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Air quality in Birmingham today

United Kingdom · Updated Friday 08:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

41

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.517 µg/m³Fair
PM1019 µg/m³Good
NO₂22 µg/m³Good
O₃30 µg/m³Good

The pollutant that matters most in Birmingham right now is PM2.5.

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Birmingham is expected to be worst around Fri 09:00 (AQI 41, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 06:00.

Fri 09:00: AQI 41Fri 10:00: AQI 38Fri 11:00: AQI 34Fri 12:00: AQI 30Fri 13:00: AQI 26Fri 14:00: AQI 24Fri 15:00: AQI 26Fri 16:00: AQI 27Fri 17:00: AQI 25Fri 18:00: AQI 25Fri 19:00: AQI 32Fri 20:00: AQI 30Fri 21:00: AQI 26Fri 22:00: AQI 25Fri 23:00: AQI 25Sat 00:00: AQI 25Sat 01:00: AQI 23Sat 02:00: AQI 24Sat 03:00: AQI 23Sat 04:00: AQI 24Sat 05:00: AQI 22Sat 06:00: AQI 20Sat 07:00: AQI 21Sat 08:00: AQI 24Fri 09:00Fri 21:00Sat 08:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 09:0041Moderate16
Fri 12:0030Fair10
Fri 15:0026Fair6
Fri 18:0025Fair5
Fri 21:0026Fair4
Sat 00:0025Fair3
Sat 03:0023Fair7
Sat 06:0020Good4

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Birmingham was 23, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 4 Sept, the most polluted 22 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 2331 Aug: AQI 211 Sept: AQI 212 Sept: AQI 213 Sept: AQI 194 Sept: AQI 185 Sept: AQI 236 Sept: AQI 297 Sept: AQI 238 Sept: AQI 219 Sept: AQI 2310 Sept: AQI 2711 Sept: AQI 2412 Sept: AQI 2213 Sept: AQI 2114 Sept: AQI 1815 Sept: AQI 1916 Sept: AQI 1917 Sept: AQI 2118 Sept: AQI 2319 Sept: AQI 2220 Sept: AQI 2621 Sept: AQI 3422 Sept: AQI 3523 Sept: AQI 2830 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Birmingham good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Birmingham is 41, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Birmingham?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Birmingham. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Birmingham be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Birmingham is expected to be worst around Fri 09:00 (AQI 41, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 06:00.
Where does this data come from?
Wheezair shows model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), served by Open-Meteo: about 11 km resolution in Europe and 40 km elsewhere, updated daily. They are not station measurements, so a busy street can be worse than its city's value.

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