Air-quality forecasting & source attribution

Know what you breathe — and where it comes from.

AI-corrected PM2.5 forecasts up to 5 days ahead, with source attribution, for cities on six continents — including cities without a single air-quality monitor.

Live map

Today’s air, city by city

Circles show today’s forecast on the US EPA Air Quality Index (24-hour PM2.5). Pick a city on the map or in the list for its forecast, pollution sources and the reasons behind them.

AQI today

Why it matters

When the monitors went dark

For many cities in Africa and Asia, the US Department of State’s embassy monitors were the only public, reference-grade PM2.5 measurements. Most of them have stopped reporting.

US embassy PM2.5 monitors reporting each month

Monitors in AirNow data files