meteostat.Stations.nearby

Sort and filter weather stations by physical distance. This method adds a distance column to the returned Stations class instance which holds the distance of the respective weather station to the reference point in meters.

Parameters

The lat and lon parameters are required. Optionally, you can specify a maximum radius in meters using the radius parameter.

Parameter	Description	Type	Default
lat	Latitude of a geographical point	Integer or Float	undefined
lon	Longitude of a geographical point	Integer or Float	undefined
radius	Radius in meters around geographical point	Integer	None

Returns

Stations class instance

Example

Get closest weather station to Vancouver, BC.

from meteostat import Stations

stations = Stations()
stations = stations.nearby(49.2497, -123.1193)
station = stations.fetch(1)

print(station)