Nizhny Novgorod air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

Nizhny Novgorod

6°C

Partly cloudy

26AQI

1037hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

56%

Humidity

Nizhny Novgorod, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 17 µg/m³ (4 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (21:00 local time): 4.6 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Nizhny Novgorod, PM2.5 averages 4.6 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 4 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 20:55–20:56 local time (17:55–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 21:00 local time. Median: 4.6 µg/m³; range across sensors: 3.3–5.8 µg/m³.

In Nizhny Novgorod 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 19.0 to 4.6 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: partly cloudy, 6°C, wind 1 m/s, humidity 56%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours.

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, ESE

0 mm

Precipitation today

Nizhny Novgorod: air quality for the completed day

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

17 µg/m³ Moderate

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 17 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 2 of 18 cities in Russia and No. 38 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Nizhny Novgorod: PM2.5 by month

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI

Mean
Oct
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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

Now2021
21.0005.0012.0020.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

11°/1°

Index by time of day

58/100Moderate

  1. 58/100Night
  2. 46/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 21/100Evening

Friday — October 23

10°/4°

Index by time of day

52/100Moderate

  1. 52/100Night
  2. 38/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

14°/5°

Index by time of day

50/100Moderate

  1. 50/100Night
  2. 44/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 25/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

13°/3°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 43/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Monday — October 26

11°/2°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

11°/2°

Index by time of day

51/100Moderate

  1. 51/100Night
  2. 39/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

6°

Partly cloudy. Feels like 3°C

  1. MorningClear2°C79%
  2. DayClear11°C38%
  3. EveningPartly cloudy5°C66%

Wind

4km/hWind from the ESE

11km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 1

Light wind is expected over the next few hours.

10-day weather forecast for Nizhny Novgorod

Russia

  1. TodayOct 22Cloudy11°C1°C
  2. FriOct 23Rain10°C4°C
  3. SatOct 24Cloudy14°C5°C
  4. SunOct 25Partly cloudy13°C3°C
  5. MonOct 26Clear11°C2°C
  6. TueOct 27Cloudy11°C2°C
  7. WedOct 28Cloudy11°C3°C
  8. ThuOct 29Cloudy12°C4°C
  9. FriOct 30Cloudy8°C2°C
  10. SatOct 31Rain4°C3°C

Where in Nizhny Novgorod is the air worse?

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Highest current reading: 5.8 µg/m³ (SC #70574). Lowest: 3.3 µg/m³ (SC #74892). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #70574 →6 µg/m³
  2. SC #73452 →5 µg/m³
  3. SC #69246 →4 µg/m³
  4. SC #74892 →3 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.

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: Nizhny Novgorod

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

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Air quality in Nizhny Novgorod now — Atmy

Questions

What was the air quality in Nizhny Novgorod over the last completed day?

Daily mean PM2.5 on October 21, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC): 17 µg/m³ from 4 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 2 of 18 cities in Russia and No. 38 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Nizhny Novgorod right now?

Right now in Nizhny Novgorod, PM2.5 averages 4.6 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 4 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 20:55–20:56 local time (17:55–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 21:00 local time. Median: 4.6 µg/m³; range across sensors: 3.3–5.8 µg/m³.

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

Highest current reading: 5.8 µg/m³ (SC #70574). Lowest: 3.3 µg/m³ (SC #74892). 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 Nizhny Novgorod polluted?

Over the last 313 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Nizhny Novgorod was 5.3 µg/m³ — 1.1 times the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 5.7 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Nizhny Novgorod cleanest?

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

When is the air in Nizhny Novgorod most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was March 2026: 7.5 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Nizhny Novgorod worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 5.8 µg/m³, from June to August 5.0 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