See what the smoke in Oklahoma City is really doing to your lungs, then find cleaner air within a drive you choose.
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▼ 10.4 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Oklahoma City right now
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
Nebraska capital with broad lodging options a short drive southwest of Omaha.
▼ 10.2 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Oklahoma City right now
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
Flint Hills college town with lodging northeast of Wichita and west of Kansas City.
▼ 7.9 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Oklahoma City right now
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
A major Missouri city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.
▼ 6.7 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Oklahoma City right now
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
A major Kansas city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
Resort hub on the Lake of the Ozarks with a large stock of waterfront hotels and rentals.
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
A major Oklahoma city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.
▲ Air is currently worse here than in Oklahoma City
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
A major Texas city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.
▲ Air is currently worse here than in Oklahoma City
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
A major Texas city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.
▲ Air is currently worse here than in Oklahoma City
Observed Jul 18, 5:00 p.m. EDT
A major Texas city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.
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Air quality · Oklahoma City
Phew. Twelve hours out here is roughlyPM2.5 here is 12.9 µg/m³.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.12 h outside ≈ 12.9/22 × 0.5 = 0.3 cigarettes.A health-impact equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
That is the fine-particle pollution you'd breathe standing outside all day inOklahoma City right now, turned into a number your body already understands.
A health-impact equivalence, not literal smoking: Berkeley Earth puts a full day at 22 µg/m³ of PM2.5 at about one cigarette.How we work this out
Smoke plumes are patchy and move with changing winds, terrain and weather. Nearby lakefront, coastal and higher-elevation places can be much clearer than Oklahoma City, but no direction is reliably cleaner. That is why this list is recalculated from live PM2.5 readings every hour instead of publishing a fixed escape route. If everything within three hours is smoky, the rankings will say so. Sometimes the honest answer is to stay inside with a filter running.