Weather Wall Screensaver
The Weather Wall screensaver is a retro “local on the 8s” panel that cycles through major world cities, showing each one's live temperature, sky conditions and wind from the key-less Open-Meteo API. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Weather Wall screensaver works
A built-in list of two dozen major world cities is sent in a single request to Open-Meteo's free forecast API, which returns each city's current temperature, weather code and wind.
The saver cycles through the cities one at a time, drawing a big readout with the city, temperature, a simple condition icon and the wind, in an 80s Weather-Channel style.
A day/night tint follows each city's local daylight, so cities in darkness get a cooler palette.
The data refreshes every few minutes so the conditions stay current as you watch.
A worked example
Set the units to Fahrenheit and the wall rolls through cities like TOKYO 24° Partly cloudy and LONDON 17° Light rain, each with a little drawn sun, cloud or storm icon and the wind speed. Turn the seconds-per-city down for a faster tour of the planet's weather.
Settings & tips
- Units switches between Celsius and Fahrenheit (and km/h vs mph).
- Seconds per city sets how long each city stays on screen.
- Accent recolours the panel highlights.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the weather real and live?
- Yes. Every city's temperature, conditions and wind come live from the free Open-Meteo API, refreshed every few minutes while it runs.
- Does it need an API key?
- No. Open-Meteo is free and key-less, so there's nothing to configure. It only needs an internet connection.
- Which cities are shown?
- A built-in spread of major world cities across every continent. They cycle one at a time so you see weather from around the globe.
- Can I add my own city?
- This saver uses a fixed world tour. For your own location, the Weather saver focuses on a single place you choose.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, and it runs entirely in your browser.