Air quality in Columbus today
United States · Updated Friday 08:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
Good European AQI
Clean air. A great time to be outside.
Pollutants right now
| Pollutant | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 4 µg/m³ | Good |
| PM10 | 5 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 4 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 54 µg/m³ | Fair |
The pollutant that matters most in Columbus right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
The air in Columbus should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 09:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 09:00 | 21 | Fair | 5 |
| Fri 12:00 | 35 | Fair | 6 |
| Fri 15:00 | 39 | Fair | 5 |
| Fri 18:00 | 38 | Fair | 5 |
| Fri 21:00 | 31 | Fair | 6 |
| Sat 00:00 | 26 | Fair | 8 |
| Sat 03:00 | 28 | Fair | 9 |
| Sat 06:00 | 29 | Fair | 10 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Columbus was 36, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 31 Aug, the most polluted 6 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Columbus good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Columbus is 18, which is good. Clean air. A great time to be outside.
- What pollutes the air in Columbus?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Columbus. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Columbus be cleanest?
- The air in Columbus should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 09:00.
- 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.