diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/README.md b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/README.md
index d7d686846c36e..4c8afe46cab36 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
   # lang = "en"
 
   ## APIs to fetch; can contain "weather" or "forecast".
-  fetch = ["weather", "forecast"]
+  # fetch = ["weather", "forecast"]
 
   ## OpenWeatherMap base URL
   # base_url = "https://api.openweathermap.org/"
@@ -49,9 +49,18 @@ See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
   ## "metric", "imperial", or "standard".
   # units = "metric"
 
-  ## Query interval; OpenWeatherMap weather data is updated every 10
-  ## minutes.
-  interval = "10m"
+  ## Style to query the current weather; available options
+  ##   batch      -- query multiple cities at once using the "group" endpoint
+  ##   individual -- query each city individually using the "weather" endpoint
+  ## You should use "individual" here as it is documented and provides more
+  ## frequent updates. The default is "batch" for backward compatibility.
+  # query_style = "batch"
+
+  ## Query interval to fetch data.
+  ## By default the gloabl 'interval' setting is used. You should override the
+  ## interval here if the global setting is shorter than 10 minutes as
+  ## OpenWeatherMap weather data is only updated every 10 minutes.
+  # interval = "10m"
 ```
 
 ## Metrics
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/openweathermap.go b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/openweathermap.go
index c072c7a3a1c86..35dac0e52588d 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/openweathermap.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/openweathermap.go
@@ -22,17 +22,9 @@ import (
 //go:embed sample.conf
 var sampleConfig string
 
-const (
-	// https://openweathermap.org/current#severalid
-	// Call for several city IDs
-	// The limit of locations is 20.
-	owmRequestSeveralCityID int = 20
-
-	defaultBaseURL         = "https://api.openweathermap.org/"
-	defaultResponseTimeout = time.Second * 5
-	defaultUnits           = "metric"
-	defaultLang            = "en"
-)
+// https://openweathermap.org/current#severalid
+// Limit for the number of city IDs per request.
+const maxIDsPerBatch int = 20
 
 type OpenWeatherMap struct {
 	AppID           string          `toml:"app_id"`
@@ -42,8 +34,10 @@ type OpenWeatherMap struct {
 	BaseURL         string          `toml:"base_url"`
 	ResponseTimeout config.Duration `toml:"response_timeout"`
 	Units           string          `toml:"units"`
+	QueryStyle      string          `toml:"query_style"`
 
 	client        *http.Client
+	cityIDBatches []string
 	baseParsedURL *url.URL
 }
 
@@ -51,172 +45,190 @@ func (*OpenWeatherMap) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 
-func (n *OpenWeatherMap) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	var strs []string
+func (n *OpenWeatherMap) Init() error {
+	// Set the default for the base-URL if not given
+	if n.BaseURL == "" {
+		n.BaseURL = "https://api.openweathermap.org/"
+	}
 
-	for _, fetch := range n.Fetch {
-		if fetch == "forecast" {
-			for _, city := range n.CityID {
-				addr := n.formatURL("/data/2.5/forecast", city)
-				wg.Add(1)
-				go func() {
-					defer wg.Done()
-					status, err := n.gatherURL(addr)
-					if err != nil {
-						acc.AddError(err)
-						return
-					}
-
-					gatherForecast(acc, status)
-				}()
-			}
-		} else if fetch == "weather" {
-			j := 0
-			for j < len(n.CityID) {
-				strs = make([]string, 0)
-				for i := 0; j < len(n.CityID) && i < owmRequestSeveralCityID; i++ {
-					strs = append(strs, n.CityID[j])
-					j++
-				}
-				cities := strings.Join(strs, ",")
+	// Check the query-style setting
+	switch n.QueryStyle {
+	case "":
+		n.QueryStyle = "batch"
+	case "batch", "individual":
+		// Do nothing, those are valid
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown query-style: %s", n.QueryStyle)
+	}
 
-				addr := n.formatURL("/data/2.5/group", cities)
-				wg.Add(1)
-				go func() {
-					defer wg.Done()
