Air quality in Manchester today
United Kingdom · Updated Friday 13:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
Fair European AQI
Fine for almost everyone.
Pollutants right now
| Pollutant | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5 µg/m³ | Good |
| PM10 | 11 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 22 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 45 µg/m³ | Good |
The pollutant that matters most in Manchester right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
Over the next 24 hours the air in Manchester is expected to be worst around Sat 01:00 (AQI 46, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 12:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 14:00 | 24 | Fair | 5 |
| Fri 17:00 | 27 | Fair | 4 |
| Fri 20:00 | 41 | Moderate | 6 |
| Fri 23:00 | 43 | Moderate | 7 |
| Sat 02:00 | 45 | Moderate | 8 |
| Sat 05:00 | 39 | Fair | 11 |
| Sat 08:00 | 33 | Fair | 8 |
| Sat 11:00 | 21 | Fair | 6 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Manchester was 25, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 3 Sept, the most polluted 22 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Manchester good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Manchester is 36, which is fair. Fine for almost everyone.
- What pollutes the air in Manchester?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Manchester. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Manchester be cleanest?
- Over the next 24 hours the air in Manchester is expected to be worst around Sat 01:00 (AQI 46, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 12:00.
- 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.