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

The latest data Last 7 days Highland pollution February 2016 - May 2020 Quality of life
Current data from stations: Fort William Inverness Strathvaich
Locations: « Scotland Highland Inverness » Inchbae Lodge » Inverlochy »
Pollution and air quality forecast for Highland. Today is Monday, April 29, 2024. The following air pollution values have been recorded for Highland:
  1. ozone (O3) - 66 (Good)
  2. nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - 9 (Good)
  3. particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust - 3 (Good)
  4. particulate matter (PM2.5) dust - 1 (Good)
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) for Highland, Tuesday, April 16, 2024: 1.

air quality index: 0
AQI 1 Good

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

Today (Tuesday, April 16, 2024) air quality is good. The air quality has no effect on health. Everyone can continue their outdoor activities normally in Highland.


How is the O3 level today in Highland? (ozone (O3))
66 (Good)

How high is the level of NO2? (nitrogen dioxide (NO2))
9 (Good)

What is the level of PM10 today in Highland? (particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust)
The current level of particulate matter PM10 in Highland is: 3 (Good) The highest PM10 values usually occur in month: 22 (April 2019). The lowest value of particulate matter PM10 pollution in Highland is usually recorded in: January (4.5).

What is the current level of PM2.5 in Highland? (particulate matter (PM2.5) dust)
Today's PM2.5 level is: 1 (Good) For comparison, the highest level of PM2.5 in Highland in the last 7 days was: 4 (Thursday, April 11, 2024) and the lowest: 1 (Monday, April 15, 2024). The highest PM2.5 values were recorded: 13 (April 2019). The lowest level of particulate matter PM2.5 pollution occurs in month: September (2.5).



Current data Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 12:00 AM

O3 66 (Good)

NO2 9 (Good)

PM10 3 (Good)

PM2,5 1 (Good)

Data on air pollution from recent days in Highland

index 2024-01-31 2024-02-02 2024-02-03 2024-02-04 2024-02-05 2024-02-06 2024-02-07 2024-04-10 2024-04-11 2024-04-12 2024-04-13 2024-04-14 2024-04-15 2024-04-16
o3 76
Moderate		 74
Moderate		 79
Moderate		 80
Moderate		 73
Moderate		 71
Moderate		 21
Good		 71
Moderate		 87
Moderate		 85
Moderate		 92
Moderate		 93
Moderate		 96
Moderate		 93
Moderate
no2 1
Good		 7
Good		 3
Good		 4
Good		 2
Good		 9
Good		 9
Good		 9
Good		 6
Good		 5
Good		 5
Good		 5
Good		 10
Good		 2
Good
pm10 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 4
Good		 6
Good		 8
Good		 6
Good		 5
Good		 4
Good		 3
Good
pm25 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 2
Good		 4
Good		 4
Good		 4
Good		 2
Good		 1
Good		 1
Good
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Air pollution in Highland from February 2016 to May 2020
pollution pm25 hikersbay.com
index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-11 2019-10 2019-09 2019-08 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 2017-08 2017-07 2017-06 2017-05 2017-04 2017-03 2017-02 2017-01 2016-12 2016-11 2016-10 2016-09 2016-08 2016-07 2016-06 2016-05 2016-04 2016-03 2016-02
o3 66 (Good) 73 (Moderate) 71 (Moderate) 73 (Moderate) 72 (Moderate) 59 (Good) 46 (Good) 56 (Good) 49 (Good) 56 (Good) 51 (Good) 63 (Good) 71 (Moderate) 85 (Moderate) 80 (Moderate) 64 (Good) 58 (Good) 53 (Good) 53 (Good) 59 (Good) 57 (Good) 48 (Good) 50 (Good) 62 (Good) 75 (Moderate) 77 (Moderate) 75 (Moderate) 66 (Good) 64 (Good) 60 (Good) 62 (Good) 61 (Good) 50 (Good) 46 (Good) 48 (Good) 57 (Good) 72 (Moderate) 82 (Moderate) 70 (Moderate) 69 (Good) 61 (Good) 62 (Good) 52 (Good) 50 (Good) 52 (Good) 41 (Good) 46 (Good) 61 (Good) 81 (Moderate) 68 (Good) 63 (Good) 57 (Good)
no2 4.5 (Good) 4.8 (Good) 11 (Good) 11 (Good) 11 (Good) 17 (Good) 17 (Good) 11 (Good) 11 (Good) 7.8 (Good) 7.4 (Good) 7.5 (Good) 8.6 (Good) 13 (Good) 10 (Good) 15 (Good) 17 (Good) 20 (Good) 19 (Good) 16 (Good) 11 (Good) 8.3 (Good) 7.8 (Good) 7.9 (Good) 9.2 (Good) 12 (Good) 13 (Good) 17 (Good) 20 (Good) 24 (Good) 16 (Good) 18 (Good) 15 (Good) 11 (Good) 8.2 (Good) 10 (Good) 10 (Good) 12 (Good) 18 (Good) 20 (Good) 19 (Good) 17 (Good) 22 (Good) 17 (Good) 13 (Good) 10 (Good) 12 (Good) 7.5 (Good) 9.2 (Good) 13 (Good) 18 (Good) 30 (Good)
pm25 3.9 (Good) 5.5 (Good) 4.6 (Good) 4 (Good) 2.8 (Good) 5 (Good) 8.3 (Good) 3.8 (Good) 3.6 (Good) 3.7 (Good) 4.2 (Good) 3.6 (Good) 4.4 (Good) 13 (Good) 5.3 (Good) 7 (Good) 4.5 (Good) 6.5 (Good) 8.3 (Good) 4.3 (Good) 2.5 (Good) 3 (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)
pm10 7.2 (Good) 11 (Good) 11 (Good) 6.9 (Good) 4.5 (Good) 6.7 (Good) 12 (Good) 6.6 (Good) 7 (Good) 6.8 (Good) 7.6 (Good) 6.9 (Good) 8.6 (Good) 22 (Moderate) 10 (Good) 13 (Good) 7.2 (Good) 8.8 (Good) 12 (Good) 8.3 (Good) 5.6 (Good) 6.5 (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 Highland

