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GoodAQI 16

Albuquerque’s five-day smoke forecast shows the current index and the clearest time ahead.

16
AQI now
2.8
PM2.5 · µg/m³
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Albuquerque Clean · PM2.5 0–5 Good · 5–9 Elevated · 9–15 Polluted · 15–35 Unhealthy · 35–55 Severe · 55+
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Jemez Springs
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AQI 7
#1Jemez SpringsChecking road route

New Mexico· Good

Hot-springs village in a red-rock canyon of the Jemez Mountains, cooler and clearer than Albuquerque.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1.3 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.3/22 × 7 = 0.4 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
54% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Abiquiu
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AQI 9
#2AbiquiuChecking road route

New Mexico· Good

Red-rock high-desert village near 6,000 feet on the Rio Chama, remote from urban air sources.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1.6 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.6/22 × 7 = 0.5 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
43% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Santa Fe
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AQI 28
#3Santa Fe~1 h 10 min drive

New Mexico· Good

High-elevation capital with a deep hotel base and air conditions that can differ sharply from Albuquerque.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 5 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 5/22 × 7 = 1.6 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

Air is currently worse here than in Albuquerque

79% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 5:00 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 from the Santa Fe Airport monitor.

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Still smoky
Paradise Hills
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AQI unavailable
#4Paradise HillsChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

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PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Rio Rancho
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AQI unavailable
#5Rio RanchoChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a separate live air reading for regional smoke comparisons.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Corrales
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AQI unavailable
#6CorralesChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Sandia Heights
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AQI unavailable
#7Sandia HeightsChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Bernalillo
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AQI unavailable
#8BernalilloChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Bosque Farms
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AQI unavailable
#9Bosque FarmsChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Enchanted Hills
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AQI unavailable
#10Enchanted HillsChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a separate live air reading for regional smoke comparisons.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Los Lunas
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AQI unavailable
#11Los LunasChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a separate live air reading for regional smoke comparisons.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Placitas
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AQI unavailable
#12PlacitasChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Las Vegas
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AQI 9
#13Las VegasChecking road route

New Mexico· Good

Historic plateau town near 6,400 feet at the foot of the Sangre de Cristos, with a large stock of inns.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1.7 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.7/22 × 7 = 0.5 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
39% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Taos
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AQI 28
#14Taos~2 h 50 min drive

New Mexico· Good

High-desert art town near 7,000 feet at the foot of the Sangre de Cristos, with crisp mountain air and adobe inns.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 5 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 5/22 × 7 = 1.6 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

Air is currently worse here than in Albuquerque

79% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 5:00 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 from the Taos Fire Station monitor.

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Still smoky
Angel Fire
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AQI 28
#15Angel FireChecking road route

New Mexico· Good

High mountain resort near 8,400 feet in the Moreno Valley, with thin alpine air and ski lodges.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 5 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 5/22 × 7 = 1.6 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

Air is currently worse here than in Albuquerque

79% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 5:00 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 from the Taos Fire Station monitor.

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Still smoky
Thoreau
Cel-shaded illustration of Thoreau
AQI unavailable
#16ThoreauChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Crownpoint
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AQI unavailable
#17CrownpointChecking road route

New Mexico

New Mexico community with a cached air reading available when it appears in a nearby escape search.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town.

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Still smoky
Chama
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AQI 7
#18ChamaChecking road route

New Mexico· Good

High-country railroad town near 7,900 feet on the Colorado border, with cool mountain-valley air.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1.2 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.2/22 × 7 = 0.4 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
57% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Leadville
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AQI 7
#19LeadvilleChecking road route

Colorado· Good

North America's highest incorporated city at 10,150 feet, with thin alpine air and historic hotels.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1.3 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.3/22 × 7 = 0.4 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
54% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Still smoky
Georgetown
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AQI 7
#20GeorgetownChecking road route

Colorado· Good

Historic mining town near 8,500 feet on I-70 in Clear Creek Canyon, with cool mountain-valley air.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 1.3 µg/m³ here vs 2.8 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.3/22 × 7 = 0.4 here; 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
54% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT

PM2.5 is estimated for this town.

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Observed Aug 23, 5:00 p.m. EDTLast scan Aug 23, 6:27 p.m. EDT · 49 min ago

Why live rankings? Smoke plumes are patchy and shift with the wind, so no direction is reliably cleaner. This list is recalculated from live PM2.5 every hour — and if everything nearby is smoky, it says so.

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What this means · Albuquerque

Good

AQI 16

AQI = Air Quality Index

Typical person. Air quality is satisfactory for most outdoor plans.

Kids, seniors, heart or lung conditions. Unusually sensitive people can still enjoy the outdoors.

The AQI on this page follows fine particles (PM2.5). Particles here are 2.8 µg/m³ (Natural), so the headline and the particle scale below tell the same story.

Act two · Fine particles only

Where PM2.5 lands

This bar is smoke and fine particles (PM2.5) only. Left is cleaner air; right is heavier particle pollution. Today's particles sit in Natural.

2.8 µg/m³
Clean · 0Smoky · 40Severe · 80+

Act three · Particle ladder

What each PM2.5 rung feels like

  • 0–3µg/m³Natural. About as clean as outdoor air realistically gets.
  • 3–5µg/m³Clean. Crisp, destination-worthy air.
  • 5–9µg/m³Good. Clean city air; most people will not notice anything today.
  • 9–15µg/m³Elevated. Usually no big deal today; sensitive lungs may notice hard exercise.
  • 15–35µg/m³Polluted. Smoke or traffic pollution is now worth acting on.
  • 35–55µg/m³Unhealthy. Symptoms become more likely, especially with asthma or heart disease.
  • 55+µg/m³Severe. Everyone should reduce exposure and clean the indoor air.

Act four · Felt number

Cigarettes a week

A secondary feel for the particle load only — not a medical claim, and not a substitute for AQI.

0.9/wk

What is PM2.5?

Fine particles about 30× thinner than a human hair — small enough to slip through your lungs and into your bloodstream. We measure them inµg/m³: micrograms of particle mass in a cubic metre of air.

The math

PM2.5 here is 2.8 µg/m³.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at this level: 2.8/22 × 7 = 0.9 cigarettes.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
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