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Cleanest in reach · µg/m³

Where are you?

Live air-quality data is temporarily unavailable, so places below are ordered by drive time. Check AirNow before you travel.

The better move within a 3-hour drive

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Aurora Low smoke · AQI 0–50 Some pollution · AQI 51–100 Unhealthy (sensitive) · AQI 101–150 Unhealthy+ · AQI 151+
Top pick
Cherry Creek
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#1Cherry CreekParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Denver
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#2DenverParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

A major Colorado city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Derby
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#3DerbyParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Greenwood Village
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#4Greenwood VillageParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Englewood
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#5EnglewoodParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Welby
Cel-shaded illustration of Welby
#6WelbyParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Dove Valley
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#7Dove ValleyParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Centennial
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#8CentennialParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Berkley
Cel-shaded illustration of Berkley
#9BerkleyParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Sherrelwood
Cel-shaded illustration of Sherrelwood
#10SherrelwoodParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Southglenn
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#11SouthglennParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Sheridan
Cel-shaded illustration of Sheridan
#12SheridanParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Vail
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#13VailParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Purpose-built alpine resort at 8,150 feet in the White River high country, with cool mountain air and a large base of lodges and condos.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Leadville
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#14LeadvilleParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

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

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Avon
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#15AvonParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Penrose
Cel-shaded illustration of Penrose
#16PenroseParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Cañon City
Cel-shaded illustration of Cañon City
#17Cañon CityParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
El Jebel
Cel-shaded illustration of El Jebel
#18El JebelParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Colorado City
Cel-shaded illustration of Colorado City
#19Colorado CityParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Colorado 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 — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Still smoky
Carbondale
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#20CarbondaleParticle data unavailableChecking road route

Colorado

Roaring Fork Valley town near 6,200 feet below Mount Sopris, a quieter base than nearby Aspen.

Air comparison pending.

Air comparison pendingChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

PM2.5 is modelled for this town — no monitoring station is close enough for a live AQHI.

Bad week ahead? Check the 7-day outlook — if it won’t clear, book the trip

7-day outlook

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Finding the nicest days and reachable cities.

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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 · Aurora

Clear skies!

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Act two · The scale

Where today lands

From a crisp horizon to smoke you can taste — here’s your reading on it.

CrispSome smokeHeavy smoke

Act three · The ladder

What each rung feels like

  • 0–3µg/m³Natural air. About as clean as outdoor air realistically gets.
  • 3–5µg/m³Exceptionally clean. Crisp, destination-worthy air.
  • 5–9µg/m³Good, not pristine. 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 for sensitive. Symptoms become more likely, especially with asthma or heart disease.
  • 55+µg/m³Unhealthy. Everyone should reduce exposure and clean the indoor air.

Act four · The fine print

The receipts

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

A live PM2.5 reading isn’t available right now, so we can’t show the math.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →