Air quality in Palmerston North today
New Zealand · Updated Saturday 02:00 (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 | 3 µg/m³ | Good |
| PM10 | 5 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 4 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 29 µg/m³ | Good |
The pollutant that matters most in Palmerston North right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
The air in Palmerston North should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 07:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 03:00 | 12 | Good | 3 |
| Sat 06:00 | 11 | Good | 3 |
| Sat 09:00 | 11 | Good | 3 |
| Sat 12:00 | 17 | Good | 2 |
| Sat 15:00 | 23 | Fair | 7 |
| Sat 18:00 | 18 | Good | 5 |
| Sat 21:00 | 19 | Good | 5 |
| Sun 00:00 | 16 | Good | 4 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Palmerston North was 21, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 10 Sept, the most polluted 21 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Palmerston North good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Palmerston North is 12, which is good. Clean air. A great time to be outside.
- What pollutes the air in Palmerston North?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Palmerston North. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Palmerston North be cleanest?
- The air in Palmerston North should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 07:00.
- 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.