Air quality

Air quality in Edmonton, England today

Updated

Good (US AQI 30) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 12:00 am (00:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Edmonton, England, United Kingdom, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
30 Good
PM2.5
5.6 µg/m³ 0.4× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
14 µg/m³
Ozone
56 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
ozone sub-index 30
Best hour today
10:00 am AQI 24
European AQI
21

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Air quality in Edmonton, England right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Edmonton, England, United Kingdom is 30, 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 ozone, whose own sub-index is 30. Ozone usually peaks in the afternoon on sunny days and falls back after sunset.

PM2.5 is 5.6 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 14 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 56 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 11 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 166 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 40 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 127 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Edmonton, England AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 24 around Mon 10:00 am to 30 around Mon 12:00 am, staying "Good" throughout.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 26.

Local time (Europe/London)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 12:00 am30Good5.61456
Mon 3:00 am28Good4.31661
Mon 6:00 am27Good4.91852
Mon 9:00 am25Good5.11248
Mon 12:00 pm24Good3.2559
Mon 3:00 pm24Good3.7650
Mon 6:00 pm26Good61148
Mon 9:00 pm27Good4.7950
Tue 12:00 am26Good3.6751
Tue 3:00 am25Good3.1753
Tue 6:00 am25Good2.7657
Tue 9:00 am25Good2.9653
Tue 12:00 pm26Good3.4963
Tue 3:00 pm27Good3.4964
Tue 6:00 pm28Good4.51153
Tue 9:00 pm27Good5.61251
Wed 12:00 am25Good5.71254

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 Edmonton, England today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 10:00 am (AQI 24, Good) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 27). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Edmonton, England vs the rest of United Kingdom

Across 117 United Kingdom cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 33 (Good). Edmonton, England at 30 is about average.

It ranks 16 of 117 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is London (28) and the most polluted Newquay (38).

For context, the median across 3,556 cities worldwide is 58.

Air quality in cities near Edmonton, England

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Tottenham3 km28Good4.8
Enfield Town3 km30Good5.6
Walthamstow5 km28Good4.8
Islington10 km28Good4.8
Ilford12 km28Good4.8
London14 km28Good4.8
Barking14 km28Good4.8
City of Westminster15 km28Good4.8

Model vs measured

The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 2.8 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 26 sensors), centred about 23 km from the city centre. That is close to the model estimate of 5.6 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 30, 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 AQICategoryWhat it means
0-50GoodAir quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
51-100ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsPeople with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301-500HazardousEmergency 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.