Cluj-Napoca air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

Cluj-Napoca

14°C

Rain

14AQI

1015hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

93%

Humidity

Cluj-Napoca, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 13 µg/m³ (17 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (21:00 local time): 2.5 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Cluj-Napoca, PM2.5 averages 2.5 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 17 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 20:46–20:57 local time (17:46–17:57 UTC), summary prepared at 21:00 local time. Median: 1.9 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.9–11.0 µg/m³.

In Cluj-Napoca the air is good right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 08:00 to 21:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 fell from 14.5 to 2.5 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: rain, 14°C, wind 1 m/s, humidity 93%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 08:00 the temperature will be about 10°C.

Written automatically at 21:00 local time (18:00 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.

4 km/h

Wind, NNW

5.4 mm

Precipitation today

Cluj-Napoca: 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 17 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 2 of 3 cities in Romania and No. 68 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Cluj-Napoca: 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
12
8
15
21
35
17
14
8
4
5
5
6
5
8

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

20%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now2024
21.0005.0012.0020.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

16°/11°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 35/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Friday — October 23

14°/7°

Index by time of day

45/100Moderate

  1. 45/100Night
  2. 32/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 28/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

15°/6°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 25/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

16°/4°

Index by time of day

57/100Moderate

  1. 57/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Monday — October 26

14°/6°

Index by time of day

51/100Moderate

  1. 51/100Night
  2. 35/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 28/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

13°/1°

Index by time of day

58/100Moderate

  1. 58/100Night
  2. 44/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 28/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

14°

Rain. Feels like 14°C

  1. MorningCloudy12°C86%
  2. DayRain15°C82%
  3. EveningCloudy12°C86%

Wind

4km/hWind from the NNW

11km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 1

Gusts up to 20 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Cluj-Napoca

Romania

  1. TodayOct 22Rain16°C11°C
  2. FriOct 23Cloudy14°C7°C
  3. SatOct 24Cloudy15°C6°C
  4. SunOct 25Cloudy16°C4°C
  5. MonOct 26Rain14°C6°C
  6. TueOct 27Partly cloudy13°C1°C
  7. WedOct 28Cloudy13°C-1°C
  8. ThuOct 29Cloudy14°C3°C
  9. FriOct 30Cloudy10°C5°C
  10. SatOct 31Rain8°C5°C

Where in Cluj-Napoca is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 11.0 µg/m³ (unnamed sensor). Lowest: 0.9 µg/m³ (SC #48110). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. unnamed sensor →11 µg/m³
  2. Dorobanților →4 µg/m³
  3. SC #87881 →3 µg/m³
  4. SC #61358 →3 µg/m³
  5. SC #93203 →2 µg/m³
  6. SC #90719 →2 µg/m³
  7. SC #92575 →2 µg/m³
  8. SC #50195 →2 µg/m³
  9. SC #67380 →2 µg/m³
  10. SC #69696 →2 µg/m³
+7 more sensors
  1. SC #93201 →2 µg/m³
  2. SC #97325 →1 µg/m³
  3. SC #61356 →1 µg/m³
  4. SC #92577 →1 µg/m³
  5. SC #58282 →1 µg/m³
  6. SC #93198 →1 µg/m³
  7. SC #48110 →1 µg/m³

Source: atmy.ai monitoring network

Who provides the data

Sensors in the summary by network: Sensor.Community — 15 sensors, AirGradient — 2 sensors.

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

Romania: sensors in total

63

  1. BucharestRomania

    17
  2. Cluj-NapocaRomania

    17
  3. IașiRomania

    4

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: Cluj-Napoca

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

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Air quality in Cluj-Napoca now — Atmy

Questions

What was the air quality in Cluj-Napoca over the last completed day?

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 13 µg/m³ from 17 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 2 of 3 cities in Romania and No. 68 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Cluj-Napoca right now?

Right now in Cluj-Napoca, PM2.5 averages 2.5 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 17 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 20:46–20:57 local time (17:46–17:57 UTC), summary prepared at 21:00 local time. Median: 1.9 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.9–11.0 µg/m³.

Is it safe to be outdoors in Cluj-Napoca 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 Cluj-Napoca is the air worse?

Highest current reading: 11.0 µg/m³ (unnamed sensor). Lowest: 0.9 µg/m³ (SC #48110). 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 Cluj-Napoca polluted?

Over the last 365 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Cluj-Napoca was 12.3 µg/m³ — 2.5 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 7.4 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Cluj-Napoca cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was July 2026: 4.5 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Cluj-Napoca most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was January 2026: 39.3 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Cluj-Napoca worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 21.6 µg/m³, from June to August 4.8 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