Air quality
Air quality in Novorossiysk today
Updated
Moderate (US AQI 57) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 11:00 pm (20:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 57 Moderate
- PM2.5
- 17 µg/m³ 1.1× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 23 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 37 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 57
- Best hour tomorrow
- 6:00 am AQI 59
- European AQI
- 41
Air quality in Novorossiysk right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia is 57, 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 57. 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 17 µg/m³, 1.1 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 23 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 37 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 16 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: carbon monoxide 158 µg/m³.
NASA FIRMS shows 133 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 4 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Novorossiysk AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 57 around Sun 11:00 pm to 63 around Mon 8:00 pm, staying "Moderate" throughout.
The following day looks similar, averaging about 62.
| Local time (Europe/Moscow) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11:00 pm | 57 | Moderate | 16.6 | 23 | 37 |
| Mon 2:00 am | 57 | Moderate | 18.5 | 25 | 31 |
| Mon 5:00 am | 59 | Moderate | 21.7 | 26 | 27 |
| Mon 8:00 am | 60 | Moderate | 19.5 | 25 | 23 |
| Mon 11:00 am | 61 | Moderate | 10.9 | 19 | 47 |
| Mon 2:00 pm | 61 | Moderate | 9.4 | 14 | 70 |
| Mon 5:00 pm | 62 | Moderate | 14.7 | 22 | 50 |
| Mon 8:00 pm | 63 | Moderate | 17.6 | 24 | 44 |
| Mon 11:00 pm | 63 | Moderate | 17.5 | 23 | 39 |
| Tue 2:00 am | 63 | Moderate | 15.7 | 21 | 34 |
| Tue 5:00 am | 63 | Moderate | 15.8 | 24 | 34 |
| Tue 8:00 am | 61 | Moderate | 14.7 | 22 | 34 |
| Tue 11:00 am | 60 | Moderate | 12.3 | 18 | 52 |
| Tue 2:00 pm | 61 | Moderate | 11.7 | 20 | 52 |
| Tue 5:00 pm | 61 | Moderate | 14.2 | 21 | 47 |
| Tue 8:00 pm | 61 | Moderate | 17.4 | 23 | 44 |
| Tue 11:00 pm | 61 | Moderate | 18 | 22 | 39 |
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 Novorossiysk tomorrow
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 59, Moderate) and the worst around 8:00 pm (AQI 63). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.
Novorossiysk vs the rest of Russia
Across 76 Russia cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 46 (Good). Novorossiysk at 57 is 11 points worse than average.
For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 56.
Air quality in cities near Novorossiysk
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krasnodar | 102 km | 63 | Moderate | 19.1 |
| Sochi | 201 km | 38 | Good | 8.2 |
| Simferopol | 289 km | 52 | Moderate | 11.1 |
| Taganrog | 292 km | 81 | Moderate | 26.6 |
| Bataysk | 309 km | 79 | Moderate | 20.7 |
| Rostov-on-Don | 315 km | 79 | Moderate | 20.7 |
| Stavropol | 333 km | 85 | Moderate | 32.8 |
| Sevastopol | 336 km | 52 | Moderate | 13.4 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 4.4 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 10 sensors), centred about 5 km from the city centre. That is 12.2 µg/m³ below the model estimate of 17 µg/m³. Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air; reference monitors are more accurate but sparser.
Advice for sensitive groups
At 57, 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.