Air quality

Air quality in League City today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 61) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 8:00 pm (01:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for League City, Texas, United States, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
61 Moderate
PM2.5
13 µg/m³ 0.9× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
13 µg/m³
Ozone
81 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
ozone sub-index 61
Best hour tomorrow
6:00 am AQI 54
European AQI
36

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Air quality in League City right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for League City, Texas, United States is 61, which falls in the "Moderate" band (up to 100). Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.

The index is driven mainly by ozone, whose own sub-index is 61. Ozone usually peaks in the afternoon on sunny days and falls back after sunset.

PM2.5 is 13 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 13 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 81 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 21 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 151 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 100 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 13 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

League City AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 54 around Mon 3:00 am to 61 around Sun 8:00 pm, staying "Moderate" throughout.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 61 against 55 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (America/Chicago)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 8:00 pm61Moderate12.91381
Sun 11:00 pm56Moderate10.61171
Mon 2:00 am55Moderate12.91464
Mon 5:00 am54Moderate12.81350
Mon 8:00 am54Moderate13.11445
Mon 11:00 am54Moderate13.41667
Mon 2:00 pm55Moderate14.318115
Mon 5:00 pm56Moderate13.918111
Mon 8:00 pm58Moderate16.81972
Mon 11:00 pm59Moderate15.81854
Tue 2:00 am60Moderate15.41857
Tue 5:00 am61Moderate15.81746
Tue 8:00 am61Moderate15.31742
Tue 11:00 am62Moderate16.62072
Tue 2:00 pm62Moderate15.220114
Tue 5:00 pm62Moderate14.820102
Tue 8:00 pm63Moderate17.52274

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 League City tomorrow

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 54, Moderate) and the worst around 8:00 pm (AQI 58). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

League City vs the rest of United States

Across 619 United States cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 53 (Moderate). League City at 61 is 8 points worse than average.

For context, the median across 3,556 cities worldwide is 58.

Air quality in cities near League City

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Pasadena23 km65Moderate11.3
Galveston37 km74Moderate6.6
Houston39 km65Moderate11.3
Missouri City45 km73Moderate10.9
Spring71 km69Moderate8
Cypress78 km69Moderate8
The Woodlands82 km69Moderate8
Beaumont115 km69Moderate13.1

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of League City, 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

At 61, most people are fine outdoors. If you are unusually sensitive to ozone, keep long or intense workouts to the cleaner hours shown above.

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.