Chita air quality now

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October 23

The air is clean now

Chita

-4°C

Cloudy

13AQI

993hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

84%

Humidity

Chita, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 19 µg/m³ (5 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (03:00 local time): 2.3 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Chita, PM2.5 averages 2.3 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 5 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 02:55–02:56 local time (17:55–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 03:00 local time. Median: 2.4 µg/m³; range across sensors: 1.5–3.3 µg/m³.

In Chita the air is good right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 14:00 to 03:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 fell from 6.0 to 2.3 µg/m³. The highest hour was 20:00 with 45.8 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: cloudy, -4°C, wind 2 m/s, humidity 84%. By 05:00 the wind is expected to pick up to 4 m/s, which may clear the air. By 14:00 the temperature will be about 1°C.

Written automatically at 03:00 local time (18:00 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.

7 km/h

Wind, SW

0.3 mm

Precipitation today

Chita: air quality for the completed day

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

19 µg/m³ Moderate

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 19 µg/m³ from 5 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 1 of 18 cities in Russia and No. 33 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Chita: 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
10
7
10
19
33
19
9
5
3
4
5
5
5
7

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

37%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

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Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 23

1°/-4°

Index by time of day

49/100Moderate

  1. 49/100Night
  2. 32/100Morning
  3. 4/100Day
  4. 14/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

-1°/-7°

Index by time of day

36/100Moderate

  1. 36/100Night
  2. 32/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 25/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

-2°/-10°

Index by time of day

50/100Moderate

  1. 50/100Night
  2. 36/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Monday — October 26

-4°/-10°

Index by time of day

44/100Moderate

  1. 44/100Night
  2. 39/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

-3°/-10°

Index by time of day

44/100Moderate

  1. 44/100Night
  2. 33/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Wednesday — October 28

0°/-9°

Index by time of day

53/100Moderate

  1. 53/100Night
  2. 35/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 12/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

-4°

Cloudy. Feels like -8°C

  1. MorningCloudy-3°C84%
  2. DayCloudy1°C65%
  3. EveningCloudy-2°C71%

Wind

7km/hWind from the SW

14km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 33 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Chita

Russia

  1. TodayOct 23Snow1°C-4°C
  2. SatOct 24Cloudy-1°C-7°C
  3. SunOct 25Cloudy-2°C-10°C
  4. MonOct 26Cloudy-4°C-10°C
  5. TueOct 27Cloudy-3°C-10°C
  6. WedOct 28Snow0°C-9°C
  7. ThuOct 29Snow-2°C-11°C
  8. FriOct 30Snow-9°C-14°C
  9. SatOct 31Cloudy-12°C-19°C
  10. SunNov 1Cloudy-6°C-19°C

Where in Chita is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 3.3 µg/m³ (SC #70414). Lowest: 1.5 µg/m³ (SC #60241). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #70414 →3 µg/m³
  2. SC #72404 →2 µg/m³
  3. SC #87728 →2 µg/m³
  4. SC #69419 →2 µg/m³
  5. SC #60241 →2 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.

Russia: sensors in total

299

  1. MoscowRussia

    40
  2. OmskRussia

    27
  3. KrasnoyarskRussia

    22

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: Chita

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

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Air quality in Chita now — Atmy

Questions

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

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 19 µg/m³ from 5 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 1 of 18 cities in Russia and No. 33 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Chita right now?

Right now in Chita, PM2.5 averages 2.3 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 5 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 02:55–02:56 local time (17:55–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 03:00 local time. Median: 2.4 µg/m³; range across sensors: 1.5–3.3 µg/m³.

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

Highest current reading: 3.3 µg/m³ (SC #70414). Lowest: 1.5 µg/m³ (SC #60241). 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 Chita polluted?

Over the last 364 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Chita was 10.3 µg/m³ — 2.1 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 6.7 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Chita cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was May 2026: 3.3 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Chita most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was January 2026: 33.4 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Chita worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 18.0 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