Pau: air quality for the completed day
2 µg/m³ Low
Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 2 µg/m³ from 9 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.
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Pau air quality now
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October 22
The air is clean now
Pau
16°C
Partly cloudy
13AQI
1020hPa
Atmospheric
pressure
62%
Humidity
Pau, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 2 µg/m³ (9 sensors), level “Low” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 2.3 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON
Right now in Pau, PM2.5 averages 2.3 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 9 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: 1.7 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.4–8.7 µg/m³.
In Pau 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 1.2 to 2.3 µg/m³.
Light wind (1 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, 16°C, wind 1 m/s, humidity 62%. By 07:00 the wind is expected to pick up to 8 m/s, which may clear the air. 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.
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Wind, E
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Precipitation today
Air Quality in France for the Completed Day
Pau: PM2.5 by month
Mean
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
This month
4
2
2
3
2
2
17
4
2
3
4
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
17%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast
Now1714
20.0004.0011.0019.00
Pollution accumulation forecast
Today — October 22
17°/4°
Index by time of day
53/100Moderate
- 53/100
Night - 40/100
Morning - 8/100
Day - 22/100
Evening
Friday — October 23
15°/9°
Index by time of day
53/100Moderate
- 53/100Night
- 25/100Morning
- 5/100Day
- 20/100Evening
Saturday — October 24
16°/11°
Index by time of day
51/100Moderate
- 51/100Night
- 38/100Morning
- 7/100Day
- 21/100Evening
Sunday — October 25
21°/12°
Index by time of day
50/100Moderate
- 50/100Night
- 32/100Morning
- 6/100Day
- 16/100Evening
Monday — October 26
21°/15°
Index by time of day
46/100Moderate
- 46/100Night
- 37/100Morning
- 8/100Day
- 27/100Evening
Tuesday — October 27
23°/9°
Index by time of day
55/100Moderate
- 55/100Night
- 42/100Morning
- 8/100Day
- 17/100Evening
Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface
Weather
16°
Partly cloudy. Feels like 15°C
- Morning
5°C91% - Day17°C54%
- Evening13°C74%
Wind
4km/hWind from the E
14km/hWind gusts
Wind force: 1
Light wind is expected over the next few hours.
10-day weather forecast for Pau
France
- TodayOct 22
17°C4°C - FriOct 23
15°C9°C - SatOct 2416°C11°C
- SunOct 2521°C12°C
- MonOct 2621°C15°C
- TueOct 2723°C9°C
- WedOct 2818°C14°C
- ThuOct 2922°C9°C
- FriOct 3023°C7°C
- SatOct 3123°C11°C
Where in Pau is the air worse?
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Highest current reading: 8.7 µg/m³ (SC #17310). Lowest: 0.4 µg/m³ (SC #85849). The list shows every sensor, highest first.
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Source: atmy.ai monitoring network
Who provides the data
Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 9 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
RennesFrance
24StrasbourgFrance
20VilleurbanneFrance
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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: Pau
Daily mean PM2.5 of the city sensors, µg/m³
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Questions
What was the air quality in Pau over the last completed day?
Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 2 µg/m³ from 9 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 13 of 16 cities in France and No. 292 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.
What is the air quality in Pau right now?
Right now in Pau, PM2.5 averages 2.3 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 9 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: 1.7 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.4–8.7 µg/m³.
Is it safe to be outdoors in Pau 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 Pau is the air worse?
Highest current reading: 8.7 µg/m³ (SC #17310). Lowest: 0.4 µg/m³ (SC #85849). 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 Pau polluted?
Over the last 365 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Pau was 4.5 µg/m³ — within the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 3.9 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.
When is the air in Pau cleanest?
In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was November 2025: 1.9 µg/m³ on average.
When is the air in Pau most polluted?
The most polluted month of the last year was March 2026: 18.3 µg/m³ on average.
Is the air in Pau worse in the heating season?
From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 5.9 µg/m³, from June to August 4.0 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