather-extension.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/openweather-extension-600x330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/openweather-extension-600x330.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/openweather-extension-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/openweather-extension-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/openweather-extension.jpg 859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an extension for Gnome that will work on Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux with Gnome Desktop.<\/p>\n<p>It collects weather conditions from either OpenWeatherMap or darksky.net. And display basic info on top bar. By drop-down menu, you can see more details including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sunrise \/ sunset time.<\/li>\n<li>cloudiness, humidity, pressure, wind speed.<\/li>\n<li>forecast (2 ~ 10 days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The indicator position, icons, units, Geolocation provider etc are configurable via extension settings.<\/p>\n<p>To install OpenWeather extension, firstly make sure <i>chrome-gnome-shell<\/i> is installed via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell<\/pre>\n<p>Then get it from <a href=\"https:\/\/extensions.gnome.org\/extension\/750\/openweather\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extensions.gnome.org\/&#8230;\/openweather\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>6. wttr.in<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wttr-in.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wttr-in-600x323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wttr-in-600x323.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wttr-in-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wttr-in-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wttr-in.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those looking for a weather app works in command line, wttr.in is a great choice.<\/p>\n<p>Just make sure <code>curl<\/code> is installed via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install curl<\/pre>\n<p>You can then run command to get weather condition as well as forecast for current location via command:<\/p>\n<pre>curl wttr.in<\/pre>\n<p>And you may specify a location, shanghai for instance, via command:<\/p>\n<pre>curl wttr.in\/shanghai<\/pre>\n<p>It&#8217;s recommended to maximize your terminal window to make the forecast table display properly.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the basic info, such as, temperature, pressure, humidity, it also supports for moon phase, different units, generate PNG, and more. To get more options, run command:<\/p>\n<pre>curl wttr.in\/:help<\/pre>\n<h4>Final Words<\/h4>\n<p>There are also a few other good weather apps that I know, but they are either not maintained or not well working in my machine. If you get any other good apps, feel free to leave comment below.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halfway through the year, many new apps released and many abandoned. Here are 6 weather apps that are still useful in 2021. 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