Jinja air quality now

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Now

No current value: fewer than four sensors at different places are reporting now.

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Jinja, November 10, 2026: daily mean PM2.5 22 µg/m³ (8 sensors), level “Moderate” — as in the Atmy Data Hub. Open methodology and data in JSON: Methodology and data sources · JSON

There are not enough fresh measurements for Jinja right now. From 12:00 to 21:00 local time the city mean PM2.5 stayed roughly level: from 28.4 to 30.8 µg/m³.

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

Weather now: partly cloudy, 19°C, wind 3 m/s, humidity 97%. Precipitation is expected around 09:00; it may wash particles out. By 12:00 the temperature will be about 23°C.

Written automatically at 00:12 local time (21:12 UTC) from sensor measurements and the weather forecast. Values are approximate; hypotheses are marked.

3 m/s

Wind, NNW

1 mm

Precipitation today

Jinja: air quality for the completed day

Metric: PM2.5, µg/m³ · Color scale: EPA AQI · November 10, 2026 · 00:00–24:00 UTC = 03:00–03:00 UTC+3

22 µg/m³ Moderate

Daily mean PM2.5 on November 10, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC = 03:00–03:00 UTC+3): 22 µg/m³ from 8 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub.

No. 6 of 7 cities in Uganda and No. 279 of 676 worldwide, from the most polluted.

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Pollution accumulation index now

54/100Moderate · An estimate of weather conditions · not a PM2.5 forecast

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Pollution accumulation forecast

Today — November 12

25°/19°

Index by time of day

54/100Moderate

  1. 54/100Night
  2. 39/100Morning
  3. 6/100Day
  4. 21/100Evening

Friday — November 13

25°/19°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 43/100Morning
  3. 10/100Day
  4. 27/100Evening

Saturday — November 14

24°/19°

Index by time of day

58/100Moderate

  1. 58/100Night
  2. 42/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 24/100Evening

Sunday — November 15

24°/19°

Index by time of day

55/100Moderate

  1. 55/100Night
  2. 37/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 23/100Evening

Monday — November 16

25°/20°

Index by time of day

57/100Moderate

  1. 57/100Night
  2. 43/100Morning
  3. 8/100Day
  4. 27/100Evening

Tuesday — November 17

25°/19°

Index by time of day

56/100Moderate

  1. 56/100Night
  2. 37/100Morning
  3. 9/100Day
  4. 26/100Evening

Forecast of conditions that trap pollution near the surface

Weather

19°

Partly cloudy. Feels like 21°C

  1. MorningRain20°C92%
  2. DayRain24°C63%
  3. EveningCloudy20°C84%

Wind

3m/sWind from the NNW

5m/sWind gusts

Wind force: 2

Gusts up to 5 m/s are expected.

10-day weather forecast for Jinja

Uganda

  1. TodayNov 12Rain25°C19°C
  2. FriNov 13Rain25°C19°C
  3. SatNov 14Rain24°C19°C
  4. SunNov 15Rain24°C19°C
  5. MonNov 16Rain25°C20°C
  6. TueNov 17Rain25°C19°C
  7. WedNov 18Rain25°C20°C
  8. ThuNov 19Fog26°C20°C
  9. FriNov 20Rain25°C21°C
  10. SatNov 21Rain26°C20°C

Uganda: sensors in total

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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: Jinja

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

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Questions

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

Daily mean PM2.5 on November 10, 2026 (00:00–24:00 UTC = 03:00–03:00 UTC+3): 22 µg/m³ from 8 sensors that passed the quality check — the same value as in the Atmy Data Hub. No. 6 of 7 cities in Uganda and No. 279 of 676 worldwide, from the most polluted.

What is the air quality in Jinja right now?

Fresh data for Jinja are insufficient (last update: 17:15 local time, 14:15 UTC). Open the map for the latest readings of individual sensors.

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.

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