Air quality in Edinburgh today
United Kingdom · Updated Friday 10:00 (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 | 10 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 7 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 57 µg/m³ | Fair |
The pollutant that matters most in Edinburgh right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
The air in Edinburgh should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 19:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11:00 | 20 | Good | 4 |
| Fri 14:00 | 23 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 17:00 | 21 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 20:00 | 19 | Good | 5 |
| Fri 23:00 | 18 | Good | 4 |
| Sat 02:00 | 19 | Good | 4 |
| Sat 05:00 | 21 | Fair | 4 |
| Sat 08:00 | 19 | Good | 4 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Edinburgh was 21, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 15 Sept, the most polluted 13 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Edinburgh good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Edinburgh is 19, which is good. Clean air. A great time to be outside.
- What pollutes the air in Edinburgh?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Edinburgh. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Edinburgh be cleanest?
- The air in Edinburgh should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 19:00.
- 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.