Meteare's data come from Italian and European public bodies and data services. For each one you will find what we use it for, the licence under which we use it and a link to the original source.
Page updated September 2026.
Real-time earthquakes and history since 2015: time, magnitude, depth and epicentre location. Read every 5 minutes from the INGV web service (ISIDe catalogue).
Licence and use: CC BY 4.0 licence.
Citation
ISIDe Working Group (2007). ISIDe, INGV. doi:10.13127/ISIDE
Historical earthquakes and effects observed in each town: the seismic history of every town.
Licence and use: CC BY 4.0 licence.
Citation
Locati M. et al. (2022). Italian Macroseismic Database (DBMI15), version 4.0. INGV. doi:10.13127/dbmi/dbmi15.4
Rovida A. et al. (2022). Italian Parametric Earthquake Catalogue (CPTI15), version 4.0. INGV. doi:10.13127/cpti/cpti15.4
Seismogenic structures (fault sources) closest to epicentres and towns.
Licence and use: CC BY 4.0 licence.
Citation
DISS Working Group (2021). Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS), version 3.3.0. INGV. doi:10.13127/diss3.3.0
Expected shaking in each town: the ground acceleration with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years.
Licence and use: Open-access INGV data.
Citation
MPS Working Group (2004). Seismic hazard map required by OPCM 3274/2003. INGV. doi:10.13127/sh/mps04/ag
Seismic zone of each town, from 1 to 4, in the version updated in May 2025.
Licence and use: Italian public-sector open data, attributed to the Civil Protection Department.
Hourly station measurements of PM10, PM2.5, NO2, O3, SO2 and CO, supplied by Italy's regional environmental agencies (ARPA), and the European Air Quality Index.
Licence and use: Re-use allowed, including commercial re-use, with the source acknowledged (EEA). Near-real-time data, not validated.
Model estimates where there are no nearby stations, pollen forecasts and the UV index.
Licence and use: CC BY 4.0 licence. Contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information.
Observed weather data for the 107 provincial capitals, used as the reference to verify forecasts.
Licence and use: Data used under the Visual Crossing terms of service.
Current rain and rain over the last few hours, updated every 5 minutes.
Licence and use: Civil Protection Department data, with attribution.
Alerts for hydrogeological, flood and thunderstorm risk, for today and tomorrow.
Licence and use: CC BY 4.0 licence.
1991-2020 climate normals for the provincial capitals, to compare temperatures with the norm.
Licence and use: Use allowed with attribution, under the Copernicus products licence.
List of Italian towns, ISTAT codes and population, through the open comuni-json dataset.
Licence and use: ISTAT data, with attribution.
The forecasts of the five weather services we compare, and how we verify them, are described in the method.
Read the methodThe processing (averages, estimates, scores and rankings) is Meteare's own. The bodies listed have not endorsed it and are not responsible for how we use their data.