Firefox New Tab Weather Extension: The Honest 2024 Comparison

If you've searched for "Firefox new tab weather" or "new tab page with weather," you've probably found a mix of outdated extensions, abandoned projects, and overcrowded dashboards that look impressive in screenshots but become annoying after a week.

Here's an honest breakdown of what's actually available in 2024 and when each option makes sense.

What You Actually Need from a New Tab Weather Extension

Before reviewing options, it's worth narrowing down the requirement:

• Minimal: Just show the current temperature. Nothing else. You'll look at it 50 times a day and you don't want it to take up attention.
• Informational: Temperature + 3-day forecast + current conditions. Enough to decide about a jacket or umbrella without needing to check a weather app.
• Dashboard: Weather plus other information — clocks, news, tasks, bookmarks. Higher information density, but can become cluttered.

The right choice depends on your preference for information density.

Option 1: Weather & Clock Dashboard (Recommended for Balance)

Weather & Clock Dashboard falls into the "informational" category with world clock additions.

What it shows: Current temperature + conditions, 3-day forecast, world clocks (configurable), a search bar. Dark/light mode.

What it doesn't show: News, social feeds, bookmarks, tasks — none of the "everything dashboard" stuff that makes other extensions visually noisy.

Privacy: Open source (MIT), no account required, no analytics, no backend server. Coordinates go to a weather API and nowhere else. GitHub

Best for: People who want weather + world clock context without an overwhelming amount of information.

Option 2: Momentous (Minimal Weather Focus)

Available on Chrome; Firefox support varies. Shows a beautiful background photo with the current weather overlaid. Very minimal.

Best for: Pure aesthetics. The weather is almost secondary to the photo.

Option 3: New Tab Weather / Simple Weather Extensions

Several extensions on AMO show just temperature in the corner of a custom new tab. These tend to be simple, less-maintained projects.

Caution: Check the last update date. A weather extension that was last updated 3 years ago may have broken weather API integrations.

Option 4: Momentum (Full Dashboard)

Momentum is the well-known "everything" new tab: motivational quote, background photo, todo list, weather widget, focus mode. Available on Firefox via AMO.

Best for: People who want a full productivity dashboard on new tab. Weather is one component among many.

Caution: Momentum has a free tier with limits. The full feature set requires a paid subscription.

What to Look for When Choosing

1. Open source: Prefer open source. An extension with access to your location should be auditable.
2. Last update date: Weather API integrations break. An extension that isn't maintained will stop showing accurate weather.
3. Permissions: Should need tabs + optional location. Should NOT need <all_urls> (that gives access to every page you browse).
4. Reviews: Recent reviews about weather accuracy matter more than review count.
5. No account requirement: An extension that requires an account is an extension that creates a persistent record of your location data.

The Setup

For Weather & Clock Dashboard specifically:

1. Install from AMO: firefox addon link
2. Open a new tab
3. Grant location permission (or enter a city manually)
4. Configure world clocks if you need them
5. Choose dark/light mode

That's the entire setup. No account, no email, no configuration sync required.