Air quality
Air quality in Volgograd today
Updated
Good (US AQI 35) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 5:00 am (02:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 35 Good
- PM2.5
- 7.2 µg/m³ 0.5× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 11 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 41 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 35
- Best hour today
- 6:00 am AQI 36
- European AQI
- 24
Air quality in Volgograd right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia is 35, which falls in the "Good" band (up to 50). Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 35. 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 7.2 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 11 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 41 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: carbon monoxide 164 µg/m³.
NASA FIRMS shows 191 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 25 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Volgograd AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 35 around Mon 5:00 am to 52 around Mon 11:00 pm, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.
The following day looks similar, averaging about 50.
| Local time (Europe/Volgograd) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5:00 am | 35 | Good | 7.2 | 11 | 41 |
| Mon 8:00 am | 37 | Good | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| Mon 11:00 am | 40 | Good | 10.5 | 31 | 50 |
| Mon 2:00 pm | 44 | Good | 11.6 | 39 | 59 |
| Mon 5:00 pm | 48 | Good | 12.2 | 17 | 53 |
| Mon 8:00 pm | 51 | Moderate | 10.2 | 12 | 50 |
| Mon 11:00 pm | 52 | Moderate | 8.3 | 10 | 51 |
| Tue 2:00 am | 51 | Moderate | 6.5 | 9 | 49 |
| Tue 5:00 am | 51 | Moderate | 7.7 | 9 | 42 |
| Tue 8:00 am | 51 | Moderate | 10.2 | 13 | 34 |
| Tue 11:00 am | 51 | Moderate | 13.1 | 27 | 51 |
| Tue 2:00 pm | 52 | Moderate | 10.8 | 22 | 63 |
| Tue 5:00 pm | 51 | Moderate | 7.4 | 11 | 58 |
| Tue 8:00 pm | 50 | Good | 6.5 | 8 | 54 |
| Tue 11:00 pm | 48 | Good | 6.2 | 8 | 51 |
| Wed 2:00 am | 47 | Good | 5.4 | 8 | 49 |
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 Volgograd today
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 36, Good) and the worst around 8:00 pm (AQI 51). That is a swing of 15 points, so a run or walk around 6:00 am is noticeably better.
Volgograd vs the rest of Russia
Across 76 Russia cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 46 (Good). Volgograd at 35 is 11 points cleaner than average.
It ranks 28 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 Volgograd
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volzhsky | 22 km | 22 | Good | 3.4 |
| Engels | 329 km | 20 | Good | 3.2 |
| Saratov | 332 km | 20 | Good | 3.2 |
| Astrakhan | 374 km | 35 | Good | 9.4 |
| Luhansk | 382 km | 53 | Moderate | 4.7 |
| Rostov-on-Don | 393 km | 75 | Moderate | 14.8 |
| Bataysk | 394 km | 75 | Moderate | 14.8 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 1.5 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 7 sensors), centred about 5 km from the city centre. That is 5.7 µg/m³ below the model estimate of 7.2 µg/m³. Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air; reference monitors are more accurate but sparser.
Advice for sensitive groups
With the AQI at 35, there is no need for sensitive groups to change plans. People with asthma should still carry their reliever inhaler as usual.
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.