Air quality in United States
Air quality in New Jersey today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 88 across 17 cities in New Jersey Worst now: Vineland (98); cleanest: Atlantic City (58).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across New Jersey, compared with the United States average.
- Average US AQI
- 88 Moderate
- United States average
- 49 619 cities
- Most polluted now
- Vineland AQI 98
- Cleanest now
- Atlantic City AQI 58
- Cities above 100
- 0
Air quality in New Jersey today
Right now the modelled air quality in New Jersey averages a US AQI of 88 (Moderate) across the 17 cities we track. By category: 17 Moderate (of 17).
That is 39 points worse than the United States average of 49, ranking 51 of 51 states from cleanest to most polluted.
Vineland has the worst air at 98 (PM2.5 17 µg/m³), and Atlantic City the cleanest at 58. No tracked city is above 100, so no group needs to change plans.
New Jersey cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vineland | 98 | Moderate | 16.6 | 19 | 100 |
| Newark | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Jersey City | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Elizabeth | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Clifton | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Union City | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Union | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Bloomfield | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Kearny | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Orange | 97 | Moderate | 12.5 | 13 | 88 |
| Edison | 85 | Moderate | 8.6 | 9 | 96 |
| Jackson | 85 | Moderate | 13.3 | 14 | 100 |
| Somerset | 85 | Moderate | 8.6 | 9 | 96 |
| Paterson | 72 | Moderate | 7 | 7 | 95 |
| Wayne | 72 | Moderate | 7 | 7 | 95 |
| Toms River | 68 | Moderate | 17.5 | 19 | 88 |
| Atlantic City | 58 | Moderate | 10.9 | 12 | 104 |
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 New Jersey
- Air quality in Newark
- Air quality in Jersey City
- Air quality in Paterson
- Air quality in Elizabeth
- Air quality in Edison
- Air quality in Toms River
- Air quality in Clifton
- Air quality in Union City
- Air quality in Vineland
- Air quality in Wayne
- Air quality in Union
- Air quality in Jackson
- Air quality in Bloomfield
- Air quality in Kearny
- Air quality in Atlantic City
- Air quality in Orange
- Air quality in Somerset
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).