# Ventusky

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Ventusky and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a weather map with many data layers, such as wind, precipitation and air quality, and many forecast models to compare.

## Why people recommend it

- Many data layers to explore (3 comments): "has the best app experience in Android with many different layers like wind, precipitation, air quality" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099560)) "Both give you a huge amount of layers and datasets to mess around with." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567995)) "Huge bag of data for you to mess around with." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567939))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Xweather Live](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xweather-live.md): 12 recommend
- [earth.nullschool.net](https://hackerapproved.com/p/earth-nullschool-net.md): 9 recommend
- [Earth (earth.nullschool.net)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/earth.md): 7 recommend
- [Zoom Earth](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zoom-earth.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.ventusky.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ventusky", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ventusky/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).