---
id: buienradar
version: "1.0.9"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# buienradar — Library and CLI tools for interacting with buienradar.

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 74.8K/mo

## What it is and what it does

Buienradar is a Python library for querying Dutch weather data from buienradar.nl, a weather service that provides current conditions, multi-day forecasts, and precipitation predictions. It wraps the service's JSON and legacy XML APIs, parsing responses into structured dictionaries containing temperature, wind, precipitation, and condition details. The package includes both a programmatic interface for integration into applications (originally built for Home Assistant) and a command-line tool for direct queries by latitude and longitude.

The library depends on requests for HTTP calls, xmltodict for XML parsing, pytz for timezone handling, docopt for CLI argument parsing, and vincenty for distance calculations. It targets a broad Python version range from 3.4 onward, though the aging maintenance status and lack of recent feature updates suggest it is stable but not actively developed.

Use it for:

- Integrate live Dutch weather forecasts into a home automation or smart home system.
- Build a weather dashboard or mobile app that displays current conditions and precipitation forecasts for Netherlands locations.
- Query precipitation likelihood and rainfall amounts for the next 5–120 minutes to trigger alerts or automations.
- Fetch multi-day weather forecasts including temperature, wind, and condition codes for display or analysis.
- Use the CLI tool to quickly check weather data from the command line for debugging or ad-hoc queries.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Fetches current weather data and precipitation forecasts from the buienradar service via JSON and XML APIs, with both library and command-line interfaces.

Yes, if you need Dutch weather data and accept the aging maintenance status. The package is stable, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. It is well-suited for Home Assistant integrations and other applications that depend on buienradar.nl data and do not require active development. Not recommended if you need ongoing feature updates or support for new API versions.

## Install

pip install buienradar
uv add buienradar
poetry add buienradar

## Installing buienradar

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Maintenance is aging—last release was 537 days ago, though the repository remains active with a recent commit on 2025-02-23. Suitable for stable integrations but not for rapid feature development.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive; you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely with minimal restrictions, making it safe for both personal and commercial projects.

Quickstart:

pip install buienradar

import buienradar
result = buienradar.get_data(latitude=52.091579, longitude=5.119734)
print(result['data']['temperature'])

Verify before relying:

- Whether the buienradar.nl API endpoints remain stable and accessible, as the package depends on external services.
- Current support status for Python versions beyond 3.8, given the aging maintenance timeline.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 74.8K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

buienradar weather api, dutch weather forecast, precipitation forecast library, weather data python, buienradar json api, rainfall prediction, weather cli tool, weather-api, home-automation

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