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Live readout · Observed —

Sensitive lungs: skip outdoor workouts

Bend is breathing 8.1 cigarettes a week

1 cleaner spot within a 3-hour drive How we count it →

As everyday air for years, this means meaningfully more heart, lung and early-death risk.

25.4
PM2.5 µg/m³
81
US AQI
Moderate
Category
0.4
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Eugene looks like the better move.24% cleaner air with a verified 2 h 55 min road trip. Rankings balance cleaner air with trip ease.

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Bend Low smoke · AQI 0–50 Some pollution · AQI 51–100 Unhealthy (sensitive) · AQI 101–150 Unhealthy+ · AQI 151+
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Sunriver
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#1SunriverSome particle pollution · AQI 81Checking road route

Oregon· PM2.5 25.3 µg/m³

Purpose-built resort near 4,160 feet in the high desert south of Bend, with dry pine-country air.

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 25.3 µg/m³ here vs 25.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 25.3/22 × 7 = 8.1 here; 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
0% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

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

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Still smoky
Prineville
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#2PrinevilleUnhealthy for sensitive groups · AQI 117Checking road route

Oregon· PM2.5 41.9 µg/m³

Oregon community with lodging and a separate live air reading for regional smoke comparisons.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 41.9 µg/m³ here vs 25.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 41.9/22 × 7 = 13 here; 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

Air is currently worse here than in Bend

65% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

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

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Still smoky
Sisters
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#3SistersUnhealthy · AQI 156~35 min drive

Oregon· PM2.5 62.7 µg/m³

High-desert town at the eastern foot of the Cascades near 3,200 feet, with dry pine-country air and a walkable Old-West core of inns.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 62.7 µg/m³ here vs 25.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 62.7/22 × 7 = 20 here; 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

Air is currently worse here than in Bend

147% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

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

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Still smoky
Redmond
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#4RedmondParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Three Rivers
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#5Three RiversParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Terrebonne
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#6TerrebonneParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
La Pine
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#7La PineParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Culver
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#8CulverParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Madras
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#9MadrasParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Warm Springs
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#10Warm SpringsParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Oakridge
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#11OakridgeParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Lowell
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#12LowellParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Government Camp
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#13Government CampSome particle pollution · AQI 63Checking road routesaves 3.1 cigs/wk

Oregon· PM2.5 15.7 µg/m³

Mount Hood base village near 4,000 feet, a ski-and-hike base with thinner, cooler mountain air.

38% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 15.7 µg/m³ here vs 25.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 15.7/22 × 7 = 5.0 here; 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

9.7 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Bend right now

38% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

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

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Eugene
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#14EugeneSome particle pollution · AQI 70~2 h 55 min drivesaves 2.0 cigs/wk

Oregon· PM2.5 19.2 µg/m³

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

24% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 19.2 µg/m³ here vs 25.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 19.2/22 × 7 = 6.1 here; 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

6.2 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Bend right now

24% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

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

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Still smoky
South Lebanon
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#15South LebanonParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Springfield
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#16SpringfieldParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Still smoky
Lebanon
Cel-shaded illustration of Lebanon
#17LebanonParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 8.1 cigs/wk

Oregon

Oregon 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.

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Truckee
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#18TruckeeLow smoke · AQI 2Checking road routesaves 8.0 cigs/wk

California· PM2.5 0.4 µg/m³

High Sierra railroad town near Donner Pass above 5,800 feet, a cool mountain base with historic-district inns and nearby cabins.

98% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 0.4 µg/m³ here vs 25.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0.4/22 × 7 = 0.1 here; 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

25 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Bend right now

98% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

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

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Willits
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#19WillitsLow smoke · AQI 5Checking road routesaves 7.8 cigs/wk

California· PM2.5 0.9 µg/m³

Mendocino County valley town on Highway 101, higher and cooler than the coast with motels.

96% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 0.9 µg/m³ here vs 25.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0.9/22 × 7 = 0.3 here; 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

24.5 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Bend right now

96% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

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

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Bandon
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#20BandonLow smoke · AQI 13Checking road routesaves 7.3 cigs/wk

Oregon· PM2.5 2.4 µg/m³

Southern Oregon coast golf town with sea-stack beaches, swept by open-Pacific wind, with inns.

91% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 2.4 µg/m³ here vs 25.4 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 2.4/22 × 7 = 0.8 here; 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

23 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Bend right now

91% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

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

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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 · Bend

Oof.

8.1cigarettes

per week, if this air holds

Act two · The scale

Where today lands

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

25.4 µg/m³
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

PM2.5 here is 25.4 µg/m³.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at this level: 25.4/22 × 7 = 8.1 cigarettes.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
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