Air quality in United States

Air quality in Florida today

Updated Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:41:43 GMT

Good: average US AQI 40 across 33 cities in Florida Worst now: Jacksonville (45); cleanest: Panama City, FL (35).

Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Florida, compared with the United States average.

Average US AQI: 40 Good
United States average: 49 619 cities
Most polluted now: Jacksonville AQI 45
Cleanest now: Panama City, FL AQI 35
Cities above 100: 0

Air quality in Florida today

Right now the modelled air quality in Florida averages a US AQI of 40 (Good) across the 33 cities we track. By category: 33 Good (of 33).

That is 9 points cleaner than the United States average of 49, ranking 23 of 51 states from cleanest to most polluted.

Jacksonville has the worst air at 45 (PM2.5 10 µg/m³), and Panama City, FL the cleanest at 35. No tracked city is above 100, so no group needs to change plans.

Florida cities by AQI (most polluted first)

City	US AQI	Category	PM2.5 µg/m³	PM10 µg/m³	Ozone µg/m³
Jacksonville	45	Good	10.4	17	90
Daytona Beach	43	Good	12.2	20	89
Ormond Beach	43	Good	12.2	20	89
Fort Lauderdale	41	Good	5.3	9	91
Pembroke Pines	41	Good	5.3	9	91
Hollywood	41	Good	5.3	9	91
Miramar	41	Good	5.3	9	91
Clearwater	41	Good	8.1	12	93
Miami Gardens	41	Good	5.3	9	91
Pompano Beach	41	Good	5.5	9	90
Davie	41	Good	5.3	9	91
Boca Raton	41	Good	5.5	9	90
Largo	41	Good	8.1	12	93
Deerfield Beach	41	Good	5.5	9	90
Boynton Beach	41	Good	5.5	9	90
Dunedin	41	Good	8.1	12	93
Miami	40	Good	5.4	9	92
Tampa	40	Good	8.2	13	91
Orlando	40	Good	12.3	20	85
Hialeah	40	Good	5.4	9	92
Brandon	40	Good	8.2	13	91
Miami Beach	40	Good	5.4	9	92
Kissimmee	40	Good	10.1	16	88
Westchester	40	Good	5.4	9	92
Palm Bay	39	Good	14.9	25	85
Melbourne	39	Good	14.9	25	85
Wellington	38	Good	6.2	10	86
Venice	38	Good	8.1	13	86
Pensacola	37	Good	7.8	10	94
Gainesville	36	Good	6.9	11	85
Fort Myers	36	Good	7.7	12	80
Port Charlotte	36	Good	7.7	12	80
Panama City	35	Good	6.2	8	87

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.

Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.

Cities in Florida

Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).

Air quality in Florida today

Air quality in Florida today

Florida cities by AQI (most polluted first)

What the US AQI numbers mean

Cities in Florida

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