Updated 27 October 2026 · rated every week

The best Garmin weather apps and widgets

The best weather app this week is Open Weather Widget by MobileDriveway (Free, score 7.9/10). A free widget that shows the current weather conditions from Open Weather Map.

Weather, rain radar, wind and tide apps and widgets for Garmin watches.

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Open Weather Widget

Open Weather Widget

MobileDriveway · Weather · widget · Free · ★ 4.7 (6,744)

A free widget that shows the current weather conditions from Open Weather Map. You need your own free API key from Open Weather; there is no forecast in this app.

Originality: Open Weather current conditions
7.9
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Weather Pro Widget

Weather Pro Widget

pstoppani · Weather · widget · Free + paid extras · ★ 4.7 (4,934)

Hyper-local weather from Open Weather Map in a simple, colorful graphical display, updated hourly. The optional Pro version updates every 15 minutes and adds custom locations and more.

Originality: graphical Open Weather
7.9
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Atmos Air Quality

Atmos Air Quality

TitanicTurtle · Weather · widget · Free · ★ 4.8 (790)

Air quality on your watch: the current EU or US air quality index, hourly and 5-day forecasts, and on newer watches dust, particle, visibility and pollen forecasts.

Originality: air quality, dust and pollen
7.9
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Atmos Weather

Atmos Weather

TitanicTurtle · Weather · app · Free · ★ 4.8 (520)

A weather app with an extended forecast: current weather, a 7-day forecast with detailed hourly data for each day and a 24-hour forecast with values you choose.

Originality: extended weather forecast
7.9
5
Rain

Rain

VAW.BE · Weather · widget · $2.49 · ★ 4.8 (216)

A lightweight rain widget that shows a graph of the coming precipitation, faster than radar image widgets: the next hour in the USA, UK and Ireland, the next 2 hours in several European countries.

Originality: fast rain graph
7.9
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Windy.com Weather Widget

Windy.com Weather Widget

Windy.com · Weather · widget · Free · ★ 3.6 (422)

Windy.com forecasts on your wrist: a live weather radar with a 10-minute forecast near you, a 5-day forecast from trusted models like ECMWF, meteoblue, GFS and ICON, and a 3-hour forecast mode.

Originality: Windy radar and models
6.4
7
SunAlert: UV, Burn & Vitamin D

SunAlert: UV, Burn & Vitamin D

roey_bretschneider · Weather · app · Free · ★ 4.9 (23)

UV safety for your time outdoors: estimates the current UV level, how long until your skin may burn and how much vitamin D you get. For information only, not medical advice.

Originality: UV burn time and vitamin D
6.2
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Activity Feels

Activity Feels

EnduranceForgeLabs · Weather · app · Free · ★ 4.7 (12)

Turns the current weather into a 0-10 difficulty score for outdoor training, with three scores for easy, moderate and vigorous effort, because the same conditions feel different on a walk and in intervals.

Originality: weather as a training difficulty score
6.0
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Finnish weather, wind and waves, land and water

Finnish weather, wind and waves, land and water

Tallimedia · Weather · widget · Free · ★ 5.0 (6)

Finnish weather from the Finnish Meteorological Institute's own stations: temperature, wind and rain chance on land, a three-day forecast, coastal and lake wind with warnings, and wave heights at sea.

Originality: Finnish institute measurements
5.8
10
Sun & Moon Times

Sun & Moon Times

gasteropod · Weather · widget · Free · ★ 4.6 (222)

Sunrise and sunset times for today with the hours until the next one, plus dawn, dusk and solar noon on a second screen, and moon times. Scroll forward and back through the days.

Originality: sun and moon times
5.7
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SwitchBot Outdoor Meter Widget

SwitchBot Outdoor Meter Widget

flxcraft · Weather · widget · Free · ★ 4.9 (7)

With this widget, you can view temperature and humidity data from a SwitchBot Outdoor Meter directly on compatible Garmin watches. The readings are received wirelessly via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) from the broadcast data sent by the SwitchBot sensor.

Originality: SwitchBot outdoor meter
5.6
12
Wind Compass

Wind Compass

Trudelta · Weather · app · Free + paid extras · ★ 5.0 (2)

This widget shows the wind direction relative to your orientation (or heading) direction. Under normal use it does not require a GPS signal, but instead uses the watch magnetometer sensor. GPS is used for a one time magnetic calibration.

Originality: wind relative to your heading
5.6
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Peakflow Weather

Peakflow Weather

Peakflow · Weather · widget · Free · ★ 3.5 (4)

When does the rain come, when the thunderstorm, and from which direction? from the watch face and the watch tells you in a single sentence: dry until 16:40 , rain in 25 min. Track: which direction the cell is coming from and when it arrives.

Originality: rain and thunderstorm nowcast in one sentence with a track view
5.5
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Australia UV Live

Australia UV Live

HamsterIQ · Weather · widget · Free · ★ 4.9 (7)

Live UV Index for major cities across Australia. Australia UV Live displays the actual measured UV Index directly from the Australia Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA). The main benefit of the app is to provide the live UV index.

Originality: measured Australian UV
5.4
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RainCastPro by SkyScout AI

RainCastPro by SkyScout AI

AIBIN.AI · Weather · widget · $2.49 · ★ 4.7 (12)

Know exactly when to head out down to the minute. RainCast Pro is the premium precipitation widget for serious athletes and outdoor enthusiasts. Built by AIBIN.AI, powered by SkyScout AI's prediction algorithm, it combines real-time weather intelligence with a smart Go Window algorithm that tells...

Originality: minute rain forecast
5.3

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