A selection of cameras worth a look right now
10 cameras from 10 countries that loaded when this page was built at 03 Nov 06:20 UTC. Daylight pictures are preferred, so a camera in the dark of night will not be picked. Open a picture to see it at its source.
Park camera
Park camera, published by National Park Service.
United States webcams
Newest file at build time: 03 Nov 06:20 UTC (publisher server).
Publisher page · National Park Service
Volcano camera · Italy
Volcano monitoring camera (visible light), published by INGV Osservatorio Etneo.
Italy webcams
Picture taken 03 Nov 06:09 UTC (time in the file address).
Publisher page · INGV Osservatorio Etneo, CC BY 4.0
Nature camera · Iceland
Landscape and weather camera, published by Icelandic Meteorological Office.
Iceland webcams
Picture taken 03 Nov 06:10 UTC (time in the file address).
Publisher page · Icelandic Meteorological Office
Volcano camera · New Zealand
Volcano monitoring camera, published by GeoNet / Earth Sciences NZ.
New Zealand webcams
Newest file at build time: 03 Nov 06:11 UTC (publisher server).
Publisher page · GeoNet / Earth Sciences NZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ
Nature camera · Japan
Landscape and weather camera, published by Japan Meteorological Agency.
Japan webcams
Picture taken 03 Nov 06:18 UTC (time in the file address).
Publisher page · Source: Japan Meteorological Agency (出典：気象庁ホームページ)
Road camera · Finland
Traffic camera view on road kt51, Helsinki.
Finland webcams
Newest file at build time: 03 Nov 06:19 UTC (publisher server).
Publisher page · Fintraffic / digitraffic.fi, CC BY 4.0
Road camera · Slovenia
Traffic camera view.
Slovenia webcams
Newest file at build time: 03 Nov 06:20 UTC (publisher server).
Publisher page · Direkcija RS za infrastrukturo
Road camera · British Columbia
Traffic camera view on road Highway 1, Vancouver.
Canada webcams
Publisher page · DriveBC, Open Government Licence - British Columbia
Road camera
Traffic camera view.
Sweden
Newest file at build time: 03 Nov 06:12 UTC (publisher server).
Publisher page · Trafikverket, CC0
Road camera · Hong Kong
Traffic camera view on road Eastern, Cross-Harbour Tunnel.
Hong Kong webcams
Newest file at build time: 03 Nov 06:18 UTC (publisher server).
Publisher page · Transport Department HKSAR via DATA.GOV.HK
Live webcams by country
| Country | Cameras | Types | Run by |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 5 volcano, 15 park, 7 road | Caltrans, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey, Courtesy Glacier National Park Conservancy and Courtesy Grand Canyon Conservancy via Pixelcaster |
| New Zealand | 17 | 11 volcano, 6 road | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi and GeoNet / Earth Sciences NZ |
| Japan | 8 | 5 volcano, 1 nature, 2 road | Japan Meteorological Agency and MLIT Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Kofu Office |
| Canada | 7 | 7 road | DriveBC |
| Finland | 7 | 7 road | Fintraffic / digitraffic.fi |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 7 road | Transport Department HKSAR via DATA.GOV.HK |
| Italy | 7 | 7 volcano | INGV Osservatorio Etneo |
| Iceland | 5 | 1 volcano, 4 nature | Icelandic Meteorological Office |
| Slovenia | 5 | 5 road | Direkcija RS za infrastrukturo |
| Sweden (shown on its Travel Live page) | 1 | 1 road | Trafikverket |
Volcano webcams
29 of the cameras above watch volcanoes, in Iceland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand and United States. They have their own page with the observatories' alert levels next to the pictures: live volcano webcams.
How to read a webcam picture
- It is a still, not a video. Each picture is the latest frame the publisher's camera has uploaded. Reload the page to ask for the newest one.
- Dark does not mean broken. Night, fog, cloud, rain and snow all show up in the picture.
- Check the time. When this page was built, 84 of the 91 cameras had a file time we could read, and the newest file was between 0 and 621 minutes old (median 2 minutes).
- The official source governs. A webcam is not a warning, a forecast or a road report; the publisher's page and your local authorities decide what is safe or open.
91 of the 104 cameras on our list passed the picture test when this page was built (a working picture: HTTP 200, a JPEG or PNG file of more than 5 KB); cameras that failed are left out rather than shown broken.
Quick answers
- Are these world webcams live video?
