Air quality
Air quality in Orenburg today
Updated
Moderate (US AQI 62) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 7:00 am (02:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast, Russia, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 62 Moderate
- PM2.5
- 33 µg/m³ 2.2× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 35 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 5 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 62
- Best hour today
- 7:00 am AQI 62
- European AQI
- 51
Air quality in Orenburg right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast, Russia is 62, 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 62. 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 33 µg/m³, 2.2 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 35 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 5 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 18 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: carbon monoxide 266 µg/m³.
Orenburg AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 62 around Mon 7:00 am to 68 around Mon 10:00 pm, staying "Moderate" throughout.
The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 55 against 66 for the next 24 hours.
| Local time (Asia/Yekaterinburg) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 7:00 am | 62 | Moderate | 33.4 | 35 | 5 |
| Mon 10:00 am | 64 | Moderate | 34.7 | 36 | 21 |
| Mon 1:00 pm | 66 | Moderate | 11.4 | 12 | 51 |
| Mon 4:00 pm | 66 | Moderate | 7 | 8 | 60 |
| Mon 7:00 pm | 67 | Moderate | 10.5 | 11 | 44 |
| Mon 10:00 pm | 68 | Moderate | 12.3 | 13 | 30 |
| Tue 1:00 am | 68 | Moderate | 12.4 | 13 | 21 |
| Tue 4:00 am | 66 | Moderate | 12.7 | 13 | 15 |
| Tue 7:00 am | 63 | Moderate | 12.8 | 13 | 9 |
| Tue 10:00 am | 58 | Moderate | 13.1 | 13 | 16 |
| Tue 1:00 pm | 54 | Moderate | 7 | 7 | 46 |
| Tue 4:00 pm | 54 | Moderate | 4.1 | 4 | 57 |
| Tue 7:00 pm | 53 | Moderate | 9.3 | 9 | 40 |
| Tue 10:00 pm | 53 | Moderate | 11.5 | 12 | 30 |
| Wed 1:00 am | 53 | Moderate | 11.4 | 12 | 23 |
| Wed 4:00 am | 52 | Moderate | 12.9 | 13 | 16 |
| Wed 7:00 am | 53 | Moderate | 13.6 | 14 | 11 |
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 Orenburg today
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 7:00 am (AQI 62, Moderate) and the worst around 6:00 pm (AQI 67). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.
Orenburg vs the rest of Russia
Across 76 Russia cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 46 (Good). Orenburg at 62 is 16 points worse than average.
It ranks 68 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 Orenburg
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | 222 km | 42 | Good | 9.5 |
| Oral | 261 km | 19 | Good | 2 |
| Magnitogorsk | 320 km | 57 | Moderate | 12.4 |
| Ufa | 336 km | 92 | Moderate | 37.7 |
| Samara | 372 km | 64 | Moderate | 16.6 |
Model vs measured
We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Orenburg, so the numbers on this page are model estimates. Models capture regional pollution well but can miss very local sources such as a busy road or a nearby fire.
Wildfire smoke
PM2.5 is forecast to reach 40 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 177 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 18 km away). Smoke is a likely contributor: keep windows closed, run an air purifier or HVAC filter, and check the fire map before heading out.
Advice for sensitive groups
At 62, 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), NASA FIRMS.