# Long-term Time Series Forecasting on Weather (MAE, RMSE, WAPE)

Source: [Long-term Time Series Forecasting on Weather (MAE, RMSE, WAPE)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-term-time-series-forecasting-on-weather-mae-rmse-wape>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T05:49:17.115Z

Evaluation of models performing long-term time series forecasting on the Weather dataset, measured using Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), and Weighted Absolute Percentage Error (WAPE).

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Long-term Time Series Forecasting |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | Weather |
| Metric | MAE |
| Unit | SCALAR |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 28 of 28 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [MAE](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-term-time-series-forecasting-on-weather-mae-rmse-wape.md?metric=MAE>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [RMSE](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-term-time-series-forecasting-on-weather-mae-rmse-wape.md?metric=RMSE>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [WAPE](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/long-term-time-series-forecasting-on-weather-mae-rmse-wape.md?metric=WAPE>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | MAE | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dualformer | 10.85 | Not recorded | 6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5 |
| PatchTST | 12.08 | Not recorded | 6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5 |
| DLinear | 12.29 | Not recorded | 6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5 |
| vanilla Transformer | 14.2523 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| vanilla Transformer | 15.115 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| iTransformer | 15.61 | Not recorded | 6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5 |
| PatchTST | 16.9784 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| vanilla Transformer | 17.0746 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| PatchTST | 17.1251 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| vanilla Transformer | 17.2801 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| iTransformer | 18.9094 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| PatchTST | 19.0034 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| iTransformer | 19.2918 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| Informer | 19.3862 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| Informer | 19.7799 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| TwinFormer | 20.4612 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| PatchTST | 20.5038 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| TwinFormer | 22.0061 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| Informer | 22.0616 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| TwinFormer | 22.2875 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| iTransformer | 22.5815 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| iTransformer | 22.9454 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| Informer | 23.0586 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| TwinFormer | 23.2499 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| FEDFormer | 24.1458 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| FEDFormer | 31.6785 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| FEDFormer | 33.3565 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |
| FEDFormer | 39.0595 | Not recorded | 6940e767456146936284f581 |

### Dualformer

MAE: 10.85. Result ID: 699923bc5698665ec48b1a05.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"evaluation\_mode":"re-normalized","aggregation":"average results across prediction lengths"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PatchTST

MAE: 12.08. Result ID: 699923bc5698665ec48b1a06.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6eb21e209131cea4181f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"evaluation\_mode":"re-normalized","aggregation":"average results across prediction lengths"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DLinear

MAE: 12.29. Result ID: 699923bc5698665ec48b1a03.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d3e1e209131cea38b79.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/cure-lab/LTSF-Linear>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"evaluation\_mode":"re-normalized","aggregation":"average results across prediction lengths"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### vanilla Transformer

MAE: 14.2523. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa703d1e209131cea49db1.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/tensorflow/tensor2tensor>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"120"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### vanilla Transformer

MAE: 15.115. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d3449b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa703d1e209131cea49db1.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/tensorflow/tensor2tensor>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"96"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iTransformer

MAE: 15.61. Result ID: 699923bc5698665ec48b1a04.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6973006eb2be0ed85a78c8f5.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72851e209131cea56f9c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"evaluation\_mode":"re-normalized","aggregation":"average results across prediction lengths"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PatchTST

MAE: 16.9784. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d3449e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6eb21e209131cea4181f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"96"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### vanilla Transformer

MAE: 17.0746. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa703d1e209131cea49db1.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/tensorflow/tensor2tensor>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"336"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PatchTST

MAE: 17.1251. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6eb21e209131cea4181f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"120"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### vanilla Transformer

MAE: 17.2801. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344ad.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa703d1e209131cea49db1.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/tensorflow/tensor2tensor>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"720"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iTransformer

MAE: 18.9094. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72851e209131cea56f9c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"120"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PatchTST

MAE: 19.0034. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344aa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6eb21e209131cea4181f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"336"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iTransformer

MAE: 19.2918. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d3449f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72851e209131cea56f9c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"96"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Informer

MAE: 19.3862. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d3449c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea23263.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/zhouhaoyi/Informer2020>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"96"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Informer

MAE: 19.7799. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea23263.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/zhouhaoyi/Informer2020>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"120"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TwinFormer

MAE: 20.4612. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"96"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PatchTST

MAE: 20.5038. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344b0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6eb21e209131cea4181f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"720"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TwinFormer

MAE: 22.0061. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"120"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Informer

MAE: 22.0616. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea23263.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/zhouhaoyi/Informer2020>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"336"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TwinFormer

MAE: 22.2875. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344b2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"720"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iTransformer

MAE: 22.5815. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344ab.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72851e209131cea56f9c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"336"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### iTransformer

MAE: 22.9454. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344b1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72851e209131cea56f9c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"720"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Informer

MAE: 23.0586. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344ae.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa699f1e209131cea23263.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/zhouhaoyi/Informer2020>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"720"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### TwinFormer

MAE: 23.2499. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344ac.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"336"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FEDFormer

MAE: 24.1458. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d3449d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cbf1e209131cea35c29.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"96"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FEDFormer

MAE: 31.6785. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cbf1e209131cea35c29.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"120"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FEDFormer

MAE: 33.3565. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344af.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cbf1e209131cea35c29.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"720"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FEDFormer

MAE: 39.0595. Result ID: 6999663b5698665ec4d344a9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6940e767456146936284f581.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cbf1e209131cea35c29.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Horizon":"336"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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