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Air quality in Southampton today

United Kingdom · Updated Friday 01:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

42

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.513 µg/m³Fair
PM1016 µg/m³Good
NO₂29 µg/m³Good
O₃34 µg/m³Good

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Southampton is expected to be worst around Fri 08:00 (AQI 45, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 01:00.

Fri 02:00: AQI 41Fri 03:00: AQI 42Fri 04:00: AQI 42Fri 05:00: AQI 41Fri 06:00: AQI 43Fri 07:00: AQI 43Fri 08:00: AQI 45Fri 09:00: AQI 44Fri 10:00: AQI 42Fri 11:00: AQI 40Fri 12:00: AQI 35Fri 13:00: AQI 28Fri 14:00: AQI 27Fri 15:00: AQI 33Fri 16:00: AQI 36Fri 17:00: AQI 34Fri 18:00: AQI 30Fri 19:00: AQI 33Fri 20:00: AQI 33Fri 21:00: AQI 29Fri 22:00: AQI 27Fri 23:00: AQI 28Sat 00:00: AQI 28Sat 01:00: AQI 23Fri 02:00Fri 14:00Sat 01:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 02:0041Moderate12
Fri 05:0041Moderate12
Fri 08:0045Moderate15
Fri 11:0040Fair15
Fri 14:0027Fair8
Fri 17:0034Fair8
Fri 20:0033Fair12
Fri 23:0028Fair9

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Southampton was 23, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 13 Sept, the most polluted 6 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 2531 Aug: AQI 211 Sept: AQI 212 Sept: AQI 223 Sept: AQI 174 Sept: AQI 175 Sept: AQI 226 Sept: AQI 357 Sept: AQI 258 Sept: AQI 239 Sept: AQI 2010 Sept: AQI 2411 Sept: AQI 2012 Sept: AQI 2213 Sept: AQI 1614 Sept: AQI 1715 Sept: AQI 2216 Sept: AQI 1817 Sept: AQI 2318 Sept: AQI 2419 Sept: AQI 2520 Sept: AQI 2321 Sept: AQI 3022 Sept: AQI 3423 Sept: AQI 3530 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Southampton good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Southampton is 42, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Southampton?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Southampton. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Southampton be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Southampton is expected to be worst around Fri 08:00 (AQI 45, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 01:00.
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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