Air quality

Air quality in Koszalin today

Updated

Good (US AQI 27) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 2:00 am (01:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Koszalin, West Pomerania, Poland, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
27 Good
PM2.5
3.8 µg/m³ 0.3× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
7.4 µg/m³
Ozone
60 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
ozone sub-index 27
Best hour today
6:00 am AQI 27
European AQI
20

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Air quality in Koszalin right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Koszalin, West Pomerania, Poland is 27, 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 ozone, whose own sub-index is 27. Ozone usually peaks in the afternoon on sunny days and falls back after sunset.

PM2.5 is 3.8 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 7.4 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 60 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 2.1 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 154 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 4 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 211 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Koszalin AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 27 around Mon 2:00 am to 34 around Tue 2:00 am, staying "Good" throughout.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 47 against 28 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Europe/Warsaw)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 2:00 am27Good3.8760
Mon 5:00 am27Good3.9759
Mon 8:00 am27Good3.8758
Mon 11:00 am27Good3.4763
Mon 2:00 pm28Good3.7965
Mon 5:00 pm29Good6.81058
Mon 8:00 pm28Good101650
Mon 11:00 pm30Good9.81442
Tue 2:00 am34Good101539
Tue 5:00 am38Good111438
Tue 8:00 am43Good9.41341
Tue 11:00 am47Good10.31550
Tue 2:00 pm50Good91456
Tue 5:00 pm52Moderate9.61351
Tue 8:00 pm52Moderate11.81555
Tue 11:00 pm52Moderate11.21453
Wed 2:00 am53Moderate12.31551

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 Koszalin today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 27, Good) and the worst around 3:00 pm (AQI 29). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Koszalin vs the rest of Poland

Across 25 Poland cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 53 (Moderate). Koszalin at 27 is 26 points cleaner than average.

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 57.

Air quality in cities near Koszalin

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Police127 km28Good3.7
Szczecin136 km28Good3.7
Gdańsk162 km42Good5.5
Bydgoszcz170 km45Good6.6
Poznań205 km40Good4.8
Malmö256 km33Good3.4
Berlin261 km28Good4.4
Copenhagen283 km33Good3.6

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Koszalin, so the numbers on this page are model estimates. Models capture regional pollution well but can miss very local sources such as a busy road or a nearby fire.

Advice for sensitive groups

With the AQI at 27, 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 AQICategoryWhat it means
0-50GoodAir quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
51-100ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsPeople with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301-500HazardousEmergency 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), NASA FIRMS.