How to bring weather to the screen of the phone Xiaomi: all ways + hidden chips MIUI

Xiaomi’s home screen weather widget is not just a decoration, it’s a useful tool for planning your day, and it can take a look at temperature, rainfall, and even UV radiation without opening a separate app, but many users are struggling to find the widget disappearing after an update, displaying incorrect data, or not being available at all.

In this article, we’ll look at all the possible ways to bring weather to the screen, from standard MIUI solutions to hidden features and third-party applications. We’ll focus on common bugs (for example, when a widget shows the weather for another city) and nuances for different models of Redmi, POCO and Xiaomi based on MIUI 12-14 and HyperOS. If you want to not only add a widget, but also customize it for yourself, read on.

1. Standard weather widget in MIUI: where to find and how to add

Most Xiaomi smartphones are equipped by default with a built-in weather widget that is integrated into the Mi Weather system app to add it to the home screen:

  1. Press and hold the empty space on the home screen until the settings menu appears.
  2. Select Widgets (or Widgets in English firmware).
  3. Scroll down to the Weather block and select the appropriate size (usually available 2×1, 4×1 or 4×2) options.
  4. Drag the widget to the free screen space and release your finger.

If the widget doesn’t appear in the list, check:

  • 🔍 Is the Weather System App Updated (Go to Google Play or App Store) MIUI And find it by name).
  • 📱 Version MIUI: in old firmware (below) MIUI (11) the widget may be missing or may not work properly.
  • 🌍 Regional settings: If your phone is purchased abroad, some widgets may be hidden (resolved by changing the region in the settings).

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If the weather widget disappeared after the MIUI update, try resetting it: go to Settings → Apps → App Management → Weather → Storage → Clear the data. After that, add the widget again.

The standard MIUI widget supports:

  • 🌡️ The current temperature and "feels as if".
  • ☁️ Short forecast for 2-3 days (depending on the size of the widget).
  • 💧 Precipitation probability and humidity levels.
  • 🌅 Sunrise/Downset Time (in extended version).
📊 What kind of weather widget you use on Xiaomi?
Standard from MIUI
Third-party annex (specify in the comments)
I don't use widgets.
Another option

2. Customization of displayed data: how to change the city, units of measurement and style

By default, Xiaomi’s weather widget takes location data from the phone’s geolocation services or region settings. If it shows the wrong city or temperature in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, you can fix this in two ways:

Method 1: Through the Weather App settings

  1. Open the Weather app (the sun and cloud icon).
  2. Tap it on. ⋮ (three dots) in the upper right corner and select Settings.
  3. In the section Units of measurement set: 🌡️ Temperature. → Celsius. 💨 Wind speed → m/s or km/h. 🌧️ Precipitation → mm.

Return to the home screen of the app, swipe left to the list of cities and click + Add to manually specify the desired settlement.

Method 2: Through the widget settings

Some versions of MIUI allow you to configure the widget directly from the home screen:

  1. Press and hold the weather widget, then select Change widget (or Widget settings).
  2. In the menu that opens, select the city from the list or enable the GPS Autodetermination option.
  3. Activate the Switch to show the forecast if you want to see the data for a few days.