-					status, err := n.gatherURL(addr)
-					if err != nil {
-						acc.AddError(err)
-						return
-					}
-
-					gatherWeather(acc, status)
-				}()
-			}
+	// Check the unit setting
+	switch n.Units {
+	case "":
+		n.Units = "metric"
+	case "imperial", "standard", "metric":
+		// Do nothing, those are valid
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown units: %s", n.Units)
+	}
+
+	// Check the language setting
+	switch n.Lang {
+	case "":
+		n.Lang = "en"
+	case "ar", "bg", "ca", "cz", "de", "el", "en", "fa", "fi", "fr", "gl",
+		"hr", "hu", "it", "ja", "kr", "la", "lt", "mk", "nl", "pl",
+		"pt", "ro", "ru", "se", "sk", "sl", "es", "tr", "ua", "vi",
+		"zh_cn", "zh_tw":
+		// Do nothing, those are valid
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unknown language: %s", n.Lang)
+	}
+
+	// Check the properties to fetch
+	if len(n.Fetch) == 0 {
+		n.Fetch = []string{"weather", "forecast"}
+	}
+	for _, fetch := range n.Fetch {
+		switch fetch {
+		case "forecast", "weather":
+			// Do nothing, those are valid
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unknown property to fetch: %s", fetch)
 		}
 	}
 
-	wg.Wait()
-	return nil
-}
+	// Split the city IDs into batches smaller than the maximum size
+	nBatches := len(n.CityID) / maxIDsPerBatch
+	if len(n.CityID)%maxIDsPerBatch != 0 {
+		nBatches++
+	}
+	batches := make([][]string, nBatches)
+	for i, id := range n.CityID {
+		batch := i / maxIDsPerBatch
+		batches[batch] = append(batches[batch], id)
+	}
+	n.cityIDBatches = make([]string, 0, nBatches)
+	for _, batch := range batches {
+		n.cityIDBatches = append(n.cityIDBatches, strings.Join(batch, ","))
+	}
 
-func (n *OpenWeatherMap) createHTTPClient() *http.Client {
-	if n.ResponseTimeout < config.Duration(time.Second) {
-		n.ResponseTimeout = config.Duration(defaultResponseTimeout)
+	// Parse the base-URL used later to construct the property API endpoint
+	u, err := url.Parse(n.BaseURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
+	n.baseParsedURL = u
 
-	client := &http.Client{
+	// Create an HTTP client to be used in each collection interval
+	n.client = &http.Client{
 		Transport: &http.Transport{},
 		Timeout:   time.Duration(n.ResponseTimeout),
 	}
 
-	return client
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (n *OpenWeatherMap) gatherURL(addr string) (*Status, error) {
-	resp, err := n.client.Get(addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error making HTTP request to %q: %w", addr, err)
+func (n *OpenWeatherMap) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for _, fetch := range n.Fetch {
+		switch fetch {
+		case "forecast":
+			for _, cityID := range n.CityID {
+				wg.Add(1)
+				go func(city string) {
+					defer wg.Done()
+					acc.AddError(n.gatherForecast(acc, city))
+				}(cityID)
+			}
+		case "weather":
+			switch n.QueryStyle {
+			case "individual":
+				for _, cityID := range n.CityID {
+					wg.Add(1)
+					go func(city string) {
+						defer wg.Done()
+						acc.AddError(n.gatherWeather(acc, city))
+					}(cityID)
+				}
+			case "batch":
+				for _, cityIDs := range n.cityIDBatches {
+					wg.Add(1)
+					go func(cities string) {
+						defer wg.Done()
+						acc.AddError(n.gatherWeatherBatch(acc, cities))
+					}(cityIDs)
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s returned HTTP status %s", addr, resp.Status)
-	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	return nil
+}
 
-	mediaType, _, err := mime.ParseMediaType(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+func (n *OpenWeatherMap) gatherWeather(acc telegraf.Accumulator, city string) error {
+	// Query the data and decode the response
+	addr := n.formatURL("/data/2.5/weather", city)
+	buf, err := n.gatherURL(addr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return fmt.Errorf("querying %q failed: %w", addr, err)
 	}
 
-	if mediaType != "application/json" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s returned unexpected content type %s", addr, mediaType)
+	var e WeatherEntry
