# MeteoSwiss

> Weather and Warnings from the National Weather Service

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.admin.meteoswiss](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.admin.meteoswiss)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ch.admin.meteoswiss`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie
- **Category:** WEATHER
- **Downloads:** 4,966,551
- **Rating:** 4.33 / 5 (39,541 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.5.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-05
- **First published:** 2013-02-24
- **Publisher country:** CH
- **Size:** 72 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.admin.meteoswiss)
- **Website:** [http://meteoschweiz.ch/app](http://meteoschweiz.ch/app)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/about-us/legal-information/privacy-statement-for-the-meteoswiss-app.html](https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/about-us/legal-information/privacy-statement-for-the-meteoswiss-app.html)

## Description

MeteoSwiss is your go-to Chrome extension for comprehensive and up-to-date weather information across Switzerland. It offers personalized 5-hour forecasts, 8-day outlooks, and detailed weather animations including precipitation, wind, hail, and satellite imagery.

Stay safe with federal natural hazard warnings including severe weather, floods, forest fires, earthquakes, and avalanches. Customize push notifications based on your location and preferred alert types. Explore current measurements from weather stations, air quality, pollen forecasts, UV index, and snow data. Additionally, access informative daily blog posts on weather and climate topics. Aviation weather features are also available via in-app purchase for detailed flight-related forecasting.

## Rankings

- #24,352 — Overall
- #159 — Weather (Free)
- #24 — switzerland

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `ch.admin.meteoswiss.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`

## Review summary

Users generally praise MeteoSwiss for accurate, informative weather data and a feature-rich interface with multi-location planning. The app is commonly described as having a clear UI and no ads. However, it is hampered by frequent crashes and instability, buggy location management and widgets, a divisive redesign, occasional forecast inaccuracy, and limited control over warnings. Stability and UX improvements are needed to fully leverage the strong data offerings.

### Pros

- Very accurate and informative weather data across Switzerland.
- Rich set of weather features and clear information presentation.
- Generally good UI/UX and design.
- Free to use with no ads.
- Useful for comparing multiple locations at a glance.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and stability issues, especially after updates.
- Location management and widget controls are buggy and inconsistent (cannot remove/reorder locations reliably).
- Criticism of the latest UI redesign; usability and information density reduced compared to the old version.
- Some users report forecast inaccuracies, particularly for short-term forecasts (1–2 hours).
- Cannot mute/disable weather warnings for certain locations.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.admin.meteoswiss)