Volgograd air quality now

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October 22

The air is clean now

Volgograd

13°C

Cloudy

9AQI

1031hPa

Atmospheric
pressure

27%

Humidity

Volgograd, October 21, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 4 µg/m³ (5 sensors), level “Low” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Now (21:00 local time): 1.7 µg/m³. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

Right now in Volgograd, PM2.5 averages 1.7 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 5 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 20:54–20:56 local time (17:54–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 21:00 local time. Median: 1.6 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.9–2.8 µg/m³.

In Volgograd the air is good right now (approximate, US EPA scale). From 08:00 to 21:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 stayed roughly level: from 1.6 to 1.7 µg/m³. The highest hour was 13:00 with 7.0 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: cloudy, 13°C, wind 3 m/s, humidity 27%. No major change in the wind is expected in the coming hours. By 08:00 the temperature will be about 7°C.

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

11 km/h

Wind, ENE

0 mm

Precipitation today

Volgograd: 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. 15 of 18 cities in Russia and No. 257 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

LowModerateElevatedHighVery highExtremely high

Volgograd: 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
5
5
11
6
7
5
6
3
3
2
4
4
3
4

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

18%An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

Now1819
21.0005.0012.0020.00

Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — October 22

17°/9°

Index by time of day

44/100Moderate

  1. 44/100Night
  2. 29/100Morning
  3. 5/100Day
  4. 19/100Evening

Friday — October 23

19°/6°

Index by time of day

44/100Moderate

  1. 44/100Night
  2. 38/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Saturday — October 24

16°/7°

Index by time of day

53/100Moderate

  1. 53/100Night
  2. 40/100Morning
  3. 7/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Sunday — October 25

15°/4°

Index by time of day

50/100Moderate

  1. 50/100Night
  2. 38/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 22/100Evening

Monday — October 26

14°/3°

Index by time of day

51/100Moderate

  1. 51/100Night
  2. 38/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 20/100Evening

Tuesday — October 27

14°/2°

Index by time of day

53/100Moderate

  1. 53/100Night
  2. 40/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 17/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

13°

Cloudy. Feels like 9°C

  1. MorningCloudy9°C44%
  2. DayCloudy17°C17%
  3. EveningPartly cloudy12°C30%

Wind

11km/hWind from the ENE

25km/hWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 25 km/h are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Volgograd

Russia

  1. TodayOct 22Rain17°C9°C
  2. FriOct 23Cloudy19°C6°C
  3. SatOct 24Partly cloudy16°C7°C
  4. SunOct 25Clear15°C4°C
  5. MonOct 26Clear14°C3°C
  6. TueOct 27Clear14°C2°C
  7. WedOct 28Cloudy16°C5°C
  8. ThuOct 29Cloudy15°C6°C
  9. FriOct 30Cloudy16°C8°C
  10. SatOct 31Cloudy13°C6°C

Where in Volgograd is the air worse?

See all sensors

Highest current reading: 2.8 µg/m³ (SC #39508). Lowest: 0.9 µg/m³ (SC #79346). The list shows every sensor, highest first.

  1. SC #39508 →3 µg/m³
  2. SC #39510 →2 µg/m³
  3. SC #39494 →2 µg/m³
  4. SC #39512 →1 µg/m³
  5. SC #79346 →1 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: Volgograd

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

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Air quality in Volgograd now — Atmy

Questions

What was the air quality in Volgograd 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. 15 of 18 cities in Russia and No. 257 of 297 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Volgograd right now?

Right now in Volgograd, PM2.5 averages 1.7 µg/m³ — “good” on the US EPA scale (approximate, from hourly readings). Mean of 5 sensors on the Atmy network, readings from 20:54–20:56 local time (17:54–17:56 UTC), summary prepared at 21:00 local time. Median: 1.6 µg/m³; range across sensors: 0.9–2.8 µg/m³.

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

Highest current reading: 2.8 µg/m³ (SC #39508). Lowest: 0.9 µg/m³ (SC #79346). 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 Volgograd polluted?

Over the last 363 days with data, the mean daily PM2.5 in Volgograd was 4.9 µg/m³ — within the WHO annual guideline (5 µg/m³). Over the last 30 days: 3.6 µg/m³. From Atmy's archive of daily city means.

When is the air in Volgograd cleanest?

In Atmy's daily archive, the cleanest month of the last year was June 2026: 2.4 µg/m³ on average.

When is the air in Volgograd most polluted?

The most polluted month of the last year was November 2025: 10.9 µg/m³ on average.

Is the air in Volgograd worse in the heating season?

From November to March the mean daily PM2.5 was 6.9 µg/m³, from June to August 3.4 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