Air Pollution in Aachen: Real-time Air Quality Index and smog alert.

The latest data Last 7 days Quality of life
Current data from stations: Aachen-Burtscheid Aachen Wilhelmstraße
Locations: « Städteregion Aachen Aachen Steinebrück »
Pollution and air quality forecast for Aachen. Today is Friday, May 2, 2025. The following air pollution values have been recorded for Aachen:
  1. particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust - 34 (Moderate)
  2. nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - 63 (Moderate)
  3. ozone (O3) - 9 (Good)
  4. particulate matter (PM2.5) dust - 14 (Moderate)
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) for Aachen, Wednesday, January 17, 2024: 2.

air quality index: 1
AQI 2 Moderate

What is the air quality in Aachen today? Is the air polluted in Aachen?. Is there smog?

Today (Wednesday, January 17, 2024) air quality is moderate in Aachen. Some pollutants in Aachen may slightly affect very few hypersensitive individuals. Air pollutants in Aachen may cause minor breathing discomfort to sensitive people.


What is the level of PM10 today in Aachen? (particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust)
The current level of particulate matter PM10 in Aachen is: 34 (Moderate) The highest PM10 values usually occur in month: 21 (May 2018). The lowest value of particulate matter PM10 pollution in Aachen is usually recorded in: October (3.7).

How high is the level of NO2? (nitrogen dioxide (NO2))
63 (Moderate)

How is the O3 level today in Aachen? (ozone (O3))
9 (Good)

What is the current level of PM2.5 in Aachen? (particulate matter (PM2.5) dust)
Today's PM2.5 level is: 14 (Moderate) For comparison, the highest level of PM2.5 in Aachen in the last 7 days was: 33 (Thursday, January 11, 2024) and the lowest: 8 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024). The highest PM2.5 values were recorded: 8.4 (May 2020). The lowest level of particulate matter PM2.5 pollution occurs in month: May (8.4).



Current data Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9:00 AM

PM10 34 (Moderate)

32 (Good)

NO2 63 (Moderate)

O3 9 (Good)

PM2,5 14 (Moderate)

Data on air pollution from recent days in Aachen

index 2024-01-10 2024-01-11 2024-01-12 2024-01-13 2024-01-14 2024-01-15 2024-01-16 2024-01-17
no2 42
Moderate		 47
Moderate		 44
Moderate		 20
Good		 10
Good		 19
Good		 24
Good		 33
Good
no 24
Good		 62
Good		 31
Good		 8
Good		 5
Good		 13
Good		 14
Good		 13
Good
o3 7
Good		 5
Good		 18
Good		 39
Good		 43
Good		 53
Good		 49
Good		 34
Good
pm10 31
Moderate		 50
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups		 32
Moderate		 19
Good		 11
Good		 15
Good		 16
Good		 16
Good
pm25 21
Moderate		 33
Moderate		 22
Moderate		 17
Moderate		 10
Good		 11
Good		 8
Good		 9
Good
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Air pollution in Aachen from November 2019 to May 2020

index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-10 2019-09 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2019-11
pm10 13 (Good) 16 (Good) 13 (Good) 10 (Good) 17 (Good) 19 (Good) 3.7 (Good) 5.1 (Good) 9.8 (Good) 12 (Good) 13 (Good) 20 (Moderate) 15 (Good) 17 (Good) 16 (Good) 10 (Good) 13 (Good) 19 (Good) 16 (Good) 14 (Good) 15 (Good) 19 (Good) 21 (Moderate) 13 (Good) 14 (Good) 19 (Good) 19 (Good) 11 (Good) 13 (Good) 12 (Good) 15 (Good) - (Good)
no2 13 (Good) 21 (Good) 14 (Good) 9.1 (Good) 23 (Good) 23 (Good) 3.7 (Good) 4.9 (Good) 11 (Good) 14 (Good) 17 (Good) 22 (Good) 15 (Good) 22 (Good) 20 (Good) 16 (Good) 20 (Good) 21 (Good) 21 (Good) 18 (Good) 21 (Good) 19 (Good) 22 (Good) 22 (Good) 28 (Good) 29 (Good) 23 (Good) 24 (Good) 26 (Good) 23 (Good) 30 (Good) 11 (Good)
o3 56 (Good) 55 (Good) 55 (Good) 64 (Good) 32 (Good) 43 (Good) 15 (Good) 17 (Good) 56 (Good) 56 (Good) 47 (Good) 45 (Good) 53 (Good) 36 (Good) 38 (Good) 44 (Good) 24 (Good) 26 (Good) 35 (Good) 42 (Good) 52 (Good) 38 (Good) 44 (Good) 61 (Good) 55 (Good) 41 (Good) 46 (Good) 39 (Good) 38 (Good) 46 (Good) 36 (Good) - (Good)
pm25 8.4 (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good)
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Quality of life in Aachen

