Air quality in Australia
Air quality in Queensland today
Updated
Good: average US AQI 29 across 9 cities in Queensland Worst now: Townsville (43); cleanest: Logan City (20).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Queensland, compared with the Australia average.
- Average US AQI
- 29 Good
- Australia average
- 27 27 cities
- Most polluted now
- Townsville AQI 43
- Cleanest now
- Logan City AQI 20
- Cities above 100
- 0
Air quality in Queensland today
Right now the modelled air quality in Queensland averages a US AQI of 29 (Good) across the 9 cities we track. By category: 9 Good (of 9).
That is close to the Australia average of 27, ranking 5 of 8 states from cleanest to most polluted.
Townsville has the worst air at 43 (PM2.5 6.8 µg/m³), and Logan City the cleanest at 20. No tracked city is above 100, so no group needs to change plans.
Queensland cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville | 43 | Good | 6.8 | 11 | 39 |
| Cairns | 40 | Good | 7 | 10 | 35 |
| Gold Coast | 31 | Good | 4.2 | 7 | 49 |
| Hervey Bay | 31 | Good | 4.4 | 7 | 43 |
| Mackay | 29 | Good | 4.8 | 7 | 39 |
| Gladstone | 25 | Good | 3.7 | 5 | 41 |
| Sunshine Coast | 21 | Good | 2 | 3 | 45 |
| Brisbane | 20 | Good | 1.9 | 2 | 45 |
| Logan City | 20 | Good | 1.9 | 2 | 45 |
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.
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).