Reykjavik air quality now

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No current value: fewer than four sensors at different places are reporting now.

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Reykjavik, November 10, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 5 µg/m³ (8 sensors), level “Low” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

There are not enough fresh measurements for Reykjavik right now. From 09:00 to 18:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 fell from 7.6 to 6.0 µg/m³. The highest hour was 17:00 with 10.0 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: clear, -2°C, wind 3 m/s, humidity 66%. Precipitation is expected around 09:00; it may wash particles out.

Written automatically at 21:10 local time (21:10 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.

3 m/s

Wind, ESE

0 mm

Precipitation today

Reykjavik: air quality for the completed day

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI · November 10, 2026 · 00:00–24:00 UTC

5 µg/m³ Low

Daily mean PM2.5 on November 10, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 5 µg/m³ from 8 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 1 of 1 cities in Iceland and No. 631 of 676 worldwide, from the most polluted.

LowModerateElevatedHighVery highExtremely high

Reykjavik: PM2.5 by month

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

Mean
Nov
Dec
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Feb
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Jul
Aug
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This month
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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

21/100Low · An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now218
22.0006.0013.0021.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — November 11

3°/-2°

Index by time of day

38/100Moderate

  1. 38/100Night
  2. 35/100Morning
  3. 11/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Thursday — November 12

6°/-1°

Index by time of day

44/100Moderate

  1. 44/100Night
  2. 29/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 12/100Evening

Friday — November 13

6°/-4°

Index by time of day

24/100Low

  1. 21/100Night
  2. 24/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Saturday — November 14

0°/-6°

Index by time of day

26/100Low

  1. 19/100Night
  2. 21/100Morning
  3. 11/100Day
  4. 26/100Evening

Sunday — November 15

-2°/-5°

Index by time of day

34/100Low

  1. 34/100Night
  2. 33/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 17/100Evening

Monday — November 16

-1°/-4°

Index by time of day

43/100Moderate

  1. 43/100Night
  2. 26/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 11/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

-2°

Clear. Feels like -7°C

  1. MorningCloudy-1°C48%
  2. DayClear1°C49%
  3. EveningCloudy-2°C62%

Wind

3m/sWind from the ESE

6m/sWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 6 m/s are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Reykjavik

Iceland

  1. TodayNov 11Cloudy3°C-2°C
  2. ThuNov 12Rain6°C-1°C
  3. FriNov 13Snow6°C-4°C
  4. SatNov 14Cloudy0°C-6°C
  5. SunNov 15Snow-2°C-5°C
  6. MonNov 16Cloudy-1°C-4°C
  7. TueNov 17Cloudy0°C-4°C
  8. WedNov 18Cloudy-2°C-5°C
  9. ThuNov 19Snow2°C-3°C
  10. FriNov 20Snow5°C1°C

Iceland: sensors in total

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  1. ReykjavikIceland

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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: Reykjavik

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

Click a day to see its date and value.

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Questions

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

Daily mean PM2.5 on November 10, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 5 µg/m³ from 8 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 1 of 1 cities in Iceland and No. 631 of 676 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Reykjavik right now?

Fresh data for Reykjavik are insufficient (last update: 20:45 local time, 20:45 UTC). Open the map for the latest readings of individual sensors.

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.

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