Security Review

Is meteociel.fr legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 96/100

Meteociel is a legitimate French weather platform operating since 2004 with zero security flags and verified corporate registration.

meteociel.frScanned 1h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 99·MT 95
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
19 years old
Registered Jun 19, 2007
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 98% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain has been active for nearly 20 years, which is a primary indicator of a legitimate service. Our antivirus network shows no malicious detections across more than 90 security engines. The site is owned by a registered French company, METEOCIEL SASU, with a verifiable SIREN number and physical headquarters. It maintains a high traffic rank and is widely cited as a reliable source for meteorological data. There are no reports of fraud, phishing, or malware associated with this domain.
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Page Content

The site provides comprehensive real-time weather data, including satellite imagery, radar, and numerical models like AROME and GFS. It features a community-driven observation system and active forums. While the homepage lacks a direct phone number, it includes official legal notices (Mentions Légales) and links to its verified mobile applications on official app stores.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP address with no history of abuse reports. It uses a valid SSL certificate and is managed through a reputable registrar. The infrastructure has proven resilient, having successfully recovered and migrated after a major data center fire in 2021.

Domain History

Registered in 2007 and founded as a service in 2004, the domain age of nearly two decades is a strong trust signal. It has a consistent history of serving weather data to millions of users without any recorded transitions to malicious ownership.

Web Reputation

Independent review aggregators and community trust sites give the domain near-perfect scores. It is recognized by major information sources as a primary independent weather provider in France. No scam reports or consumer complaints were found during our research.
Positive Signals
5
  • Domain has been active and established for nearly 20 years.
  • Zero detections across our entire antivirus network.
  • Verified French business registration (SIREN 531530657).
  • High global traffic ranking indicates a massive, regular user base.
  • Positive reputation on independent trust-rating platforms.
AI Recommendation
This site is safe to use. You can trust the weather data and community reports provided on this platform.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for meteociel.fr, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
19 yrs
Registered Jun 2007
Business registration
Active · France
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Domain created June 19, 2007 (age ~19 years as of 2026); registered to METEOCIEL SASU (SIREN 531530657) in France.
  • Founded in 2004 by Thomas Canda; became SASU in March 2011 with headquarters in Roujan, France.
  • Popular independent weather website and mobile apps (millions of downloads) providing real-time observations, community reports, and numerical models (GFS, ECMWF, AROME, etc.).
  • ScamDoc rates it 99/100 (excellent, extremely low risk); Gridinsoft 78/100 with mostly positive trust signals and long domain history.
  • No scam reports, fraud complaints, or malware associations found across web searches, Reddit, or review sites.
  • Temporary outage in 2021 due to OVH Strasbourg fire (servers burned); site recovered and has been continuously operating since.
  • Mentions légales page identifies webmaster Thomas Canda; CNIL declaration on file; trademark registered at INPI.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • ScamDocopen

    "Trust score: Excellent 99%. Risk is extremely low!"

  • Gridinsoftopen

    "We reviewed meteociel.fr and found mostly positive trust signals... Key signals include a domain age of 18.8 years and presence in ..."

  • Wikipediaopen

    "Créé en 2004 par Thomas Canda... il constitue une source sur le plan des prévisions et des observations."

Business registration
Status: active · France

SASU (Société par actions simplifiée unipersonnelle), SIREN 531530657, created 16/03/2011, siège social Roujan (34320), dirigeant Thomas Canda, activité: Programmation informatique. Registered since 2004 as a weather site.

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above
We conducted a thorough search of scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and business registries for meteociel.fr. The site is owned by METEOCIEL SASU, a French company created in 2011 by Thomas Canda, though the service itself dates back to 2004. Independent review sites award it an excellent trust score of 99%, and it is even documented on major information platforms as a reliable source for meteorological observations. No complaints or fraudulent activities were identified.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious61Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles2
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 2 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age19 years old
RegistrarOVH
RegisteredJun 19, 2007
ExpiresJun 19, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.2
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR2
ExpiresAug 28, 2026 (68d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingOVH SAS
Server locationFR
Web servernginx
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://meteociel.fr/
  • 2200https://www.meteociel.fr/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPOVH SAS
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on meteociel.fr and not a lookalike like m-eteociel.fr.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on meteociel.fr. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • meteociel.fr passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 96/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. meteociel.fr presents a valid TLSv1.2 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR2, expiring in 68 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • meteociel.fr is 19.0 years old, registered on 6/19/2007 through OVH. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report meteociel.fr as clean.
  • No. meteociel.fr is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • meteociel.fr resolves to an IP operated by OVH SAS in FR (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • Yes. meteociel.fr sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·meteociel.fr
SAFE

Meteociel is a highly reputable and long-standing French weather service. It has been operating since 2004 with a clean security record and verified business registration. You can use this site safely for weather forecasts and observations.

This site is safe to use. You can trust the weather data and community reports provided on this platform.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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