Air quality in United States

Air quality in Texas today

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

Moderate: average US AQI 57 across 49 cities in Texas Worst now: Galveston (72); cleanest: Amarillo (36).

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

Average US AQI: 57 Moderate
United States average: 52 619 cities
Most polluted now: Galveston AQI 72
Cleanest now: Amarillo AQI 36
Cities above 100: 0

Air quality in Texas today

Right now the modelled air quality in Texas averages a US AQI of 57 (Moderate) across the 49 cities we track. By category: 11 Good, 38 Moderate (of 49).

That is 5 points worse than the United States average of 52, ranking 38 of 51 states from cleanest to most polluted.

Galveston has the worst air at 72 (PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³), and Amarillo the cleanest at 36. No tracked city is above 100, so no group needs to change plans.

Texas cities by AQI (most polluted first)

City	US AQI	Category	PM2.5 µg/m³	PM10 µg/m³	Ozone µg/m³
Galveston	72	Moderate	6.7	9	121
Missouri City	70	Moderate	8.5	9	99
Temple	69	Moderate	8.2	10	102
Cypress	67	Moderate	6.2	6	102
Beaumont	67	Moderate	9.6	10	98
The Woodlands	67	Moderate	6.2	6	102
Port Arthur	67	Moderate	9.6	10	98
Spring	67	Moderate	6.2	6	102
Houston	64	Moderate	9.3	10	95
Pasadena	64	Moderate	9.3	10	95
Killeen	64	Moderate	8.9	11	97
Waco	63	Moderate	8.4	10	93
College Station	62	Moderate	8.5	10	90
Bryan	62	Moderate	8.5	10	90
Mansfield	61	Moderate	9	11	99
Huntsville	61	Moderate	7.3	8	98
Georgetown	60	Moderate	9.1	11	100
Dallas	59	Moderate	10.2	11	99
Fort Worth	57	Moderate	10.1	12	100
Arlington	57	Moderate	10.1	12	100
Irving	57	Moderate	10.1	12	100
Grand Prairie	57	Moderate	10.1	12	100
Carrollton	57	Moderate	10.1	12	100
Lewisville	57	Moderate	10.1	12	100
Tyler	57	Moderate	4.8	5	93
Grapevine	57	Moderate	10.1	12	100
Bedford	57	Moderate	10.1	12	100
Plano	56	Moderate	9.6	10	88
Garland	56	Moderate	9.6	10	88
Richardson	56	Moderate	9.6	10	88
Allen	56	Moderate	9.6	10	88
Austin	54	Moderate	9.6	12	96
Lancaster	54	Moderate	9.4	11	91
Stephenville	54	Moderate	8	10	105
Brownsville	52	Moderate	12.3	19	96
Harlingen	52	Moderate	12.3	19	96
Corpus Christi	51	Moderate	6.6	11	102
Texarkana	51	Moderate	2.9	3	91
McAllen	50	Good	11.1	17	98
Wichita Falls	50	Good	6.9	8	101
Mission	50	Good	11.1	17	98
San Juan	50	Good	11.1	17	98
Wylie	49	Good	6.5	7	88
San Antonio	48	Good	8.3	11	82
Victoria	47	Good	5.2	8	99
Laredo	44	Good	7.5	12	91
Del Rio	44	Good	6.9	11	90
El Paso	36	Good	8.4	9	58
Amarillo	36	Good	3.4	5	75

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 Texas

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

Air quality in Texas today

Air quality in Texas today

Texas cities by AQI (most polluted first)

What the US AQI numbers mean

Cities in Texas

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