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &e); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parsing JSON response failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return gatherWeatherURL(resp.Body)
-}
+	// Construct the metric
+	tm := time.Unix(e.Dt, 0)
+
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"cloudiness":   e.Clouds.All,
+		"humidity":     e.Main.Humidity,
+		"pressure":     e.Main.Pressure,
+		"rain":         e.rain(),
+		"snow":         e.snow(),
+		"sunrise":      time.Unix(e.Sys.Sunrise, 0).UnixNano(),
+		"sunset":       time.Unix(e.Sys.Sunset, 0).UnixNano(),
+		"temperature":  e.Main.Temp,
+		"feels_like":   e.Main.Feels,
+		"visibility":   e.Visibility,
+		"wind_degrees": e.Wind.Deg,
+		"wind_speed":   e.Wind.Speed,
+	}
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"city":     e.Name,
+		"city_id":  strconv.FormatInt(e.ID, 10),
+		"country":  e.Sys.Country,
+		"forecast": "*",
+	}
 
-type WeatherEntry struct {
-	Dt     int64 `json:"dt"`
-	Clouds struct {
-		All int64 `json:"all"`
-	} `json:"clouds"`
-	Main struct {
-		Humidity int64   `json:"humidity"`
-		Pressure float64 `json:"pressure"`
-		Temp     float64 `json:"temp"`
-		Feels    float64 `json:"feels_like"`
-	} `json:"main"`
-	Rain struct {
-		Rain1 float64 `json:"1h"`
-		Rain3 float64 `json:"3h"`
-	} `json:"rain"`
-	Snow struct {
-		Snow1 float64 `json:"1h"`
-		Snow3 float64 `json:"3h"`
-	} `json:"snow"`
-	Sys struct {
-		Country string `json:"country"`
-		Sunrise int64  `json:"sunrise"`
-		Sunset  int64  `json:"sunset"`
-	} `json:"sys"`
-	Wind struct {
-		Deg   float64 `json:"deg"`
-		Speed float64 `json:"speed"`
-	} `json:"wind"`
-	ID    int64  `json:"id"`
-	Name  string `json:"name"`
-	Coord struct {
-		Lat float64 `json:"lat"`
-		Lon float64 `json:"lon"`
-	} `json:"coord"`
-	Visibility int64 `json:"visibility"`
-	Weather    []struct {
-		ID          int64  `json:"id"`
-		Main        string `json:"main"`
-		Description string `json:"description"`
-		Icon        string `json:"icon"`
-	} `json:"weather"`
-}
+	if len(e.Weather) > 0 {
+		fields["condition_description"] = e.Weather[0].Description
+		fields["condition_icon"] = e.Weather[0].Icon
+		tags["condition_id"] = strconv.FormatInt(e.Weather[0].ID, 10)
+		tags["condition_main"] = e.Weather[0].Main
+	}
 
-type Status struct {
-	City struct {
-		Coord struct {
-			Lat float64 `json:"lat"`
-			Lon float64 `json:"lon"`
-		} `json:"coord"`
-		Country string `json:"country"`
-		ID      int64  `json:"id"`
-		Name    string `json:"name"`
-	} `json:"city"`
-	List []WeatherEntry `json:"list"`
-}
+	acc.AddFields("weather", fields, tags, tm)
 
-func gatherWeatherURL(r io.Reader) (*Status, error) {
-	dec := json.NewDecoder(r)
-	status := &Status{}
-	if err := dec.Decode(status); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while decoding JSON response: %w", err)
-	}
-	return status, nil
+	return nil
 }
 
-func gatherSnow(e WeatherEntry) float64 {
-	if e.Snow.Snow1 > 0 {
-		return e.Snow.Snow1
+func (n *OpenWeatherMap) gatherWeatherBatch(acc telegraf.Accumulator, cities string) error {
+	// Query the data and decode the response
+	addr := n.formatURL("/data/2.5/group", cities)
+	buf, err := n.gatherURL(addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("querying %q failed: %w", addr, err)
 	}
-	return e.Snow.Snow3
-}
 
-func gatherRain(e WeatherEntry) float64 {
-	if e.Rain.Rain1 > 0 {
-		return e.Rain.Rain1
+	var status Status
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &status); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parsing JSON response failed: %w", err)
 	}
-	return e.Rain.Rain3
-}
 
-func gatherWeather(acc telegraf.Accumulator, status *Status) {
+	// Construct the metrics
 	for _, e := range status.List {
 		tm := time.Unix(e.Dt, 0)
 
@@ -224,8 +236,8 @@ func gatherWeather(acc telegraf.Accumulator, status *Status) {
 			"cloudiness":   e.Clouds.All,
 			"humidity":     e.Main.Humidity,
 			"pressure":     e.Main.Pressure,
-			"rain":         gatherRain(e),
-			"snow":         gatherSnow(e),
+			"rain":         e.rain(),