Green and Parks in the City

Aachen 68%

Luxembourg: 83% Netherlands: 82% Czech Republic: 77% Belgium: 64% Liechtenstein: 88%

particulate matter PM2.5

Aachen 11 (Good)

Pleasure of spending time in the city

Aachen 66%

Luxembourg: 85% Netherlands: 88% Czech Republic: 77% Belgium: 64% Liechtenstein: 94%

particulate matter PM10

Aachen 20 (Moderate)

Air Pollution

Aachen 32%

Luxembourg: 19% Netherlands: 21% Czech Republic: 35% Belgium: 45% Liechtenstein: 6.3%

Garbage Disposal

Aachen 71%

Luxembourg: 84% Netherlands: 79% Czech Republic: 74% Belgium: 54% Liechtenstein: 100%

Availability and quality of drinking water

Aachen 87%

Luxembourg: 83% Netherlands: 92% Czech Republic: 84% Belgium: 70% Liechtenstein: 100%

Cleanliness and tidiness

Aachen 72%

Luxembourg: 82% Netherlands: 77% Czech Republic: 65% Belgium: 46% Liechtenstein: 94%

Noise and Light pollution

Aachen 51%

Luxembourg: 29% Netherlands: 31% Czech Republic: 44% Belgium: 54% Liechtenstein: 19%

Water Pollution

Aachen 25%

Luxembourg: 19% Netherlands: 17% Czech Republic: 28% Belgium: 42% Liechtenstein: 0%
Source: Numbeo


Aachen-Burtscheid

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9:00 AM

PM10 20 (Moderate)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

19 (Good)

index_name_no

NO2 58 (Moderate)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

O3 8.5 (Good)

ozone (O3)

Aachen Wilhelmstraße

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9:00 AM

46 (Good)

index_name_no

PM10 47 (Moderate)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

PM2,5 14 (Moderate)

particulate matter (PM2.5) dust

NO2 69 (Moderate)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

Aachen-Burtscheid

index 2024-01-17 2024-01-16 2024-01-15 2024-01-14 2024-01-13 2024-01-12 2024-01-11 2024-01-10
no2 26 14 9.9 5.8 14 33 40 35
no 5 1.4 0.2 0.31 0.39 8 27 14
o3 34 49 53 43 39 18 5.1 7.5
pm10 13 19 14 - - 39 46 31

Aachen Wilhelmstraße

index 2024-01-17 2024-01-16 2024-01-15 2024-01-14 2024-01-13 2024-01-12 2024-01-11 2024-01-10
no2 40 34 27 14 26 54 54 48
pm10 19 13 16 11 19 25 54 30
pm25 8.8 8.2 11 9.5 17 22 33 21
no 22 26 26 9.9 16 54 98 34

DENW094

index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-10 2019-09 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09
pm10 12 14 13 9 13 - 2.9 3.3 9.8 12 13 20 15 17 16 10 13 19 16 14 15 19 21 13 14 19 19 11 13 12 15
no2 8 9.3 9.1 5.3 16 8.2 2.1 1.9 5.6 7.1 9.7 11 6.9 11 11 8.6 12 12 11 10 11 9.1 11 8.6 16 17 12 14 14 8.8 14
o3 56 55 55 64 32 43 15 17 56 56 47 45 53 36 38 44 24 26 35 42 52 38 44 61 55 41 46 39 38 46 36

DENW207

index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-11 2019-10 2019-09 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09
no2 18 32 20 13 31 38 11 5.3 7.9 16 22 25 33 23 34 28 24 27 30 31 26 31 28 33 35 41 40 34 35 39 36 47
pm10 14 19 14 11 22 19 - 4.4 6.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
pm25 8.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

* Pollution data source: https://openaq.org (EEA Germany) The data is licensed under CC-By 4.0