Rybnik air quality now

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October 22

The air is moderate now

Rybnik

9°C

Cloudy

71AQI

1019hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

79%

Humidity

Rybnik, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 13 µg/m³ (5 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (20:00 local time): 19.6 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Rybnik, PM2.5 averages 19.6 µg/m³ — “moderate” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 5 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:51–19:56 local time (17:51–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 21.3 µg/m³; range across sensors: 6.3–31.1 µg/m³.

In Rybnik the air is moderate right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 07:00 to 20:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 rose from 3.4 to 19.6 µg/m³.

Light wind (2 m/s) in the evening or at night, as the air cools, possibly traps particles near the ground (a temperature inversion).

Weather now: cloudy, 9°C, wind 2 m/s, humidity 79%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 07:00 the temperature will be about 6°C.

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

7 km/h

Wind, WNW

17.7 mm

Precipitation today

Rybnik: 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 5 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 7 of 31 cities in Poland and No. 71 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Rybnik: 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
9
12
22
-
-
-
-
11
6
5
5
5
5
15

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

26%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now2617
20.0004.0011.0019.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

14°/7°

Index by time of day

42/100Moderate

  1. 42/100Night
  2. 32/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 29/100Evening

Friday — October 23

15°/6°

Index by time of day

56/100Moderate

  1. 56/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

12°/6°

Index by time of day

43/100Moderate

  1. 43/100Night
  2. 33/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 25/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

12°/4°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 38/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 15/100Evening

Monday — October 26

12°/6°

Index by time of day

44/100Moderate

  1. 44/100Night
  2. 37/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 25/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

13°/4°

Index by time of day

56/100Moderate

  1. 56/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

9°

Cloudy. Feels like 7°C

  1. MorningRain10°C89%
  2. DayRain10°C80%
  3. EveningClear7°C89%

Wind

7km/hWind from the WNW

22km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 22 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Rybnik

Poland

  1. TodayOct 22Rain14°C7°C
  2. FriOct 23Cloudy15°C6°C
  3. SatOct 24Cloudy12°C6°C
  4. SunOct 25Rain12°C4°C
  5. MonOct 26Partly cloudy12°C6°C
  6. TueOct 27Partly cloudy13°C4°C
  7. WedOct 28Rain13°C5°C
  8. ThuOct 29Rain11°C7°C
  9. FriOct 30Cloudy11°C6°C
  10. SatOct 31Cloudy10°C5°C

Where in Rybnik is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 31.1 µg/m³ (SC #33690). Lowest: 6.3 µg/m³ (SC #76336). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #33690 →31 µg/m³
  2. SC #23360 →28 µg/m³
  3. SC #57718 →21 µg/m³
  4. SC #74510 →12 µg/m³
  5. SC #76336 →6 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.

Poland: sensors in total

572

  1. WarsawPoland

    102
  2. WrocławPoland

    67
  3. PoznanPoland

    53

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: Rybnik

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

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Air quality in Rybnik now — Atmy

Questions

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

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 13 µg/m³ from 5 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 7 of 31 cities in Poland and No. 71 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Rybnik right now?

Right now in Rybnik, PM2.5 averages 19.6 µg/m³ — “moderate” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 5 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 19:51–19:56 local time (17:51–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 20:00 local time. Median: 21.3 µg/m³; range across sensors: 6.3–31.1 µg/m³.

Is it safe to be outdoors in Rybnik now?

The current level is “moderate” (US EPA scale, approximate). Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. This is the standard guidance of the scale, not medical advice.

Where in Rybnik is the air worse?

Highest current reading: 31.1 µg/m³ (SC #33690). Lowest: 6.3 µg/m³ (SC #76336). 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 Rybnik polluted?

Over the last 234 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Rybnik was 9.9 µg/m³ — 2.0 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 13.1 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Rybnik cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was August 2026: 4.8 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Rybnik most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was November 2025: 22.1 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Rybnik worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 24.9 µg/m³, from June to August 5.1 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