Catania air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

Catania

24°C

Partly cloudy

16AQI

1020hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

39%

Humidity

Catania, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 6 µg/m³ (4 sensors), level “Low” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 2.9 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Catania, PM2.5 averages 2.9 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 4 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:54–19:56 local time (17:54–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 1.9 µg/m³; range across sensors: 1.1–6.9 µg/m³.

In Catania 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 2.5 to 2.9 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: partly cloudy, 24°C, wind 4 m/s, humidity 39%. By 21:00 the wind is expected to drop to 2 m/s, and particles may build up. By 07:00 the temperature will be about 15°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, WNW

0 mm

Precipitation today

Catania: air quality for the completed day

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

6 µg/m³ Low

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 6 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 9 of 22 cities in Italy and No. 196 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

LowModerateElevatedHighVery highExtremely high

Catania: 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
5
4
4
7
5
5
8
6
-
-
-
-
5
5

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

18%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now1818
20.0004.0011.0019.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

27°/17°

Index by time of day

57/100Moderate

  1. 57/100Night
  2. 39/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Friday — October 23

24°/15°

Index by time of day

54/100Moderate

  1. 54/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 21/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

25°/16°

Index by time of day

47/100Moderate

  1. 47/100Night
  2. 37/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

23°/16°

Index by time of day

36/100Moderate

  1. 36/100Night
  2. 36/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Monday — October 26

23°/15°

Index by time of day

49/100Moderate

  1. 49/100Night
  2. 34/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

24°/14°

Index by time of day

53/100Moderate

  1. 53/100Night
  2. 40/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 27/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

24°

Partly cloudy. Feels like 21°C

  1. MorningPartly cloudy20°C64%
  2. DayClear27°C31%
  3. EveningPartly cloudy20°C57%

Wind

14km/hWind from the WNW

32km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 3

Gusts up to 32 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Catania

Italy

  1. TodayOct 22Cloudy27°C17°C
  2. FriOct 23Cloudy24°C15°C
  3. SatOct 24Cloudy25°C16°C
  4. SunOct 25Cloudy23°C16°C
  5. MonOct 26Cloudy23°C15°C
  6. TueOct 27Partly cloudy24°C14°C
  7. WedOct 28Cloudy24°C10°C
  8. ThuOct 29Cloudy23°C11°C
  9. FriOct 30Rain22°C15°C
  10. SatOct 31Rain20°C15°C

Where in Catania is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 6.9 µg/m³ (SC #70106). Lowest: 1.1 µg/m³ (SC #65435). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #70106 →7 µg/m³
  2. SC #54555 →2 µg/m³
  3. SC #47233 →2 µg/m³
  4. SC #65435 →1 µg/m³

Source: atmy.ai monitoring network

Who provides the data

Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 4 sensors.

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

Italy: sensors in total

235

  1. VicenzaItaly

    17
  2. BolognaItaly

    15
  3. PiacenzaItaly

    14

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: Catania

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

Click a day to see its date and value.

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Air quality in Catania now — Atmy

Questions

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

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 6 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 9 of 22 cities in Italy and No. 196 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Catania right now?

Right now in Catania, PM2.5 averages 2.9 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 4 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:54–19:56 local time (17:54–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 1.9 µg/m³; range across sensors: 1.1–6.9 µg/m³.

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

Highest current reading: 6.9 µg/m³ (SC #70106). Lowest: 1.1 µg/m³ (SC #65435). 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 Catania polluted?

Over the last 163 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Catania was 5.3 µg/m³ — 1.1 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 4.8 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Catania cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was November 2025: 4.3 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Catania most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was December 2025: 6.8 µg/m³ on average.

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