🌤️Weather in Calendar
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How to add the weather to your calendar

Google Calendar and the iPhone calendar do not show a weather forecast on their own. With a calendar subscription you get the 10-day forecast of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Germany’s national weather service, as all-day events, one per day. The calendar updates itself. It works for any place in Germany.

Step 1: Create the link for your place

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Enter your town or postcode. The page often detects your place by itself.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar does not show the weather by itself. With the subscription you see the forecast on your computer, on Android and on the iPhone.

Fastest way

  1. Create the link for your place in step 1 above.
  2. On your computer, click Google Calendar. Google then asks if you want to add the calendar.
  3. Click Add. Done.Google Calendar: the “Add calendar” window with the weather link, the “Add” button is highlighted

By hand with a direct link

  1. Copy your link in step 1 above with the Copy link button.
  2. On your computer, open Google’s page for adding a calendar by URL.
  3. Paste the link into URL of calendar and click Add calendar.Google Calendar settings “From URL” with the field “URL of calendar” and the “Add calendar” button

By hand through the menu

  1. Copy your link in step 1 above with the Copy link button.
  2. Open calendar.google.com in the browser on your computer. If the left column is missing, click the menu icon ☰ at the top left.
  3. In the left column, click the plus icon next to Other calendars and choose From URL.Google Calendar: the menu next to “Other calendars” with the item “From URL”
  4. Paste the link into URL of calendar and click Add calendar.
  • 💡 You can only subscribe in the web version of Google Calendar. The Android and iPhone apps cannot add a calendar by URL. After you subscribe, the weather calendar appears in the apps by itself.
  • 💡 Google refreshes subscribed calendars on its own schedule, often only every 8 to 24 hours. There is no refresh button.

iPhone & iPad

The calendar on the iPhone and iPad does not show the weather. If you save the subscription in iCloud, you also see it on your Mac.

Fastest way

  1. Open this page in Safari on your iPhone or iPad.
  2. Create the link for your place in step 1 above.
  3. Tap Open in calendar app and confirm the subscription.

By hand (iOS 26)

  1. Copy your link in step 1 above with the Copy link button.
  2. Open the Calendar app and tap the calendars button at the bottom.
  3. Add a new calendar and choose the subscription calendar there.
  4. Paste the link and start the search.
  5. Choose iCloud as the location, so the calendar also appears on your other devices. Save the subscription.
  • 💡 Does nothing happen when you tap Open in calendar app? This can happen on the iPad. Open the Calendar app by hand once, come back to this page and tap again.
  • 💡 Apple also explains subscriptions on its support page.

Mac

Apple Calendar on the Mac does not show the weather. One thing matters when you subscribe: at first the Mac only fetches new data once a week. Change that to every hour.

Fastest way

  1. Create the link for your place in step 1 above.
  2. Click Open in calendar app. If your browser asks whether it may open the Calendar app, allow it.
  3. The link is already filled in. Click Subscribe.Apple Calendar on the Mac: window with the calendar URL of the weather link, the Subscribe button is marked
  4. Set Location to iCloud, so the weather also appears on your iPhone. Change Auto-refresh from Every week to Every hour, or a new forecast only arrives once a week. Click OK.Apple Calendar on the Mac: subscription info, marked are iCloud under Location and the Auto-refresh field showing Every week

By hand

  1. Copy your link in step 1 above with the Copy link button.
  2. Open the Calendar app and choose File > New Calendar Subscription.Apple Calendar on the Mac: File menu, the item New Calendar Subscription is marked
  3. Paste the link into Calendar URL and click Subscribe.
  4. Set Location to iCloud and Auto-refresh to Every hour. Click OK.
  • 💡 If you already saved the subscription in iCloud on your iPhone, it is already on your Mac.
  • 💡 Already saved with "Every week"? Right-click the weather calendar in the left column, open its info and change it there.

Outlook

With the subscription you see the 10-day forecast in Outlook right next to your appointments.

Fastest way

  1. Create the link for your place in step 1 above.
  2. Click Outlook. If you use Outlook with a work or school account, click the small link Outlook with a work or school account below it instead.
  3. Outlook opens the Subscribe from web window with the link and name already filled in. Click Import. Done.Outlook on the web: the “Subscribe from web” window with link, calendar name and the “Import” button

New Outlook and Outlook on the web, by hand

  1. Copy your link in step 1 above with the Copy link button.
  2. Open the calendar in Outlook. In the browser you find it at outlook.com.
  3. Click Add calendar on the left.Outlook on the web: calendar view, “Add calendar” on the left is highlighted
  4. Choose Subscribe from web, paste the link and give the calendar a name such as “Weather”.
  5. Click Import. Done.

Classic Outlook for Windows

  1. Copy your link in step 1 above with the Copy link button.
  2. Choose File and open the account settings.
  3. Open the Internet Calendars tab and click New.
  4. Paste the link and confirm the two windows that follow.
  • 💡 In classic Outlook, do not just click the link. Outlook then only makes a copy that never updates.
  • 💡 Outlook fetches new data every few hours. Sometimes it takes longer than a day.
  • 💡 If you paste the link into Outlook on the web by hand, it must start with https://. With webcal:// Outlook says the calendar could not be imported.

Android

Google Calendar on Android

  1. Subscribe to the weather calendar once on your computer, as described above under Google Calendar.
  2. Open the Google Calendar app. The weather calendar appears by itself after a short time.
  3. You don’t see the weather? Tap the menu ☰ at the top left and Settings at the very bottom.
  4. Only a few calendars are listed under your Google account. Tap Show more there, then the weather calendar.Google Calendar app on Android: Settings, “Show more” under the Google account is highlighted
  5. Turn on Sync. Shortly after, the weather shows up in the app.Google Calendar app on Android: settings of the weather calendar, the “Sync” switch is highlighted
  • 💡 Samsung Calendar also shows your Google calendars if your Google account is connected on the phone.

Frequently asked questions

How often is the weather in the calendar updated?

The forecast behind the link is fetched again every few hours. How often your calendar app fetches it depends on the app. Outlook usually fetches new data several times a day, Google Calendar often only every 8 to 24 hours. Apple Calendar fetches it as often as you set when you subscribe. On the Mac this starts at every week, so set it to every hour.

Why does Google Calendar show old weather?

Google refreshes subscribed calendars on its own schedule, and you cannot speed this up. If an up-to-date forecast matters to you, subscribe to the link in Apple Calendar or Outlook. New data arrives there much more often.

How do I remove the weather calendar?

In Google Calendar, open the settings, choose the weather calendar and unsubscribe there. On the iPhone, open the list of calendars in the Calendar app, open the info for the weather calendar and delete it. In Outlook, remove the calendar with a right-click.

Where does the weather data come from?

From the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Germany’s national weather service. The forecast comes from the DWD model MOSMIX and reaches about 10 days ahead. We load the data through the free service BrightSky.

Does it cost anything, or do I need an account?

No. The weather calendar is free. You need no account and no app, just the link.

What data is in the calendar link?

Only the coordinates of your place, the place name, the weather data you chose and the language. The link contains no personal data.

Does it work for places outside Germany?

No. The forecast comes from the German national weather service, so the search only finds places in Germany. It works well for border regions, holidays and trips within Germany.

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