Green and Parks in the City

Highland 63%

Isle of Man: 78% Ireland: 72% Netherlands: 82% Belgium: 64% Faroe Islands: 87%

particulate matter PM2.5

Highland 5 (Good)

Pleasure of spending time in the city

Highland 83%

Isle of Man: 83% Ireland: 78% Netherlands: 88% Belgium: 64% Faroe Islands: 100%

particulate matter PM10

Highland 9 (Good)

Air Pollution

Highland 16%

Isle of Man: 13% Ireland: 24% Netherlands: 21% Belgium: 45% Faroe Islands: 0%

Garbage Disposal

Highland 31%

Isle of Man: 78% Ireland: 61% Netherlands: 79% Belgium: 54% Faroe Islands: 88%

Availability and quality of drinking water

Highland 63%

Isle of Man: 88% Ireland: 72% Netherlands: 92% Belgium: 70% Faroe Islands: 98%

Cleanliness and tidiness

Highland 50%

Isle of Man: 69% Ireland: 52% Netherlands: 77% Belgium: 46% Faroe Islands: 94%

Noise and Light pollution

Highland 38%

Isle of Man: 12% Ireland: 37% Netherlands: 31% Belgium: 54% Faroe Islands: 21%

Water Pollution

Highland 56%

Isle of Man: 13% Ireland: 37% Netherlands: 17% Belgium: 42% Faroe Islands: 7.7%
Source: Numbeo


Fort William

Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 7:00 AM

O3 39 (Good)

ozone (O3)

NO2 15 (Good)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

Inverness

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 12:00 AM

NO2 2 (Good)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

PM10 3 (Good)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

PM2,5 1 (Good)

particulate matter (PM2.5) dust

Strathvaich

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 12:00 AM

O3 93 (Moderate)

ozone (O3)

Fort William

index 2024-02-07 2024-02-06 2024-02-05 2024-02-04 2024-02-03 2024-02-02 2024-01-31
o3 21 71 73 80 79 74 76
no2 9 9.4 2.2 3.7 2.7 6.6 0.74

Inverness

index 2024-04-16 2024-04-15 2024-04-14 2024-04-13 2024-04-12 2024-04-11 2024-04-10
pm10 3 4 5.3 6 7.9 6.5 4.4
no2 2 10 5.2 5.5 5.1 5.7 8.5
pm25 1 1.5 2.4 3.5 4.3 3.5 1.8

Strathvaich

index 2024-04-16 2024-04-15 2024-04-14 2024-04-13 2024-04-12 2024-04-11 2024-04-10
o3 93 96 93 92 85 87 71

Fort William

index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-11 2019-10 2019-09 2019-08 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 2017-08 2017-07 2017-06 2017-05 2017-04 2017-03 2017-02 2017-01 2016-12 2016-11 2016-10 2016-09 2016-08 2016-07 2016-06 2016-05 2016-04 2016-03 2016-02
no2 2.6 3.1 7.3 5.4 5.5 9.2 10 7.6 8.9 4.8 5.2 5.6 5.6 7.6 6.1 9.1 12 12 11 10 8.5 5.8 5.2 5.6 6.5 8.7 6.8 10 11 14 10 7.7 10 6.3 3.4 7 6.2 4.7 12 11 12 10 13 9.6 8 7.1 6.3 4.3 4.6 8.9 12 25
o3 56 65 61 67 66 51 36 48 44 53 48 60 66 81 75 57 47 44 46 53 52 43 45 59 71 73 70 60 58 48 54 55 43 40 45 53 67 77 60 65 52 55 41 42 48 41 43 53 72 61 53 44

Inverness

2016-02   2020-05
pollution pm25 hikersbay.com
index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-11 2019-10 2019-09 2019-08 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 2017-08 2017-07 2017-06 2017-05 2017-04 2017-03 2017-02 2017-01 2016-12 2016-11 2016-10 2016-09 2016-08 2016-07 2016-06 2016-05 2016-04 2016-03 2016-02
no2 6.4 6.5 14 16 17 25 25 15 13 11 9.6 9.4 12 19 14 21 22 29 28 21 14 11 10 10 12 16 18 24 28 35 22 29 20 16 13 14 15 19 24 29 25 23 31 24 18 13 18 11 14 18 24 35
pm25 3.9 5.5 4.6 4 2.8 5 8.3 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.2 3.6 4.4 13 5.3 7 4.5 6.5 8.3 4.3 2.5 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
pm10 7.2 11 11 6.9 4.5 6.7 12 6.6 7 6.8 7.6 6.9 8.6 22 10 13 7.2 8.8 12 8.3 5.6 6.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Strathvaich

index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-11 2019-10 2019-09 2019-08 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 2017-08 2017-07 2017-06 2017-05 2017-04 2017-03 2017-02 2017-01 2016-12 2016-11 2016-10 2016-09 2016-07 2016-06 2016-05 2016-04 2016-03 2016-02
o3 75 81 81 79 78 67 56 64 55 60 54 66 77 89 86 71 70 63 61 66 61 53 54 66 80 81 80 73 71 72 71 66 56 51 51 62 77 87 81 74 70 69 64 59 55 49 69 90 76 72 71

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