Cork air quality now

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Now

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

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

In Cork the air is good right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 09:00 to 20:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 fell from 6.8 to 3.8 µg/m³. The highest hour was 17:00 with 14.7 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: partly cloudy, 8°C, wind 4 m/s, humidity 85%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours.

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

4 m/s

Wind, NNE

0.2 mm

Precipitation today

Cork: air quality for the completed day

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

8 µg/m³ Low

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

No. 5 of 5 cities in Ireland and No. 577 of 676 worldwide, from the most polluted.

LowModerateElevatedHighVery highExtremely high

Pollution accumulation index now

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

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22.0006.0013.0021.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — November 11

11°/7°

Index by time of day

36/100Moderate

  1. 36/100Night
  2. 27/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Thursday — November 12

8°/4°

Index by time of day

43/100Moderate

  1. 43/100Night
  2. 32/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Friday — November 13

9°/1°

Index by time of day

58/100Moderate

  1. 58/100Night
  2. 45/100Morning
  3. 10/100Day
  4. 20/100Evening

Saturday — November 14

12°/8°

Index by time of day

43/100Moderate

  1. 43/100Night
  2. 29/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 13/100Evening

Sunday — November 15

12°/7°

Index by time of day

45/100Moderate

  1. 45/100Night
  2. 25/100Morning
  3. 10/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Monday — November 16

8°/6°

Index by time of day

34/100Low

  1. 34/100Night
  2. 25/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

8°

Partly cloudy. Feels like 5°C

  1. MorningCloudy8°C92%
  2. DayCloudy11°C74%
  3. EveningPartly cloudy8°C85%

Wind

4m/sWind from the NNE

10m/sWind gusts

Wind force: 3

Gusts up to 10 m/s are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Cork

Ireland

  1. TodayNov 11Rain11°C7°C
  2. ThuNov 12Partly cloudy8°C4°C
  3. FriNov 13Rain9°C1°C
  4. SatNov 14Rain12°C8°C
  5. SunNov 15Rain12°C7°C
  6. MonNov 16Rain8°C6°C
  7. TueNov 17Rain7°C4°C
  8. WedNov 18Cloudy10°C2°C
  9. ThuNov 19Fog6°C3°C
  10. FriNov 20Partly cloudy8°C1°C

Ireland: sensors in total

25

  1. DublinIreland

    18

  2. CorkIreland

    3

  3. KilkennyIreland

    2

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: Cork

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 Cork over the last completed day?

Daily mean PM2.5 on November 10, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 8 µg/m³ from 10 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 5 of 5 cities in Ireland and No. 577 of 676 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Cork right now?

Fresh data for Cork 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