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Air quality in Los Angeles today

United States · Updated Thursday 23:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

60

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.521 µg/m³Moderate
PM1025 µg/m³Fair
NO₂60 µg/m³Fair
O₃24 µg/m³Good

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Los Angeles is expected to be worst around Fri 04:00 (AQI 68, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 19:00.

Fri 00:00: AQI 63Fri 01:00: AQI 64Fri 02:00: AQI 65Fri 03:00: AQI 67Fri 04:00: AQI 68Fri 05:00: AQI 68Fri 06:00: AQI 67Fri 07:00: AQI 66Fri 08:00: AQI 63Fri 09:00: AQI 58Fri 10:00: AQI 51Fri 11:00: AQI 49Fri 12:00: AQI 49Fri 13:00: AQI 48Fri 14:00: AQI 54Fri 15:00: AQI 56Fri 16:00: AQI 51Fri 17:00: AQI 43Fri 18:00: AQI 38Fri 19:00: AQI 36Fri 20:00: AQI 36Fri 21:00: AQI 47Fri 22:00: AQI 58Fri 23:00: AQI 65Fri 00:00Fri 12:00Fri 23:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 00:0063Poor23
Fri 03:0067Poor29
Fri 06:0067Poor41
Fri 09:0058Moderate34
Fri 12:0049Moderate30
Fri 15:0056Moderate22
Fri 18:0038Fair14
Fri 21:0047Moderate14

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Los Angeles was 49, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 17 Sept, the most polluted 30 Aug.

30 Aug: AQI 5731 Aug: AQI 481 Sept: AQI 442 Sept: AQI 503 Sept: AQI 484 Sept: AQI 465 Sept: AQI 506 Sept: AQI 517 Sept: AQI 448 Sept: AQI 479 Sept: AQI 4810 Sept: AQI 5411 Sept: AQI 5712 Sept: AQI 5613 Sept: AQI 5214 Sept: AQI 5415 Sept: AQI 4516 Sept: AQI 4417 Sept: AQI 3918 Sept: AQI 4719 Sept: AQI 5220 Sept: AQI 5721 Sept: AQI 4122 Sept: AQI 4023 Sept: AQI 5130 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Los Angeles good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Los Angeles is 60, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Los Angeles?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Los Angeles. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Los Angeles be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Los Angeles is expected to be worst around Fri 04:00 (AQI 68, poor). 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.

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