+			"snow":         e.snow(),
 			"sunrise":      time.Unix(e.Sys.Sunrise, 0).UnixNano(),
 			"sunset":       time.Unix(e.Sys.Sunset, 0).UnixNano(),
 			"temperature":  e.Main.Temp,
@@ -250,9 +262,24 @@ func gatherWeather(acc telegraf.Accumulator, status *Status) {
 
 		acc.AddFields("weather", fields, tags, tm)
 	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
-func gatherForecast(acc telegraf.Accumulator, status *Status) {
+func (n *OpenWeatherMap) gatherForecast(acc telegraf.Accumulator, city string) error {
+	// Query the data and decode the response
+	addr := n.formatURL("/data/2.5/forecast", city)
+	buf, err := n.gatherURL(addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("querying %q failed: %w", addr, err)
+	}
+
+	var status Status
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &status); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parsing JSON response failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Construct the metric
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"city_id":  strconv.FormatInt(status.City.ID, 10),
 		"forecast": "*",
@@ -265,8 +292,8 @@ func gatherForecast(acc telegraf.Accumulator, status *Status) {
 			"cloudiness":   e.Clouds.All,
 			"humidity":     e.Main.Humidity,
 			"pressure":     e.Main.Pressure,
-			"rain":         gatherRain(e),
-			"snow":         gatherSnow(e),
+			"rain":         e.rain(),
+			"snow":         e.snow(),
 			"temperature":  e.Main.Temp,
 			"feels_like":   e.Main.Feels,
 			"wind_degrees": e.Wind.Deg,
@@ -281,47 +308,6 @@ func gatherForecast(acc telegraf.Accumulator, status *Status) {
 		tags["forecast"] = fmt.Sprintf("%dh", (i+1)*3)
 		acc.AddFields("weather", fields, tags, tm)
 	}
-}
-
-func init() {
-	inputs.Add("openweathermap", func() telegraf.Input {
-		tmout := config.Duration(defaultResponseTimeout)
-		return &OpenWeatherMap{
-			ResponseTimeout: tmout,
-			BaseURL:         defaultBaseURL,
-		}
-	})
-}
-
-func (n *OpenWeatherMap) Init() error {
-	var err error
-	n.baseParsedURL, err = url.Parse(n.BaseURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Create an HTTP client that is re-used for each
-	// collection interval
-	n.client = n.createHTTPClient()
-
-	switch n.Units {
-	case "imperial", "standard", "metric":
-	case "":
-		n.Units = defaultUnits
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("unknown units: %s", n.Units)
-	}
-
-	switch n.Lang {
-	case "ar", "bg", "ca", "cz", "de", "el", "en", "fa", "fi", "fr", "gl",
-		"hr", "hu", "it", "ja", "kr", "la", "lt", "mk", "nl", "pl",
-		"pt", "ro", "ru", "se", "sk", "sl", "es", "tr", "ua", "vi",
-		"zh_cn", "zh_tw":
-	case "":
-		n.Lang = defaultLang
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("unknown language: %s", n.Lang)
-	}
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -341,3 +327,34 @@ func (n *OpenWeatherMap) formatURL(path string, city string) string {
 
 	return n.baseParsedURL.ResolveReference(relative).String()
 }
+
+func (n *OpenWeatherMap) gatherURL(addr string) ([]byte, error) {
+	resp, err := n.client.Get(addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error making HTTP request to %q: %w", addr, err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s returned HTTP status %s", addr, resp.Status)
+	}
+
+	mediaType, _, err := mime.ParseMediaType(resp.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if mediaType != "application/json" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s returned unexpected content type %s", addr, mediaType)
+	}
+
+	return io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+}
+
+func init() {
+	inputs.Add("openweathermap", func() telegraf.Input {
+		return &OpenWeatherMap{
+			ResponseTimeout: config.Duration(5 * time.Second),
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/sample.conf b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/sample.conf
index 174a33d9a5c40..d44bc064036d2 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/sample.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   # lang = "en"
 
