Florence air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

Florence

20°C

Clear

35AQI

1019hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

53%

Humidity

Florence, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 4 µg/m³ (5 sensors), level “Low” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 6.3 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Florence, PM2.5 averages 6.3 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 5 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:55–19:56 local time (17:55–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 5.0 µg/m³; range across sensors: 3.3–10.2 µg/m³.

In Florence the air is good right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 07:00 to 20:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 rose from 3.2 to 6.3 µg/m³.

Light wind (1 m/s) in the evening or at night, as the air cools, possibly traps particles near the ground (a temperature inversion).

Weather now: clear, 20°C, wind 1 m/s, humidity 53%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 07:00 the temperature will be about 10°C.

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

4 km/h

Wind, NW

0 mm

Precipitation today

Florence: air quality for the completed day

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

4 µg/m³ Low

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

No. 17 of 22 cities in Italy and No. 252 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

LowModerateElevatedHighVery highExtremely high

Florence: 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
7
-
-
-
12
8
9
5
4
7
9
6
4
6

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

23%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

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20.0004.0011.0019.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

21°/13°

Index by time of day

45/100Moderate

  1. 45/100Night
  2. 35/100Morning
  3. 10/100Day
  4. 29/100Evening

Friday — October 23

18°/9°

Index by time of day

59/100Moderate

  1. 59/100Night
  2. 41/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

18°/8°

Index by time of day

47/100Moderate

  1. 47/100Night
  2. 38/100Morning
  3. 10/100Day
  4. 27/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

17°/5°

Index by time of day

56/100Moderate

  1. 56/100Night
  2. 40/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 18/100Evening

Monday — October 26

22°/11°

Index by time of day

53/100Moderate

  1. 53/100Night
  2. 41/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 25/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

21°/7°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

20°

Clear. Feels like 19°C

  1. MorningCloudy16°C82%
  2. DayPartly cloudy20°C56%
  3. EveningClear14°C83%

Wind

4km/hWind from the NW

7km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 1

Light wind is expected over the next few hours.

10-day weather forecast for Florence

Italy

  1. TodayOct 22Cloudy21°C13°C
  2. FriOct 23Rain18°C9°C
  3. SatOct 24Fog18°C8°C
  4. SunOct 25Cloudy17°C5°C
  5. MonOct 26Cloudy22°C11°C
  6. TueOct 27Cloudy21°C7°C
  7. WedOct 28Rain17°C10°C
  8. ThuOct 29Fog23°C9°C
  9. FriOct 30Cloudy18°C7°C
  10. SatOct 31Partly cloudy15°C5°C

Where in Florence is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 10.2 µg/m³ (SC #1959). Lowest: 3.3 µg/m³ (SC #41972). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #1959 →10 µg/m³
  2. SC #41414 →9 µg/m³
  3. SC #97736 →5 µg/m³
  4. SC #46465 →4 µg/m³
  5. SC #41972 →3 µg/m³

Source: atmy.ai monitoring network

Who provides the data

Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 5 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: Florence

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

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Air quality in Florence now — Atmy

Questions

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

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 4 µg/m³ from 5 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 17 of 22 cities in Italy and No. 252 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Florence right now?

Right now in Florence, PM2.5 averages 6.3 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 5 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:55–19:56 local time (17:55–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 5.0 µg/m³; range across sensors: 3.3–10.2 µg/m³.

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

Highest current reading: 10.2 µg/m³ (SC #1959). Lowest: 3.3 µg/m³ (SC #41972). 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 Florence polluted?

Over the last 172 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Florence was 6.4 µg/m³ — 1.3 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 5.4 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Florence cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was September 2026: 3.9 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Florence most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was July 2026: 7.2 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Florence worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 9.1 µg/m³, from June to August 6.4 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