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

Current data from stations: St Osyth
Pollution and air quality forecast for Essex. Today is Wednesday, May 8, 2024. The following air pollution values have been recorded for Essex:
  1. ozone (O3) - 91 (Moderate)
  2. particulate matter (PM2.5) dust - 3 (Good)
  3. particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust - 6 (Good)
  4. nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - 1 (Good)
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) for Essex, Tuesday, April 16, 2024: 2.

air quality index: 1
AQI 2 Moderate

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

Today (Tuesday, April 16, 2024) air quality is moderate in Essex. Some pollutants in Essex may slightly affect very few hypersensitive individuals. Air pollutants in Essex may cause minor breathing discomfort to sensitive people.


How is the O3 level today in Essex? (ozone (O3))
91 (Moderate)

What is the current level of PM2.5 in Essex? (particulate matter (PM2.5) dust)
Today's PM2.5 level is: 3 (Good) For comparison, the highest level of PM2.5 in Essex in the last 7 days was: 5 (Wednesday, April 10, 2024) and the lowest: 3 (Monday, April 15, 2024).

What is the level of PM10 today in Essex? (particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust)
The current level of particulate matter PM10 in Essex is: 6 (Good)

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



Current data Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 1:00 AM

O3 91 (Moderate)

PM2,5 3 (Good)

PM10 6 (Good)

NO2 1 (Good)

Data on air pollution from recent days in Essex

index 2024-04-10 2024-04-11 2024-04-12 2024-04-13 2024-04-14 2024-04-15 2024-04-16
pm10 8
Good
6
Good
7
Good
7
Good
7
Good
7
Good
6
Good
o3 80
Moderate
63
Good
67
Good
65
Good
81
Moderate
92
Moderate
92
Moderate
pm25 5
Good
4
Good
5
Good
4
Good
4
Good
3
Good
3
Good
no2 3
Good
6
Good
5
Good
5
Good
2
Good
2
Good
1
Good
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Air pollution in Essex from February 2016 to May 2020

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 74 (Moderate) 71 (Moderate) 68 (Good) 66 (Good) 49 (Good) 47 (Good) 43 (Good) 51 (Good) 52 (Good) 64 (Good) 60 (Good) 64 (Good) 67 (Good) 72 (Moderate) 64 (Good) 41 (Good) 45 (Good) 47 (Good) 42 (Good) 43 (Good) 51 (Good) 45 (Good) 68 (Good) 61 (Good) 74 (Moderate) 64 (Good) 57 (Good) 53 (Good) 49 (Good) 41 (Good) 38 (Good) 46 (Good) 51 (Good) 51 (Good) 56 (Good) 64 (Good) 67 (Good) 68 (Good) 58 (Good) 46 (Good) 34 (Good) 26 (Good) 41 (Good) 39 (Good) 50 (Good) 51 (Good) 46 (Good) 54 (Good) 66 (Good) 63 (Good) 57 (Good) 71 (Moderate)
no2 7.9 (Good) 9.1 (Good) 7.2 (Good) 6.8 (Good) 11 (Good) 11 (Good) 9.1 (Good) 11 (Good) 12 (Good) 15 (Good) 11 (Good) 11 (Good) 10 (Good) 14 (Good) 11 (Good) 22 (Good) 18 (Good) 17 (Good) 17 (Good) 15 (Good) 12 (Good) 10 (Good) 12 (Good) 8.4 (Good) 13 (Good) 12 (Good) 16 (Good) 14 (Good) 15 (Good) 19 (Good) 20 (Good) 15 (Good) 13 (Good) 16 (Good) 7.8 (Good) 12 (Good) 13 (Good) 13 (Good) 17 (Good) 19 (Good) 31 (Good) 28 (Good) 18 (Good) 15 (Good) 10 (Good) 7.3 (Good) 7.5 (Good) 14 (Good) 18 (Good) 13 (Good) 13 (Good) 6.5 (Good)
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Quality of life in Essex

Green and Parks in the City

Essex 75%

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

Pleasure of spending time in the city

Essex 68%

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

Air Pollution

Essex 34%

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

Garbage Disposal

Essex 73%

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

Availability and quality of drinking water

Essex 75%

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

Cleanliness and tidiness

Essex 63%

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

Noise and Light pollution

Essex 43%

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

Water Pollution

Essex 24%

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


St Osyth

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 1:00 AM

O3 91 (Moderate)

ozone (O3)

PM2,5 3 (Good)

particulate matter (PM2.5) dust

PM10 6 (Good)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

NO2 1 (Good)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

St Osyth

index 2024-04-16 2024-04-15 2024-04-14 2024-04-13 2024-04-12 2024-04-11 2024-04-10
pm10 6 6.8 6.7 7.4 7.1 6.3 8
o3 92 92 81 65 67 63 80
pm25 3 3.1 3.7 4.2 4.7 3.8 5
no2 1 2.1 2.5 5.2 4.7 5.8 3.4

St Osyth

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 7.9 9.1 7.2 6.8 11 11 9.1 11 12 15 11 11 10 14 11 22 18 17 17 15 12 10 12 8.4 13 12 16 14 15 19 20 15 13 16 7.8 12 13 13 17 19 31 28 18 15 10 7.3 7.5 14 18 13 13 6.5
o3 74 71 68 66 49 47 43 51 52 64 60 64 67 72 64 41 45 47 42 43 51 45 68 61 74 64 57 53 49 41 38 46 51 51 56 64 67 68 58 46 34 26 41 39 50 51 46 54 66 63 57 71

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