Alternatives and competitors
Sites like The Weather Channel
The 20 closest weather forecasting alternatives to The Weather Channel, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 26 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to The Weather Channel? The closest matches are WeatherBug, The Weather Network and WetterOnline. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel weather.com
National and Local Weather Radar, Daily Forecast, Hurricane and information from The Weather Channel and weather.com
The Weather Channel and weather.com provide a national and local weather forecast for cities, as well as weather radar, report and hurricane coverage
Wikidata: American cable TV channel with meteorological forecasts and shows
Summary by Claude
Website of The Weather Channel providing local and national weather forecasts (hourly, 10-day, monthly), weather radar, hurricane coverage, allergy and air quality information, and weather-related news and videos.
- Who it’s for
- General public in the US and worldwide
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Weather Channel’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to The Weather Channel
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to The Weather Channel, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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Local Weather Today & Live Weather Radar | WeatherBug
What's the weather at your location right now? Get your local forecast for today, tonight & tomorrow, chance of rain, live radar, lightning & pollen.
Very close cos 0.959 - 02
The Weather Network: Weather forecasts, maps, news and videos
Find the most current, accurate and reliable weather forecasts and conditions with The Weather Network.
Very close cos 0.948 - 03
Weather
Today's weather in Spain and the world. Weather forecast for today tomorrow and the coming days. The forecast in 200,000 cities.
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Amazon CloudFront
- Comscore
Very close cos 0.921 - 04
Weather Hamburg - meteoblue
Today's and tonight's professional weather forecast for Hamburg. Precipitation radar, HD satellite images, and current weather warnings, hourly temperature, chance of rain, and sunshine hours.
Very close cos 0.921 - 05
Yr
Weather forecast. Hourly, long term and precipitation map from NRK and Meteorologisk institutt.
Very close cos 0.901 - 06
Patch - Everything Local: Breaking News, Events, Discussions
The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Apple Business
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
Very close cos 0.900 - 07
Windy: Wind map & weather forecast
Weather radar, wind and waves forecast for kiters, surfers, paragliders, pilots, sailors and anyone else. Worldwide animated weather map, with easy to use layers and precise spot forecast. METAR, TAF and NOTAMs for any airport in the World. SYNOP codes from weather stations and buoys. Forecast models ECMWF, GFS, RRFS and NEMS
Very close cos 0.898 - 08
Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN
View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Very close cos 0.899 - 09
Homepage | World Meteorological Organization WMO
A specialized agency of the United Nations whose mandate covers weather, climate and water resources. The UN’s scientific voice on the state and behaviour of our atmosphere and climate.
Very close cos 0.895 - 10
WorldTimeServer.com: Current Local Time and Date in any Zone
World Time Server shows current local time and date in cities and countries in all time zones, adjusted for Daylight Saving Time rules automatically.
Close cos 0.892 - 11
International Business, World News & Global Stock Market Analysis
CNBC International is the world leader for news on business, technology, China, trade, oil prices, the Middle East and markets.
Very close cos 0.895 - 12
TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates
Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.
Close cos 0.893 - 13
Worldometer - real time world statistics
Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health. Interesting statistics with world population clock, forest loss this year, carbon dioxide co2 emission, world hunger data, energy consumed, and a lot more
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Google Ad Manager
- Cloudflare
- Cloudflare DNS
- Cloudflare Web Analytics
- Google AdSense
Close cos 0.890 - 14
Lifehacker | Do everything better
Lifehacker is the ultimate authority on optimizing every aspect of your life. Do everything better.
Close cos 0.893 - 15
Vox
Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.
- Amazon Publisher Services
- Amazon SES
- Apple Business
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
Close cos 0.892 - 16
CNET: Product reviews, advice, how-tos and the latest news - CNET
Get full-length product reviews, the latest news, tech coverage, daily deals, and category deep dives from CNET experts worldwide.
Close cos 0.891 - 17
Chron: Texas News, Weather, Food, Culture, Sports, College
Chron, a trusted Texas news source since 2012, delivers the latest weather, culture, food and sports news about Houston, the Gulf Coast, North Texas and beyond.
Close cos 0.885 - 18
Latest World & National News & Headlines - USATODAY.com
USA TODAY delivers current national and local news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, and videos.
Close cos 0.889 - 19
BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Close cos 0.888 - 20
ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide
ArchDaily, Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide: Architecture news, competitions and projects updated every hour for the architecture professional
- Atlassian
- Google Ad Manager
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Mailchimp Transactional
- Meta Business Suite
Close cos 0.886
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to weather.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones The Weather Channel uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What The Weather Channel is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Advertising
- Amazon Publisher Services page source: c.amazon-adsystem.com
- Google Ad Manager page source: securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
- Taboola page source: cdn.taboola.com
- Marketing automation
- Marketo TXT v=spf1 ip4:96.8.80.136 ip4:96.8.80.135 ip4:96.8.82.135 ip4:96.8.84.13…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=ef12e9cda41f4f47b0d581f1b370690d
- Sourcepoint page source: cdn.privacy-mgmt.com
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=76e37ae26990c35e8f5f4fec5ac9b031d3b812abf0488ed7b…
- Monitoring
- New Relic page source: NREUM
- CDN
- Akamai header akamai-grn: 0.1a1d1002.1793956270.3d206456
- Hosting
- Vercel header x-vercel-id: fra1::fra1::zcxqs-1793956243158-daad7c1bbf1c
- Video
- JW Player page source: cdn.jwplayer.com
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms39994037
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 ip4:96.8.80.136 ip4:96.8.80.135 ip4:96.8.82.135 ip4:96.8.84.13…
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 ip4:96.8.80.136 ip4:96.8.80.135 ip4:96.8.82.135 ip4:96.8.84.13…
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS a11-66.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=4f3e3a355b58e39ed82785f9fd8789cf479b6f9bf…
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=Kt9gLmYacIfnO9IF
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=x4mGWF20kUREoGAPK0AAelillieNsnLqv2j4/2A…
- DocuSign TXT docusign=002393a4-7df4-4031-83c1-98aeafa93c9f
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=uNTSYiIzOLrbUa6_Cug8_8j1gt8qJBBe5iD32gqZmjc
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=99utolohhvsbcdxkj52qgala019hyj
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 ip4:96.8.80.136 ip4:96.8.80.135 ip4:96.8.82.135 ip4:96.8.84.13…
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=UoVswhJuJLwGELpIn564H0ty7Fgg6mvAI28itovF
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what The Weather Channel adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Google Ad Manager 12/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on weather.com 9/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on weather.com 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on weather.com 7/20
- Prebid.js · not on weather.com 6/20
- Microsoft 365 6/20
- Meta Business Suite 5/20
- GlobalSign · not on weather.com 5/20
- Zendesk · not on weather.com 4/20
- Amazon Publisher Services 4/20
- Akamai Edge DNS 4/20
- Atlassian 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on weather.com 4/20
- Google Analytics · not on weather.com 4/20