Montpellier air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

Montpellier

17°C

Cloudy

44AQI

1022hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

63%

Humidity

Montpellier, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 1 µg/m³ (4 sensors), level “Low” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 8.0 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Montpellier, PM2.5 averages 8.0 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 4 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:55–19:57 local time (17:55–17:57 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 7.0 µg/m³; range across sensors: 1.9–16.4 µg/m³.

In Montpellier the air is good right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 07:00 to 20:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 rose from 1.3 to 8.0 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: cloudy, 17°C, wind 2 m/s, humidity 63%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 07:00 the temperature will be about 13°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 mm

Precipitation today

Montpellier: air quality for the completed day

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

1 µg/m³ Low

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 1 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 16 of 16 cities in France and No. 296 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

LowModerateElevatedHighVery highExtremely high

Montpellier: PM2.5 by month

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

Mean
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
This month
3
-
-
-
-
4
4
3
2
3
6
4
2
4

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

21%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now2118
20.0004.0011.0019.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

18°/9°

Index by time of day

51/100Moderate

  1. 51/100Night
  2. 44/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Friday — October 23

18°/12°

Index by time of day

46/100Moderate

  1. 46/100Night
  2. 31/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

16°/11°

Index by time of day

45/100Moderate

  1. 45/100Night
  2. 34/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 17/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

21°/12°

Index by time of day

50/100Moderate

  1. 50/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 21/100Evening

Monday — October 26

21°/10°

Index by time of day

58/100Moderate

  1. 58/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 26/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

19°/12°

Index by time of day

57/100Moderate

  1. 57/100Night
  2. 37/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 16/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

17°

Cloudy. Feels like 15°C

  1. MorningCloudy9°C78%
  2. DayPartly cloudy18°C56%
  3. EveningPartly cloudy14°C75%

Wind

7km/hWind from the WSW

22km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 22 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Montpellier

France

  1. TodayOct 22Cloudy18°C9°C
  2. FriOct 23Cloudy18°C12°C
  3. SatOct 24Cloudy16°C11°C
  4. SunOct 25Cloudy21°C12°C
  5. MonOct 26Cloudy21°C10°C
  6. TueOct 27Cloudy19°C12°C
  7. WedOct 28Cloudy20°C9°C
  8. ThuOct 29Cloudy19°C7°C
  9. FriOct 30Cloudy20°C11°C
  10. SatOct 31Partly cloudy19°C12°C

Where in Montpellier is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 16.4 µg/m³ (SC #13973). Lowest: 1.9 µg/m³ (SC #98058). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #13973 →16 µg/m³
  2. SC #69977 →10 µg/m³
  3. SC #79456 →4 µg/m³
  4. SC #98058 →2 µg/m³

Source: atmy.ai monitoring network

Who provides the data

Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 4 sensors.

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

France: sensors in total

203

  1. RennesFrance

    24
  2. StrasbourgFrance

    20
  3. VilleurbanneFrance

    14

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: Montpellier

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

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Air quality in Montpellier now — Atmy

Questions

What was the air quality in Montpellier over the last completed day?

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 1 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 16 of 16 cities in France and No. 296 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Montpellier right now?

Right now in Montpellier, PM2.5 averages 8.0 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 4 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:55–19:57 local time (17:55–17:57 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 7.0 µg/m³; range across sensors: 1.9–16.4 µg/m³.

Is it safe to be outdoors in Montpellier now?

The current level is “good” (US EPA scale, approximate). Air quality is satisfactory; no restrictions are recommended. This is the standard guidance of the scale, not medical advice.

Where in Montpellier is the air worse?

Highest current reading: 16.4 µg/m³ (SC #13973). Lowest: 1.9 µg/m³ (SC #98058). 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 Montpellier polluted?

Over the last 258 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Montpellier was 3.5 µg/m³ — within the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 3.6 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Montpellier cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was May 2026: 2.4 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Montpellier most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was July 2026: 5.8 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Montpellier worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 4.0 µg/m³, from June to August 4.2 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