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Forecast confidence: High · high in 3 of 5 cities

Australia weather today

5 cities, three models, updated overnight

Mixed weather across the country,rain likely tomorrow in Perth and Adelaide

Between 19° in Perth and 30° in Brisbane today. European, American and German agree in 3 of 5 cities.

The weather map: all three models at once

European, American, German side by side across Australia.Live rain radar →
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What's the weather today in Australia? The European, American and German models each forecast our heat, storms and rain a little differently. We line all three up for any Aussie town, so you see the real picture and exactly how much the forecasts agree, from the coast to the outback.

Which forecast is most accurate in Australia?

CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
ProviderCheckWeather-scoreTempWindRainRun by
European logo
European ★ Best
Behind Apple Weather, Windy
88
/100rank #1
90±0.6°C96±2.1 km/t8089% hitECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather ForecastsReading, United Kingdom
G
German
Behind Windy
83
/100rank #2
85±0.8°C95±2.4 km/t7184% hitDeutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)Offenbach am Main, Germany
American logo
American
Behind Windy & many free apps
80
/100rank #3
81±1.1°C92±3.8 km/t6983% hitNOAA / NCEP (United States)College Park, Maryland, USA

The CheckWeather Score blends temperature, wind and rain accuracy, each measured against ERA5 (the recorded weather) over the last 30 days across 1495 cities. Lower error means a higher score. The apps you know (AccuWeather, Apple Weather, The Weather Channel) are built on these models.

Popular weather apps — and what powers them

Real app-store ratings, plus the forecast each one runs on
App🍎 App Store▶️ Google PlayForecast source
Apple Weather logoApple Weather
built-iniOS onlyApple's own blend (ex–Dark Sky)
AccuWeather logoAccuWeather
4.61.5M ratings3.52.6M ratingsAccuWeather's own forecast
The Weather Channel logoThe Weather Channel
4.85.9M ratings4.63.6M ratingsIBM / TWC forecast
Windy.com logoWindy.com
4.878K ratings4.7812K ratingsShows ECMWF · GFS · ICON

App-store stars measure the app experience (design, features, reliability) — not forecast accuracy. For accuracy, see the model scoreboard above. Ratings from the US & UK App Store and Google Play, July 2026; they drift over time. Apple Weather is built into iOS, with no separate store rating.

The forecasts Australians check

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology runs the national ACCESS model, but its open-data feed is temporarily suspended, so for now we compare the three global heavyweights and link you to BOM. We'll add BOM's own model back the moment its feed returns.

Every forecast runs on a model. We show you three, side by side.

When the European, American and German models agree, the forecast is solid. When they split, sometimes by 8° on the same afternoon, it's genuinely uncertain, and no single app will tell you that. We turn that disagreement into a plain-English confidence score.

See the uncertainty

Three models, one view. Where they disagree, you know to take the forecast with a pinch of salt.

The models the pros use

ECMWF and GFS are the two global heavyweights every forecaster starts from, plus BOM. No black boxes.

Honest & sourced

We show real, open model data and cite it. The closed apps can't show theirs, which is why AI assistants can cite us, not them.

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