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

The latest data Last 7 days Leicester pollution February 2016 - May 2020 Quality of life
Current data from stations: Leicester A594 Roadside Leicester University
Locations: « England Leicester
Pollution and air quality forecast for Leicester. Today is Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The following air pollution values have been recorded for Leicester:
  1. nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - 21 (Good)
  2. particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust - 13 (Good)
  3. particulate matter (PM2.5) dust - 7 (Good)
  4. ozone (O3) - 36 (Good)
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) for Leicester, Wednesday, February 7, 2024: 1.

air quality index: 0
AQI 1 Good

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

Today (Wednesday, February 7, 2024) air quality is good. The air quality has no effect on health. Everyone can continue their outdoor activities normally in Leicester.


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

What is the level of PM10 today in Leicester? (particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust)
The current level of particulate matter PM10 in Leicester is: 13 (Good) The highest PM10 values usually occur in month: 36 (February 2019). The lowest value of particulate matter PM10 pollution in Leicester is usually recorded in: June (15).

What is the current level of PM2.5 in Leicester? (particulate matter (PM2.5) dust)
Today's PM2.5 level is: 7 (Good) For comparison, the highest level of PM2.5 in Leicester in the last 7 days was: 8 (Wednesday, January 31, 2024) and the lowest: 2 (Saturday, February 3, 2024). The highest PM2.5 values were recorded: 21 (February 2016). The lowest level of particulate matter PM2.5 pollution occurs in month: July (6.1).

How is the O3 level today in Leicester? (ozone (O3))
36 (Good)



Current data Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 7:00 AM

NO2 21 (Good)

PM10 13 (Good)

PM2,5 7 (Good)

O3 36 (Good)

Data on air pollution from recent days in Leicester

index 2024-04-10 2024-04-11 2024-04-12 2024-04-13 2024-04-14 2024-04-15 2024-04-16 2024-01-31 2024-02-02 2024-02-03 2024-02-04 2024-02-05 2024-02-06 2024-02-07
pm10 12
Good		 8
Good		 9
Good		 15
Good		 14
Good		 12
Good		 13
Good		 12
Good		 7
Good		 4
Good		 6
Good		 18
Good		 12
Good		 12
Good
no2 19
Good		 19
Good		 22
Good		 18
Good		 21
Good		 18
Good		 10
Good		 21
Good		 18
Good		 14
Good		 8
Good		 10
Good		 13
Good		 29
Good
pm25 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 8
Good		 5
Good		 2
Good		 4
Good		 8
Good		 6
Good		 6
Good
o3 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 -
Good		 40
Good		 53
Good		 53
Good		 53
Good		 62
Good		 64
Good		 41
Good
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Air pollution in Leicester 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
no2 19 (Good) 17 (Good) 26 (Good) 28 (Good) 35 (Good) 36 (Good) 38 (Good) 31 (Good) 26 (Good) 25 (Good) 23 (Good) 23 (Good) 27 (Good) 20 (Good) 29 (Good) 40 (Moderate) 42 (Moderate) 38 (Good) 31 (Good) 33 (Good) 30 (Good) 27 (Good) 23 (Good) 19 (Good) 26 (Good) 27 (Good) 31 (Good) 33 (Good) 36 (Good) 39 (Good) 43 (Moderate) 28 (Good) 29 (Good) 30 (Good) 24 (Good) 23 (Good) 24 (Good) 35 (Good) 31 (Good) 34 (Good) 43 (Moderate) 43 (Moderate) 42 (Moderate) 33 (Good) 29 (Good) 23 (Good) 22 (Good) 28 (Good) 26 (Good) 30 (Good) 36 (Good) 44 (Moderate)
pm10 15 (Good) 20 (Good) 16 (Good) 15 (Good) 17 (Good) 19 (Good) 22 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 19 (Good) 19 (Good) 18 (Good) 15 (Good) 22 (Moderate) 29 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) 36 (Moderate) 29 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 16 (Good) 21 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate) 27 (Moderate) 24 (Moderate) 27 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate) 20 (Moderate) 18 (Good) 25 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 20 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 18 (Good) 22 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 25 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) 28 (Moderate) 31 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 20 (Moderate) 17 (Good) 15 (Good) 19 (Good) 22 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate) 28 (Moderate) 28 (Moderate)
o3 59 (Good) 66 (Good) 53 (Good) 47 (Good) 35 (Good) 31 (Good) 23 (Good) 30 (Good) 34 (Good) 45 (Good) 41 (Good) 46 (Good) 51 (Good) 66 (Good) 51 (Good) 32 (Good) 28 (Good) 31 (Good) 31 (Good) 33 (Good) 35 (Good) 29 (Good) 58 (Good) 54 (Good) 65 (Good) 57 (Good) 48 (Good) 41 (Good) 34 (Good) 29 (Good) 24 (Good) 33 (Good) 31 (Good) 34 (Good) 40 (Good) 45 (Good) 53 (Good) 50 (Good) 45 (Good) 38 (Good) 23 (Good) 18 (Good) 23 (Good) 26 (Good) 28 (Good) 38 (Good) 35 (Good) 40 (Good) 56 (Good) 50 (Good) 41 (Good) 35 (Good)
pm25 8.1 (Good) 10 (Good) 8.2 (Good) 6.6 (Good) 8.6 (Good) 8.7 (Good) 15 (Moderate) 8.8 (Good) 7.5 (Good) 9.4 (Good) 8.8 (Good) 9 (Good) 11 (Good) 19 (Moderate) 12 (Good) 15 (Moderate) 14 (Moderate) 9.3 (Good) 14 (Moderate) 9.1 (Good) 7.4 (Good) 6.5 (Good) 9.5 (Good) 9.5 (Good) 15 (Moderate) 12 (Good) 14 (Moderate) 9.1 (Good) 9.7 (Good) 8.6 (Good) 13 (Moderate) 7.9 (Good) 10 (Good) 7.7 (Good) 7.4 (Good) 8.1 (Good) 10 (Good) 11 (Good) 10 (Good) 16 (Moderate) 19 (Moderate) 18 (Moderate) 11 (Good) 9.1 (Good) 11 (Good) 7.5 (Good) 6.1 (Good) 9.4 (Good) 12 (Good) 9.2 (Good) 15 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate)
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Quality of life in Leicester

