Air quality
Air quality in Gdańsk today
Updated
Good (US AQI 41) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 3:00 am (02:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 41 Good
- PM2.5
- 4.9 µg/m³ 0.3× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 6.7 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 53 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 41
- Best hour today
- 2:00 pm AQI 32
- European AQI
- 20
Air quality in Gdańsk right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Gdańsk, Pomerania, Poland is 41, 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 41. 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 4.9 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 6.7 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 53 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 3.2 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: carbon monoxide 160 µg/m³.
NASA FIRMS shows 2 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 116 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Gdańsk AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 32 around Mon 2:00 pm to 42 around Tue 3:00 am, staying "Good" throughout.
The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 54 against 36 for the next 24 hours.
| Local time (Europe/Warsaw) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3:00 am | 41 | Good | 4.9 | 7 | 53 |
| Mon 6:00 am | 37 | Good | 4.9 | 8 | 54 |
| Mon 9:00 am | 34 | Good | 4.5 | 8 | 55 |
| Mon 12:00 pm | 33 | Good | 4.2 | 7 | 62 |
| Mon 3:00 pm | 33 | Good | 5.2 | 9 | 63 |
| Mon 6:00 pm | 34 | Good | 11.8 | 14 | 49 |
| Mon 9:00 pm | 38 | Good | 11.5 | 17 | 48 |
| Tue 12:00 am | 39 | Good | 10.3 | 16 | 46 |
| Tue 3:00 am | 42 | Good | 11.6 | 16 | 41 |
| Tue 6:00 am | 47 | Good | 13.7 | 20 | 30 |
| Tue 9:00 am | 51 | Moderate | 15 | 19 | 36 |
| Tue 12:00 pm | 53 | Moderate | 12.5 | 15 | 44 |
| Tue 3:00 pm | 55 | Moderate | 10.6 | 17 | 48 |
| Tue 6:00 pm | 57 | Moderate | 18.2 | 28 | 41 |
| Tue 9:00 pm | 58 | Moderate | 24 | 24 | 43 |
| Wed 12:00 am | 61 | Moderate | 21.1 | 26 | 41 |
| Wed 3:00 am | 64 | Moderate | 22.5 | 28 | 41 |
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 Gdańsk today
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 2:00 pm (AQI 32, Good) and the worst around 9:00 pm (AQI 38). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.
Gdańsk vs the rest of Poland
Across 24 Poland cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 53 (Moderate). Gdańsk at 41 is 12 points cleaner than average.
It ranks 5 of 24 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Szczecin (28) and the most polluted Kraków (63).
For context, the median across 3,556 cities worldwide is 58.
Air quality in cities near Gdańsk
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaliningrad | 126 km | 43 | Good | 7.9 |
| Bydgoszcz | 143 km | 44 | Good | 6 |
| Poznań | 245 km | 39 | Good | 4.9 |
| Białołeka | 273 km | 62 | Moderate | 9.9 |
| Bielany | 275 km | 62 | Moderate | 9.9 |
| Bemowo | 277 km | 62 | Moderate | 9.9 |
| Targówek | 279 km | 62 | Moderate | 9.9 |
| Wola | 281 km | 62 | Moderate | 9.9 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 2.8 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 42 sensors), centred about 10 km from the city centre. That is close to the model estimate of 4.9 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 41, 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.