České Budějovice air quality now

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October 22

The air is moderate now

České Budějovice

11°C

Partly cloudy

88AQI

1021hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

60%

Humidity

České Budějovice, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 23 µg/m³ (8 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 28.9 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in České Budějovice, PM2.5 averages 28.9 µg/m³ — “moderate” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 8 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:55–19:56 local time (17:55–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 2.5 µg/m³; range across sensors: 1.7–160.5 µg/m³.

In České Budějovice the air is moderate right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 07:00 to 20:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 stayed roughly level: from 31.0 to 28.9 µg/m³.

Light wind (2 m/s) in the evening or at night, as the air cools, possibly traps particles near the ground (a temperature inversion).

Weather now: partly cloudy, 11°C, wind 2 m/s, humidity 60%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 07:00 the temperature will be about 3°C.

Written automatically at 20:00 local time (18:00 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.

7 km/h

Wind, WSW

0.1 mm

Precipitation today

České Budějovice: air quality for the completed day

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI · October 21, 2026 · 00:00–24:00 UTC

23 µg/m³ Moderate

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 23 µg/m³ from 8 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 1 of 9 cities in Czechia and No. 18 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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České Budějovice: PM2.5 by month

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI

Mean
Oct
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Apr
May
Jun
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This month
9
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9
9
13
10
9
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3
3
9
14
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Monthly means of quality-checked sensors, as in the Data Hub trend; the current month is still incomplete, “-” means no data.

Pollution accumulation index now

23%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now2318
20.0004.0011.0019.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

12°/5°

Index by time of day

38/100Moderate

  1. 38/100Night
  2. 32/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 29/100Evening

Friday — October 23

13°/3°

Index by time of day

58/100Moderate

  1. 58/100Night
  2. 45/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

10°/4°

Index by time of day

40/100Moderate

  1. 40/100Night
  2. 36/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 28/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

11°/4°

Index by time of day

54/100Moderate

  1. 54/100Night
  2. 30/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Monday — October 26

12°/5°

Index by time of day

54/100Moderate

  1. 54/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

15°/6°

Index by time of day

52/100Moderate

  1. 52/100Night
  2. 35/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 25/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

11°

Partly cloudy. Feels like 8°C

  1. MorningCloudy9°C74%
  2. DayPartly cloudy12°C51%
  3. EveningPartly cloudy6°C91%

Wind

7km/hWind from the WSW

18km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 18 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for České Budějovice

Czechia

  1. TodayOct 22Rain12°C5°C
  2. FriOct 23Rain13°C3°C
  3. SatOct 24Rain10°C4°C
  4. SunOct 25Rain11°C4°C
  5. MonOct 26Cloudy12°C5°C
  6. TueOct 27Cloudy15°C6°C
  7. WedOct 28Rain13°C6°C
  8. ThuOct 29Cloudy14°C7°C
  9. FriOct 30Fog9°C1°C
  10. SatOct 31Fog9°C2°C

Where in České Budějovice is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 160.5 µg/m³ (SC #47081). Lowest: 1.7 µg/m³ (SC #28714). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #47081 →161 µg/m³
  2. SC #46266 →44 µg/m³
  3. SC #84019 →16 µg/m³
  4. SC #65730 →3 µg/m³
  5. SC #78889 →2 µg/m³
  6. SC #83286 →2 µg/m³
  7. SC #89920 →2 µg/m³
  8. SC #28714 →2 µg/m³

Source: atmy.ai monitoring network

Who provides the data

Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 8 sensors.

Atmy shows the networks’ readings after the Data Hub’s quality check: test devices and sensors that fail it are left out.

Czechia: sensors in total

110

  1. PragueCzechia

    37
  2. LiberecCzechia

    14
  3. Karlovy VaryCzechia

    10

Cities with the most sensors

All sensors on the map, by city as the map assigns them; the city’s values count only the sensors that pass the Data Hub’s quality check.

Air quality calendar: České Budějovice

Daily mean PM2.5 of the city sensors, µg/m³

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Air quality in České Budějovice now — Atmy

Questions

What was the air quality in České Budějovice over the last completed day?

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 23 µg/m³ from 8 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 1 of 9 cities in Czechia and No. 18 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in České Budějovice right now?

Right now in České Budějovice, PM2.5 averages 28.9 µg/m³ — “moderate” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 8 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:55–19:56 local time (17:55–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 2.5 µg/m³; range across sensors: 1.7–160.5 µg/m³.

Is it safe to be outdoors in České Budějovice now?

The current level is “moderate” (US EPA scale, approximate). Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. This is the standard guidance of the scale, not medical advice.

Where in České Budějovice is the air worse?

Highest current reading: 160.5 µg/m³ (SC #47081). Lowest: 1.7 µg/m³ (SC #28714). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

Where do these data come from?

From Atmy sensors and connected public networks (citizen, experimental and government monitors), aggregated by Atmy. Values are approximate; see the methodology.

How often is this page updated?

The summary is rebuilt every 15 minutes from the latest reading of each sensor, each no older than one hour.

Is the air in České Budějovice polluted?

Over the last 365 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in České Budějovice was 9.3 µg/m³ — 1.9 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 13.3 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in České Budějovice cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was May 2026: 2.7 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in České Budějovice most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was August 2026: 15.2 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in České Budějovice worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 10.0 µg/m³, from June to August 9.4 µg/m³ (last 365 days).

Data

Where do these data come from?

The daily value is the Data Hub’s: the mean of the city’s sensors that passed the nightly quality check, each with at least 12 valid hours, and only with sensors at four places 500 m apart; days are UTC.

“Now” uses the same sensors and rule: the mean of their latest readings, each at most 60 minutes old, shown only with sensors at four places 500 m apart reporting.

Source: public Atmy monitoring data. Methodology and data sources · Data terms