Heilbronn air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

Heilbronn

13°C

Cloudy

39AQI

1019hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

59%

Humidity

Heilbronn, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 14 µg/m³ (44 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 7.1 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Heilbronn, PM2.5 averages 7.1 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 42 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:53–19:57 local time (17:53–17:57 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 1.7 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.1–216.1 µg/m³.

In Heilbronn the air is good right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 07:00 to 20:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 stayed roughly level: from 6.2 to 7.1 µg/m³.

The weather data do not point to a clear reason for this level.

Weather now: cloudy, 13°C, wind 2 m/s, humidity 59%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 07:00 the temperature will be about 9°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, SSW

0 mm

Precipitation today

Heilbronn: air quality for the completed day

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

14 µg/m³ Moderate

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 14 µg/m³ from 44 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 19 of 77 cities in Germany and No. 51 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Heilbronn: 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
8
4
9
9
14
11
11
4
8
10
5
5
7
11

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

Now1711
20.0004.0011.0019.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

15°/7°

Index by time of day

50/100Moderate

  1. 50/100Night
  2. 39/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Friday — October 23

15°/9°

Index by time of day

53/100Moderate

  1. 53/100Night
  2. 38/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 16/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

12°/8°

Index by time of day

34/100Low

  1. 34/100Night
  2. 26/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 18/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

15°/9°

Index by time of day

37/100Moderate

  1. 37/100Night
  2. 25/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 18/100Evening

Monday — October 26

13°/8°

Index by time of day

43/100Moderate

  1. 43/100Night
  2. 36/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 20/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

18°/10°

Index by time of day

49/100Moderate

  1. 49/100Night
  2. 37/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 26/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

13°

Cloudy. Feels like 11°C

  1. MorningClear7°C82%
  2. DayPartly cloudy15°C48%
  3. EveningPartly cloudy11°C67%

Wind

7km/hWind from the SSW

25km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 25 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Heilbronn

Germany

  1. TodayOct 22Cloudy15°C7°C
  2. FriOct 23Rain15°C9°C
  3. SatOct 24Rain12°C8°C
  4. SunOct 25Rain15°C9°C
  5. MonOct 26Rain13°C8°C
  6. TueOct 27Cloudy18°C10°C
  7. WedOct 28Rain15°C7°C
  8. ThuOct 29Fog15°C5°C
  9. FriOct 30Partly cloudy14°C4°C
  10. SatOct 31Cloudy13°C4°C

Where in Heilbronn is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 216.1 µg/m³ (SC #27021). Lowest: 0.1 µg/m³ (SC #1368). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #27021 →216 µg/m³
  2. SC #647 →7 µg/m³
  3. SC #9364 →6 µg/m³
  4. SC #28724 →5 µg/m³
  5. SC #90404 →4 µg/m³
  6. SC #72013 →3 µg/m³
  7. SC #55362 →3 µg/m³
  8. SC #86479 →3 µg/m³
  9. SC #37661 →3 µg/m³
  10. SC #17915 →3 µg/m³
+32 more sensors
  1. SC #14118 →2 µg/m³
  2. SC #82689 →2 µg/m³
  3. SC #34176 →2 µg/m³
  4. SC #20080 →2 µg/m³
  5. SC #75169 →2 µg/m³
  6. SC #72613 →2 µg/m³
  7. SC #60979 →2 µg/m³
  8. SC #92875 →2 µg/m³
  9. SC #3789 →2 µg/m³
  10. SC #94706 →2 µg/m³
  11. SC #50932 →2 µg/m³
  12. SC #100592 →2 µg/m³
  13. SC #6215 →2 µg/m³
  14. SC #17753 →1 µg/m³
  15. SC #56479 →1 µg/m³
  16. SC #90884 →1 µg/m³
  17. SC #69185 →1 µg/m³
  18. SC #19036 →1 µg/m³
  19. SC #85192 →1 µg/m³
  20. SC #85188 →1 µg/m³
  21. SC #43152 →1 µg/m³
  22. SC #79173 →1 µg/m³
  23. SC #8929 →1 µg/m³
  24. SC #36611 →1 µg/m³
  25. SC #12296 →1 µg/m³
  26. SC #66281 →1 µg/m³
  27. SC #4311 →1 µg/m³
  28. SC #17259 →1 µg/m³
  29. SC #100114 →1 µg/m³
  30. SC #99827 →0 µg/m³
  31. SC #49944 →0 µg/m³
  32. SC #1368 →0 µg/m³

Source: atmy.ai monitoring network

Who provides the data

Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 42 sensors.

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

Germany: sensors in total

2,617

  1. StuttgartGermany

    195
  2. BerlinGermany

    195
  3. HamburgGermany

    168

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: Heilbronn

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

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Air quality in Heilbronn now — Atmy

Questions

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

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 14 µg/m³ from 44 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 19 of 77 cities in Germany and No. 51 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Heilbronn right now?

Right now in Heilbronn, PM2.5 averages 7.1 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 42 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:53–19:57 local time (17:53–17:57 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 1.7 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.1–216.1 µg/m³.

Is it safe to be outdoors in Heilbronn 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 Heilbronn is the air worse?

Highest current reading: 216.1 µg/m³ (SC #27021). Lowest: 0.1 µg/m³ (SC #1368). 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 Heilbronn polluted?

Over the last 365 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Heilbronn was 8.2 µg/m³ — 1.6 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 9.9 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Heilbronn cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was August 2026: 5.3 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Heilbronn most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was January 2026: 12.7 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Heilbronn worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 9.7 µg/m³, from June to August 7.1 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