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BigDataCloud Free Geocoding

Reverse geocoding and locality info with no key and no signup.

StatusLive · verified 23 Oct 2026 · 2295 ms
AuthenticationNone — call it right now
Browser CORSYes — works from front-end code
Free limitsFree client-side API
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📸 Real response, captured by us

Not a mockup — this is what BigDataCloud Free Geocoding actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 2295 ms).

{
  "latitude": 33.56,
  "lookupSource": "coordinates",
  "longitude": 73.01,
  "localityLanguageRequested": "en",
  "continent": "Asia",
  "continentCode": "AS",
  "countryName": "Pakistan",
  "countryCode": "PK",
  "principalSubdivision": "Punjab",
  "principalSubdivisionCode": "PK-PB",
  "city": "Rawalpindi",
  "locality": "Rawalpindi",
  "postcode": "",
  "plusCode": "8J5MH266+22",
  "localityInfo": {
    "administrative": [
      {
        "name": "Pakistan",
        "description": "republic in Asia",
        "isoName": "Pakistan",
        "order": 4,
        "adminLevel": 2,
        "isoCode": "PK",
        "wikidataId": "Q843",
        "geonameId": 1168579
      },
      {
        "na

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call BigDataCloud Free Geocoding — pick your weapon.

// BigDataCloud Free Geocoding — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://api.bigdatacloud.net/data/reverse-geocode-client?latitude=33.56&longitude=73.01&localityLanguage=en");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

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