Kiel air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

Kiel

11°C

Cloudy

17AQI

1010hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

74%

Humidity

Kiel, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 13 µg/m³ (21 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 3.1 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Kiel, PM2.5 averages 3.1 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 21 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: 2.4 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.1–9.1 µg/m³.

In Kiel 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 3.7 to 3.1 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: cloudy, 11°C, wind 4 m/s, humidity 74%. By 05:00 the wind is expected to drop to 2 m/s, and particles may build up. By 07:00 the temperature will be about 8°C.

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

14 km/h

Wind, S

0.1 mm

Precipitation today

Kiel: air quality for the completed day

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

13 µg/m³ Moderate

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 13 µg/m³ from 21 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 24 of 77 cities in Germany and No. 69 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Kiel: PM2.5 by month

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

Mean
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
This month
5
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7
7
10
10
8
4
3
2
3
3
3
3

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

15%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now1513
20.0004.0011.0019.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

13°/9°

Index by time of day

41/100Moderate

  1. 41/100Night
  2. 33/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 20/100Evening

Friday — October 23

11°/7°

Index by time of day

46/100Moderate

  1. 46/100Night
  2. 36/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 13/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

13°/8°

Index by time of day

26/100Low

  1. 26/100Night
  2. 26/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 20/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

12°/8°

Index by time of day

31/100Low

  1. 31/100Night
  2. 22/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 14/100Evening

Monday — October 26

11°/9°

Index by time of day

37/100Moderate

  1. 37/100Night
  2. 29/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 20/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

15°/9°

Index by time of day

37/100Moderate

  1. 37/100Night
  2. 27/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 14/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

11°

Cloudy. Feels like 9°C

  1. MorningPartly cloudy9°C87%
  2. DayCloudy13°C65%
  3. EveningCloudy10°C84%

Wind

14km/hWind from the S

29km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 3

Gusts up to 31 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Kiel

Germany

  1. TodayOct 22Rain13°C9°C
  2. FriOct 23Rain11°C7°C
  3. SatOct 24Rain13°C8°C
  4. SunOct 25Rain12°C8°C
  5. MonOct 26Rain11°C9°C
  6. TueOct 27Rain15°C9°C
  7. WedOct 28Rain14°C10°C
  8. ThuOct 29Cloudy14°C8°C
  9. FriOct 30Fog11°C4°C
  10. SatOct 31Fog11°C7°C

Where in Kiel is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 9.1 µg/m³ (SC #97844). Lowest: 0.1 µg/m³ (SC #62417). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #97844 →9 µg/m³
  2. SC #100761 →9 µg/m³
  3. SC #51501 →5 µg/m³
  4. SC #82367 →5 µg/m³
  5. SC #7485 →3 µg/m³
  6. SC #5674 →3 µg/m³
  7. SC #15706 →3 µg/m³
  8. SC #100286 →3 µg/m³
  9. SC #20454 →3 µg/m³
  10. SC #6306 →2 µg/m³
+11 more sensors
  1. SC #60859 →2 µg/m³
  2. SC #57099 →2 µg/m³
  3. SC #8086 →2 µg/m³
  4. SC #52986 →2 µg/m³
  5. SC #98662 →2 µg/m³
  6. SC #97067 →2 µg/m³
  7. SC #5010 →2 µg/m³
  8. SC #25733 →2 µg/m³
  9. SC #80959 →1 µg/m³
  10. SC #6292 →1 µg/m³
  11. SC #62417 →0 µg/m³

Source: atmy.ai monitoring network

Who provides the data

Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 21 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: Kiel

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

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Air quality in Kiel now — Atmy

Questions

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

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 13 µg/m³ from 21 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 24 of 77 cities in Germany and No. 69 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Kiel right now?

Right now in Kiel, PM2.5 averages 3.1 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 21 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: 2.4 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.1–9.1 µg/m³.

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

Highest current reading: 9.1 µg/m³ (SC #97844). Lowest: 0.1 µg/m³ (SC #62417). 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 Kiel polluted?

Over the last 365 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Kiel was 5.4 µg/m³ — 1.1 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 3.5 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Kiel cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was June 2026: 2.3 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Kiel most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was January 2026: 10.5 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Kiel worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 8.6 µg/m³, from June to August 2.7 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