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Warsaw runs its own network of low-cost air sensors next to the state's reference stations
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Warsaw runs its own network of low-cost air sensors next to the state's reference stations
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Switched on in 2022
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108 devices across all 18 districts and 56 more in 17 partner municipalities
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supplied and serviced under contract by Airly Public
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They measure particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) and nitrogen dioxide
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but not with the EU directive's reference methods
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in 2020 the city also built two roadside stations to the state inspectorate's standard
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Since 14 September 2022 all readings appear on the city's IoT map and in the Warszawa 19115 app
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with a four-level Warsaw Air Index and advice for residents
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a municipal police duty officer works them out from the state's data
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at PM10 levels below the national thresholds
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auditing the city's measures against traffic pollution from 2018 onward
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assessed them positively in August 2023
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Warsaw identified the problem reliably, measured air quality including breaches of the standards, and made the readings available to residents in real time
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When the state inspectorate warned of a breach, the city passed it on through its website, app notices and SMS, also to schools and preschools
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The state and city stations recorded 43 to 62 days above the daily PM10 limit in 2018 and none from 2019 to 2022
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A dense sensor network can show where the air is bad
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Warsaw's own alerts are worked out from the state's reference data and end in a text or app message
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orange above 80 µg/m³ of PM10, where the national information level is 100
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a ban on burning coal in Warsaw's stoves and fireplaces since 1 October 2023, written into the regional anti-smog resolution
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municipal police inspections, which in January 2026 followed 370 reports of air pollution and ended in 25 fines
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free public transport on forecast smog days in December 2016 and January 2017
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was a mayoral decision, not a rule
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src-1eb924567e4ed7f6The Supreme Audit Office's post-audit statement to the Mayor of Warsaw (audit period from 1 January 2018). It records 10 measuring stations and 164 air-quality sensors (108 in Warsaw, 56 in 17 partner municipalities), the non-reference sensor system launched in 2022, two city stations built in 2020 to the Chief Inspectorate's standard, real-time publication on the city IoT platform from 14 September 2022 and in the Warszawa 19115 app, the city's own PM10 alert procedure with thresholds below the national ones, PM10 exceedance days for 2018–2022, and an overall positive assessment.
src-9cdba975b054b6a8The city's description of the Warsaw Air Index (a four-level scale with advice for residents), of its measuring points (GIOŚ state stations plus the city's devices), of the two roadside stations built in 2020 at Grochowska street and Solidarności avenue, of the more than 160 sensors installed by 2022 (108 in the districts, the rest in 17 neighbouring municipalities), of what they measure, and of the 80% EU co-financing under the Virtual WOF project.
src-de39c06206963056Report on the city's tender for 165 sensors (108 in Warsaw, 57 in 17 neighbouring municipalities), with locations chosen by Warsaw University of Technology experts and an estimated cost of 4–5 million zł, partly EU-financed.
src-18694aa8c355d559The supplier's announcement of the contract signed on 30 December 2021 between Warsaw City Hall and Airly Public for a monitoring system at 165 locations, covered by Airly Public's technical service, with an option for 100 more sensors; it states the project's aim of designating areas of high pollutant concentrations, for example to inform low-emission zones or subsidy outreach.
src-3054ba05270f5ab2The supplier's case study of the Warsaw network; it describes maintenance as including verification of sensor measurements and random comparative tests against state reference stations, and argues that dense low-cost networks supplement but depend on the state stations.
src-cc3964661d48475cReport that the planned 170 small sensors and the large stations were delayed and would miss the 2019 heating season; the director of the city's Air Protection and Climate Policy Office expected first results around the turn of 2019/2020.
src-0c6e82038094b4d1Report on Warsaw's first smog-related free public transport, with ticket validators switched off; it explains that Warsaw decides on forecasts and at the mayor's discretion, unlike Kraków's rule based on the previous day's measurements.
src-dc93eb1d4c69f57dPAP report that city transport in Warsaw would be free on Monday 9 January 2017 because of smog, quoting the city hall: validators switched off.
src-03c02d552368689dThe city's explanation that since 1 October 2023 hard coal and coal-based solid fuels may not be burned within Warsaw's boundaries, a ban introduced by the Masovian regional assembly in its amended anti-smog resolution, with a list of city and national grants for replacing heating.
src-dbb40056d745d60aReport on the municipal police's electric 'smog van' in service since December 2025: 370 air-pollution reports in January 2026, 25 fines and seven cautions; about 500 inspections a month; and air quality monitored by city stations, GIOŚ stations and 108 additional sensors in the city.