# Yr

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Yr and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free, simple Norwegian weather service with detailed forecast data and an API, which people find accurate for planning.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple, no-frills, clean interface (3 comments): "it's no fuss, no registration and the data is good enough for me in a neighbouring country" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578346)) "I really enjoy the Norwegian weather app YR, it's nice and simple and very clean." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099576)) "a good no-frills weather webapp" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567422))
- Detailed data: cloud layers, models, API (3 comments): "One of the things that I've seen with them that I haven't seen with others is the cloud cover by layer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567157)) "uses a decent selection of models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47101155)) "Yr has a great API as well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47100301))
- Free, no registration, English available (2 comments): "it's no fuss, no registration and the data is good enough for me in a neighbouring country" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578346)) "Yr.no [1] is free, and available in English." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47543347))
- Accurate enough for everyday planning (2 comments): "This is accurate enough that you can use it to time your walk from the office to the subway" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45956309)) "tends to be most accurate for Scandi+Baltics somehow pretty often" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099560))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Brolly](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brolly.md): 28 recommend
- [Sundial weather app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sundial.md): 22 recommend
- [Apple Weather](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-weather.md): 20 recommend
- [Acme Weather](https://hackerapproved.com/p/acme-weather.md): 17 recommend
- [wttr.in](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wttr-in.md): 11 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.yr.no/nb)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Yr", https://hackerapproved.com/p/yr-no/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).