Green and Parks in the City

Leicester 65%

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

particulate matter PM2.5

Leicester 12 (Good)

Pleasure of spending time in the city

Leicester 74%

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

particulate matter PM10

Leicester 22 (Moderate)

Air Pollution

Leicester 29%

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

Garbage Disposal

Leicester 57%

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

Availability and quality of drinking water

Leicester 82%

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

Cleanliness and tidiness

Leicester 58%

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

Noise and Light pollution

Leicester 47%

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

Water Pollution

Leicester 25%

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


Leicester A594 Roadside

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 1:00 AM

NO2 10 (Good)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

PM10 13 (Good)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

Leicester University

Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 7:00 AM

NO2 32 (Good)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

PM2,5 7 (Good)

particulate matter (PM2.5) dust

PM10 13 (Good)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

O3 36 (Good)

ozone (O3)

Leicester A594 Roadside

index 2024-04-16 2024-04-15 2024-04-14 2024-04-13 2024-04-12 2024-04-11 2024-04-10
pm10 13 12 14 15 9.5 8 12
no2 10 18 21 18 22 19 19

Leicester University

index 2024-02-07 2024-02-06 2024-02-05 2024-02-04 2024-02-03 2024-02-02 2024-01-31
pm10 12 12 18 5.7 4.1 7.1 12
no2 29 13 9.5 8.5 14 18 21
pm25 6.1 5.6 7.9 4.2 2.3 4.7 8.1
o3 41 64 62 53 53 53 40

Leicester A594 Roadside

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
pm10 18 23 19 19 20 19 22 19 19 19 18 15 22 29 26 36 29 22 26 22 19 16 21 21 27 24 27 21 20 18 25 19 20 19 18 22 22 25 21 26 28 31 22 19 20 17 15 19 22 21 28 28
no2 20 19 29 33 41 43 44 36 31 32 28 28 33 20 35 47 49 47 36 39 37 34 30 23 31 35 35 37 41 44 49 33 35 37 30 28 28 44 35 38 48 46 47 37 33 26 27 32 27 36 38 43

Leicester University

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 18 15 22 22 28 30 31 27 21 17 17 18 22 20 24 34 35 28 25 27 23 21 16 15 20 20 26 29 30 33 37 24 22 23 18 18 21 27 26 31 39 40 37 30 26 19 18 23 25 25 34 46
o3 59 66 53 47 35 31 23 30 34 45 41 46 51 66 51 32 28 31 31 33 35 29 58 54 65 57 48 41 34 29 24 33 31 34 40 45 53 50 45 38 23 18 23 26 28 38 35 40 56 50 41 35
pm25 8.1 10 8.2 6.6 8.6 8.7 15 8.8 7.5 9.4 8.8 9 11 19 12 15 14 9.3 14 9.1 7.4 6.5 9.5 9.5 15 12 14 9.1 9.7 8.6 13 7.9 10 7.7 7.4 8.1 10 11 10 16 19 18 11 9.1 11 7.5 6.1 9.4 12 9.2 15 21
pm10 12 16 14 11 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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