Air quality
Air quality in Krasnodar today
Updated
Moderate (US AQI 67) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 5:00 am (02:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 67 Moderate
- PM2.5
- 30 µg/m³ 2× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 48 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 33 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 67
- Best hour today
- 6:00 am AQI 68
- European AQI
- 49
Air quality in Krasnodar right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, Russia is 67, which falls in the "Moderate" band (up to 100). Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 67. Fine and coarse particles come from traffic, heating, industry, dust and smoke; they build up on calm nights and clear when wind or rain arrives.
PM2.5 is 30 µg/m³, 2 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 48 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 33 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 7.1 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: carbon monoxide 145 µg/m³.
NASA FIRMS shows 95 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 24 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Krasnodar AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 67 around Mon 5:00 am to 78 around Mon 7:00 pm, staying "Moderate" throughout.
The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 65 against 74 for the next 24 hours.
| Local time (Europe/Moscow) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5:00 am | 67 | Moderate | 30 | 48 | 33 |
| Mon 8:00 am | 70 | Moderate | 33.7 | 47 | 19 |
| Mon 11:00 am | 73 | Moderate | 24.6 | 35 | 36 |
| Mon 2:00 pm | 75 | Moderate | 22.3 | 30 | 50 |
| Mon 5:00 pm | 77 | Moderate | 17.9 | 24 | 49 |
| Mon 8:00 pm | 78 | Moderate | 18.3 | 21 | 42 |
| Mon 11:00 pm | 77 | Moderate | 13.7 | 19 | 37 |
| Tue 2:00 am | 75 | Moderate | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| Tue 5:00 am | 72 | Moderate | 14.3 | 16 | 34 |
| Tue 8:00 am | 69 | Moderate | 20.2 | 26 | 26 |
| Tue 11:00 am | 66 | Moderate | 19 | 24 | 42 |
| Tue 2:00 pm | 65 | Moderate | 15.9 | 23 | 46 |
| Tue 5:00 pm | 64 | Moderate | 16.1 | 24 | 45 |
| Tue 8:00 pm | 63 | Moderate | 16 | 22 | 40 |
| Tue 11:00 pm | 63 | Moderate | 13.4 | 19 | 43 |
| Wed 2:00 am | 63 | Moderate | 12.8 | 19 | 42 |
| Wed 5:00 am | 63 | Moderate | 14.3 | 19 | 37 |
Every third hour of the CAMS forecast via Open-Meteo. US AQI uses rolling averages (24 h for particles, 8 h for ozone), so it moves more slowly than the hourly concentrations.
Best time to be outside in Krasnodar today
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 68, Moderate) and the worst around 7:00 pm (AQI 78). That is a swing of 10 points, so a run or walk around 6:00 am is noticeably better.
Krasnodar vs the rest of Russia
Across 76 Russia cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 46 (Good). Krasnodar at 67 is 21 points worse than average.
It ranks 65 of 76 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Penza (19) and the most polluted Ufa (92).
For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 57.
Air quality in cities near Krasnodar
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sochi | 172 km | 39 | Good | 6.1 |
| Stavropol | 234 km | 89 | Moderate | 26.2 |
| Bataysk | 240 km | 75 | Moderate | 14.8 |
| Taganrog | 244 km | 79 | Moderate | 19.9 |
| Rostov-on-Don | 248 km | 75 | Moderate | 14.8 |
| Donetsk | 343 km | 81 | Moderate | 21.4 |
| Makiyivka | 343 km | 69 | Moderate | 14.9 |
| Simferopol | 383 km | 51 | Moderate | 6.8 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 5.9 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 4 sensors), centred about 14 km from the city centre. That is 24.1 µg/m³ below the model estimate of 30 µg/m³. Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air; reference monitors are more accurate but sparser.
Advice for sensitive groups
At 67, most people are fine outdoors. If you are unusually sensitive to PM2.5, keep long or intense workouts to the cleaner hours shown above.
What the US AQI numbers mean
| US AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500. |
Values on this page are modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) and served by Open-Meteo; they are estimates for the area around the city centre, not readings from an official monitor.
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), Sensor.Community, NASA FIRMS.