   ## APIs to fetch; can contain "weather" or "forecast".
-  fetch = ["weather", "forecast"]
+  # fetch = ["weather", "forecast"]
 
   ## OpenWeatherMap base URL
   # base_url = "https://api.openweathermap.org/"
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@
   ## "metric", "imperial", or "standard".
   # units = "metric"
 
-  ## Query interval; OpenWeatherMap weather data is updated every 10
-  ## minutes.
-  interval = "10m"
+  ## Style to query the current weather; available options
+  ##   batch      -- query multiple cities at once using the "group" endpoint
+  ##   individual -- query each city individually using the "weather" endpoint
+  ## You should use "individual" here as it is documented and provides more
+  ## frequent updates. The default is "batch" for backward compatibility.
+  # query_style = "batch"
+
+  ## Query interval to fetch data.
+  ## By default the gloabl 'interval' setting is used. You should override the
+  ## interval here if the global setting is shorter than 10 minutes as
+  ## OpenWeatherMap weather data is only updated every 10 minutes.
+  # interval = "10m"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/expected.out b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..771c46ec4cfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+weather,city=Moscow,city_id=524901,condition_id=802,condition_main=Clouds,country=RU,forecast=* cloudiness=40i,condition_description="scattered clouds",condition_icon="03d",feels_like=8.57,humidity=46i,pressure=1014,rain=0,snow=0,sunrise=1556416455000000000i,sunset=1556470779000000000i,temperature=9.57,visibility=10000i,wind_degrees=60,wind_speed=5 1556444155000000000
+weather,city=Kiev,city_id=703448,condition_id=520,condition_main=Rain,country=UA,forecast=* cloudiness=0i,condition_description="light intensity shower rain",condition_icon="09d",feels_like=18.29,humidity=63i,pressure=1009,rain=0,snow=0,sunrise=1556419155000000000i,sunset=1556471486000000000i,temperature=19.29,visibility=10000i,wind_degrees=0,wind_speed=1 1556444155000000000
+weather,city=London,city_id=2643743,condition_id=804,condition_main=Clouds,country=GB,forecast=* cloudiness=100i,condition_description="overcast clouds",condition_icon="04n",feels_like=7.91,humidity=90i,pressure=997,rain=0,snow=0,sunrise=1698648577000000000i,sunset=1698683914000000000i,temperature=8.94,visibility=10000i,wind_degrees=250,wind_speed=2.06 1556444155000000000
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_forecast.json b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_forecast.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9e26dfeeb6e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_forecast.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_2643743.json b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_2643743.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4dea536193551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_2643743.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+	"coord": {
+		"lon": -0.1257,
+		"lat": 51.5085
+	},
+	"weather": [
+		{
+			"id": 804,
+			"main": "Clouds",
+			"description": "overcast clouds",
+			"icon": "04n"
+		}
+	],
+	"base": "stations",
+	"main": {
+		"temp": 8.94,
+		"feels_like": 7.91,
+		"temp_min": 7.38,
+		"temp_max": 9.98,
+		"pressure": 997,
+		"humidity": 90
+	},
+	"visibility": 10000,
+	"wind": {
+		"speed": 2.06,
+		"deg": 250
+	},
+	"clouds": {
+		"all": 100
+	},
+	"dt": 1556444155,
+	"sys": {
+		"type": 2,
+		"id": 2006068,
+		"country": "GB",
+		"sunrise": 1698648577,
+		"sunset": 1698683914
+	},
+	"timezone": 0,
+	"id": 2643743,
+	"name": "London",
+	"cod": 200
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_524901.json b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_524901.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8ab6004c3a451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_524901.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+	"coord": {