- No, they are still pictures, each one the latest frame the publisher's camera has uploaded. Voyaggora does not copy or store them: your browser loads every picture straight from the publisher, so what you see is what the publisher is serving at that moment.
- How often do the pictures refresh?
- Whenever the publisher's camera uploads a new frame; each publisher sets its own interval and our data does not state a fixed one for most of them. When this page was built, 84 of the 91 cameras had a file time we could read, and the newest file was between 0 and 621 minutes old (median 2 minutes). For the cameras whose file name carries the time of the picture (Icelandic Meteorological Office, INGV Osservatorio Etneo and Japan Meteorological Agency) that time is printed under the picture. Reload the page to ask for the newest file.
- Why is a picture dark, grey or blurry?
- Most cameras simply record what is in front of them: it is dark at night, fog, cloud, rain or snow can hide the view, and a lens can mist or ice over. At northern latitudes winter days are short, so pictures can be dark for much of the day. A dark picture does not by itself mean the camera is broken.
- Who runs these cameras?
- Public bodies and park or volcano observatories: Fintraffic / digitraffic.fi, DriveBC, Caltrans, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey, Courtesy Glacier National Park Conservancy, Courtesy Grand Canyon Conservancy via Pixelcaster, Transport Department HKSAR via DATA.GOV.HK, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, GeoNet / Earth Sciences NZ, Icelandic Meteorological Office, INGV Osservatorio Etneo, Japan Meteorological Agency, MLIT Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Kofu Office, Direkcija RS za infrastrukturo and Trafikverket. Each picture names its publisher and links to the publisher's own page; full credits are at the bottom of this page.
- Can I use or share these camera pictures?
- The pictures belong to the publishers and are shown here unaltered with their credit. Licences differ by publisher (the credit lines at the bottom of the page quote them), so check the publisher's terms before you reuse a picture anywhere else. You can always link to this page or to the publisher's page.
- Why is a camera I expected missing?
- Only cameras that returned a valid picture when this page was built are shown, and cameras a publisher has reported down are left out. Some cameras go up and down with the weather or maintenance, so the list changes from one build to the next.
Credits
- Finnish road cameras: Source: Fintraffic / digitraffic.fi, license CC 4.0 BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Canadian road cameras: DriveBC. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc).
- California road cameras: Caltrans (California Department of Transportation).
- US park cameras: Photo: National Park Service. Material created by the National Park Service is generally considered public domain (https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm).
- US volcano cameras: U.S. Geological Survey (Hawaiian, Cascades and Yellowstone Volcano Observatories), public domain (https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits).
- Alaska volcano camera: Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey.
- Glacier National Park cameras: Courtesy Glacier National Park Conservancy (https://glacier.org/webcams/).
- Grand Canyon cameras: Courtesy Grand Canyon Conservancy via Pixelcaster (https://www.grandcanyon.org/experience-grand-canyon/webcams).
- Hong Kong road cameras: Transport Department, HKSAR Government, via DATA.GOV.HK (https://data.gov.hk/en/terms-and-conditions). Used under the DATA.GOV.HK terms; the Government and the Relevant Organisations own the intellectual property rights in the data.
- New Zealand road cameras: NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi and local councils, Traffic and Travel API. The pictures are shown unaltered and free of charge, as the API terms of use require (https://www.nzta.govt.nz/about-us/our-data-and-official-information/use-our-data/terms-of-use).
- New Zealand volcano cameras: Image: GeoNet / Earth Sciences NZ, licensed CC BY 3.0 NZ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/).
- Icelandic webcams: Photo: Icelandic Meteorological Office (https://en.vedur.is/about-imo/the-web/conditions). The time each photo was taken is given in its caption.
- Italian volcano cameras: Image: INGV - Osservatorio Etneo, licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Japanese volcano cameras: 出典：気象庁ホームページ (Source: Japan Meteorological Agency website, https://www.data.jma.go.jp/vois/data/obs/volcam/), used under the Public Data License v1.0.
- Japanese road cameras: 出典：国土交通省 関東地方整備局 甲府河川国道事務所 (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kanto Regional Development Bureau, Kofu River and National Highway Office).
- Slovenian road cameras: Image: Direkcija Republike Slovenije za infrastrukturo (DRSI).
- Swedish road camera: Image: Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration), CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
Pictures are shown unaltered and hot-linked from the publishers' own servers; Voyaggora does not store or copy them. Open any picture to see it at its source.