INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_destination_climate

Full climate card for one destination: 0–100 Sunshine Score, day/night °C, rainfall, midday UV index (WHO scale) and sea temperature for all 12 months, plus its sunniest month ("best time to visit" for sunshine), annual sunshine hours and peak midday UV.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://thesunshinemap.com/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_destination_climate and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

Parent server

thesunshinemap.com

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.sunshine-map]
url = "https://thesunshinemap.com/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sunshine-map": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thesunshinemap.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: sunshine-map
Remote MCP URL: https://thesunshinemap.com/api/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sunshine-map": {
      "url": "https://thesunshinemap.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "sunshine-map": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thesunshinemap.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "sunshine-map",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://thesunshinemap.com/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

Related tools

find_sunny_destinations — Ranked answer to "where is it sunny (and warm) in <month>?" — destinations sorted by that month's 0–100 Sunshine Score (long-term climate normals).
compare_destinations — Side-by-side sunshine/climate comparison of 2–5 destinations — overall or for one month ("Algarve or Crete in October?").