+		"lon": 37.62,
+		"lat": 55.75
+	},
+	"sys": {
+		"type": 1,
+		"id": 9029,
+		"message": 0.0061,
+		"country": "RU",
+		"sunrise": 1556416455,
+		"sunset": 1556470779
+	},
+	"weather": [
+		{
+			"id": 802,
+			"main": "Clouds",
+			"description": "scattered clouds",
+			"icon": "03d"
+		}
+	],
+	"main": {
+		"temp": 9.57,
+		"feels_like": 8.57,
+		"pressure": 1014,
+		"humidity": 46
+	},
+	"visibility": 10000,
+	"wind": {
+		"speed": 5,
+		"deg": 60
+	},
+	"clouds": {
+		"all": 40
+	},
+	"dt": 1556444155,
+	"id": 524901,
+	"name": "Moscow"
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_703448.json b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_703448.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..edd79692e2b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/response_weather_703448.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+	"coord": {
+		"lon": 30.52,
+		"lat": 50.43
+	},
+	"sys": {
+		"type": 1,
+		"id": 8903,
+		"message": 0.0076,
+		"country": "UA",
+		"sunrise": 1556419155,
+		"sunset": 1556471486
+	},
+	"weather": [
+		{
+			"id": 520,
+			"main": "Rain",
+			"description": "light intensity shower rain",
+			"icon": "09d"
+		}
+	],
+	"main": {
+		"temp": 19.29,
+		"feels_like": 18.29,
+		"pressure": 1009,
+		"humidity": 63
+	},
+	"visibility": 10000,
+	"wind": {
+		"speed": 1
+	},
+	"clouds": {
+		"all": 0
+	},
+	"dt": 1556444155,
+	"id": 703448,
+	"name": "Kiev"
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/telegraf.conf b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3fde67c615370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/testcases/weather_single/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[inputs.openweathermap]]
+  app_id = "noappid"
+  city_id = ["524901", "703448", "2643743"]
+  fetch = ["weather", "forecast"]
+  query_style = "individual"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/types.go b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/types.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4920dd3f7acde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openweathermap/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package openweathermap
+
+type WeatherEntry struct {
+	Dt     int64 `json:"dt"`
+	Clouds struct {
+		All int64 `json:"all"`
+	} `json:"clouds"`
+	Main struct {
+		Humidity int64   `json:"humidity"`
+		Pressure float64 `json:"pressure"`
+		Temp     float64 `json:"temp"`
+		Feels    float64 `json:"feels_like"`
+	} `json:"main"`
+	Rain struct {
+		Rain1 float64 `json:"1h"`
+		Rain3 float64 `json:"3h"`
+	} `json:"rain"`
+	Snow struct {
+		Snow1 float64 `json:"1h"`
+		Snow3 float64 `json:"3h"`
+	} `json:"snow"`
+	Sys struct {
+		Country string `json:"country"`
+		Sunrise int64  `json:"sunrise"`
+		Sunset  int64  `json:"sunset"`
+	} `json:"sys"`
+	Wind struct {
+		Deg   float64 `json:"deg"`
+		Speed float64 `json:"speed"`
+	} `json:"wind"`
+	ID    int64  `json:"id"`
+	Name  string `json:"name"`
+	Coord struct {
+		Lat float64 `json:"lat"`
+		Lon float64 `json:"lon"`
+	} `json:"coord"`
+	Visibility int64 `json:"visibility"`
+	Weather    []struct {
+		ID          int64  `json:"id"`
+		Main        string `json:"main"`
+		Description string `json:"description"`
+		Icon        string `json:"icon"`
+	} `json:"weather"`
+}
+
+func (e WeatherEntry) snow() float64 {
+	if e.Snow.Snow1 > 0 {
+		return e.Snow.Snow1
+	}
+	return e.Snow.Snow3
+}
+
+func (e WeatherEntry) rain() float64 {
+	if e.Rain.Rain1 > 0 {
+		return e.Rain.Rain1
+	}
+	return e.Rain.Rain3
+}
+
+type Status struct {
+	City struct {
+		Coord struct {
+			Lat float64 `json:"lat"`
+			Lon float64 `json:"lon"`
+		} `json:"coord"`
+		Country string `json:"country"`
+		ID      int64  `json:"id"`
+		Name    string `json:"name"`
+	} `json:"city"`
+	List []WeatherEntry `json:"list"`
+}