# TariffMonkee Taiwan Weather & Air Quality

> TariffMonkee Taiwan Weather & Air Quality is a paid API for AI agents from tariffmonkee.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns a 36-hour weather forecast (conditions, rain chance, min/max temperature, comfort index) and real-time AQI readings for any Taiwan county or city, sourced from government open data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://tariffmonkee.com/paid/tw-weather-check?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tariffmonkee-taiwan-weather-air-quality-6ac06af6
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_sbxi0v4eMq1MjEp2hFFAF

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability tariffmonkee-taiwan-weather-air-quality-6ac06af6
```

Example prompt: What's the weather forecast and air quality like in Taichung over the next 36 hours? I need the rain chance, temperature range, and current AQI readings from monitoring stations.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need authoritative, government-sourced weather and air quality data specifically for Taiwan counties and cities. It uniquely combines CWA 36-hour forecasts with real-time MOENV AQI station data in a single call, accepts both Chinese and English city names, and is far simpler than integrating with the CWA and MOENV APIs directly. Prefer it over generic weather APIs when Taiwan-specific accuracy, bilingual input, or AQI station-level granularity matters.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or misspelled city name returns an error or empty result
- CWA or MOENV upstream API unavailability causes fetch failure
- City name in unsupported format may not resolve correctly
- Air quality block may be absent if no monitoring stations exist for the queried city
- Setting air=false skips AQI data; agent must handle partial response gracefully

## How this service works

Taiwan weather forecast and air quality for one county or city: the Central Weather Administration 36-hour forecast (conditions, rain chance, min/max temperature, comfort) and real-time AQI readings from Ministry of Environment monitoring stations. Accepts Chinese or English city names. Government Open Data License v1.0 sources.

## Output

A JSON object containing: the resolved city name, a forecast block with up to three 12-hour periods (start/end times, min/max Celsius, rain chance %, comfort label, summary), and an air quality block with per-station readings (AQI, PM2.5, PM10, O3, main pollutant, status) plus aggregate worst and average AQI. Also includes attribution, disclaimer, data sources, and fetch timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "city"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "air": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Set to 'false' to skip the air quality block. Default is to include it."
      },
      "city": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Taiwan county or city, in Chinese or English, for example 臺中市 or Taichung."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "city",
      "forecast",
      "attribution",
      "disclaimer",
      "sources",
      "fetched_at"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "city": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "sources": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "url": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "name": {
          "type": "string"
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "forecast": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "note": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "periods": {
         "type": "array",
         "items": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
           "end": {
            "type": "string"
           },
           "max_c": {
            "type": "number"
           },
           "min_c": {
            "type": "number"
           },
           "start": {
            "type": "string"
           },
           "comfort": {
            "type": "string"
           },
           "summary": {
            "type": "string"
           },
           "rain_chance_pct": {
            "type": "number"
           }
          }
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "disclaimer": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "fetched_at": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "air_quality": {
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
        "note": {
         "type": "string"
        },
        "stations": {
         "type": "array
… (truncated)
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "city": "臺中市",
  "sources": [
   {
    "url": "https://opendata.cwa.gov.tw/dataset/forecast/F-C0032-001",
    "name": "CWA Open Data F-C0032-001"
   },
   {
    "url": "https://data.moenv.gov.tw/",
    "name": "MOENV Open Data aqx_p_432"
   }
  ],
  "forecast": {
   "note": "CWA 36-hour county/city forecast, three 12-hour periods. Temperatures in Celsius.",
   "periods": [
    {
     "end": "2026-10-20 06:00:00",
     "max_c": 29,
     "min_c": 24,
     "start": "2026-10-19 18:00:00",
     "comfort": "舒適",
     "summary": "晴時多雲",
     "rain_chance_pct": 0
    },
    {
     "end": "2026-10-20 18:00:00",
     "max_c": 33,
     "min_c": 24,
     "start": "2026-10-20 06:00:00",
     "comfort": "舒適至悶熱",
     "summary": "晴時多雲",
     "rain_chance_pct": 0
    },
    {
     "end": "2026-10-21 06:00:00",
     "max_c": 29,
     "min_c": 24,
     "start": "2026-10-20 18:00:00",
     "comfort": "舒適",
     "summary": "晴時多雲",
     "rain_chance_pct": 0
    }
   ]
  },
  "disclaimer": "Informational only. For warnings and emergencies follow official CWA and local government announcements.",
  "fetched_at": "2026-10-19T13:59:08.210Z",
  "air_quality": {
   "note": "6 monitoring station(s) in 臺中市; first 5 shown. AQI bands: 0-50 good, 51-100 moderate, 101-150 unhealthy for sensitive groups, above 150 unhealthy.",
   "stations": [
    {
     "o3": 23,
     "aqi": 71,
     "pm10": 31,
     "pm25": 13,
     "status": "普通",
     "station": "豐原",
     "published": "2026/10/19 21:00:00",
     "main_pollutant": "臭氧八小時"
    },
    {
     "o3": 24,
     "aqi": 58,
     "pm10": 34,
     "pm25": 9,
     "status": "普通",
     "station": "沙鹿",
     "published": "2026/10/19 21:00:00",
     "main_pollutant": "細懸浮微粒"
    },
    {
     "o3": 37,
     "aqi": 73,
     "pm10": 27,
     "pm25": 17,
     "status": "普通",
     "station": "大里",
     "published": "2026/10/19 21:00:00",
     "main_pollutant": "細懸浮微粒"
    }
   ],
   "worst_aqi": 73,
   "average_aqi": 68
  },
  "attribution": "Forecast: Central Weather Administration (中央氣象署) open data. Air quality: Ministry of Environment (環境部) open data. Government Open Data License, Taiwan, v1.0."
 }
}
```

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