Official Meteorological Services in Europe

Below is a practical list of official national meteorological (and often hydrometeorological) services for countries across Europe.
Names and URLs are based on information published by the services themselves and international bodies such as the WMO; always check the linked sites for the most current details and any additional regional services.

Western & Northern Europe

• Austria – Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG), now part of GeoSphere Austria
  • zamg.ac.at
• Belgium – Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI / KMI / KMI-IRM)
  • meteo.be
• France – Météo-France
  • meteofrance.com
• Germany – Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
  • dwd.de
• Ireland – Met Éireann (Irish Meteorological Service)
  • met.ie
• Luxembourg – MeteoLux (Luxembourg Meteorological Service)
  • meteo.lu
• Netherlands – Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
  • knmi.nl
• Switzerland – MeteoSwiss (Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology)
  • meteoswiss.admin.ch
• United Kingdom – Met Office (UK National Meteorological Service)
  • metoffice.gov.uk
• Iceland – Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO)
  • vedur.is
• Norway – Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)
  • met.no
• Denmark – Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
  • dmi.dk
• Sweden – Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
  • smhi.se
• Finland – Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
  • fmi.fi

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

• Portugal – Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA)
  • ipma.pt
• Spain – Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET)
  • aemet.es
• Italy – Aeronautica Militare – Servizio Meteorologico & regional civil services
  • meteoam.it
• Malta – Malta Meteorological Office (part of the Malta International Airport, in coordination with the Office of the Prime Minister)
  • meteo.gov.mt
• Greece – Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS)
  • hnms.gr
• Cyprus – Department of Meteorology, Republic of Cyprus
  • www.weather.gov.cy

Central Europe

• Czech Republic – Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ)
  • chmi.cz
• Slovakia – Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMÚ)
  • shmu.sk
• Poland – Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW-PIB)
  • imgw.pl
• Hungary – Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ)
  • met.hu
• Slovenia – Slovenian Environment Agency – Meteorological Office (ARSO)
  • meteo.arso.gov.si
• Croatia – Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ)
  • meteo.hr
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina & Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Republika Srpska
  • fhmzbih.gov.ba
  • rhmzrs.com
• Serbia – Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia (RHMZ)
  • hidmet.gov.rs
• Montenegro – Hydrometeorological and Seismological Service of Montenegro
  • meteo.co.me
• North Macedonia – Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • uhm.gov.mk
• Albania – Albanian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (within the Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment)
  • geo.edu.al

Eastern Europe

• Romania – Romanian National Meteorological Administration (Meteo Romania)
  • meteoromania.ro
• Bulgaria – National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH)
  • meteo.bg
• Moldova – State Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Moldova
  • meteo.md
• Ukraine – Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center & Ukrhydrometcenter network
  • meteo.gov.ua
• Belarus – Republican Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Contamination Control and Environmental Monitoring (Belhydromet)
  • rad.org.by (hydromet pages via Ministry of Natural Resources)
• Russia (European part) – Roshydromet (Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring)
  • meteorf.ru

Caucasus Region (often linked with both Europe and Asia)

• Georgia – National Environment Agency – Meteorological Department
  • nea.gov.ge
• Armenia – Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center of Armenia
  • armmonitoring.am
• Azerbaijan – National Hydrometeorological Service of Azerbaijan
  • meteo.az

Microstates & Special Cases

Several European microstates rely on the meteorological infrastructure of neighbouring national services while sometimes maintaining small in-country units:

• Andorra – Servei Meteorològic d’Andorra (with support from neighbouring services)
  • meteo.ad
• Monaco – Services provided in cooperation with Météo-France
  • meteofrance.com
• San Marino – Meteorological information largely via Italian services and regional agencies
  • meteoam.it
• Liechtenstein – Meteorological and warning services provided in cooperation with MeteoSwiss
  • meteoswiss.admin.ch
• Vatican City – Relies on Italian national and regional meteorological services for forecasts and warnings
  • meteoam.it

This overview can serve as a starting point for educators, journalists, and weather enthusiasts who want to go directly to authoritative national sources for climate and weather information.
For context on interpreting climate information and recognising misinformation, see the article on debunking climate change myths at weather-aware.com.

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