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2 cleaner spots within a 3-hour drive

Dallas is breathing 2.8 cigarettes a week

8.7
PM2.5 µg/m³
48
AQI
3.1
Cleanest in reach · µg/m³
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Granbury looks like the better move.59% cleaner air with a verified 1 h 25 min road trip. Rankings balance cleaner air with trip ease.

Within Dallas

  • Downtown8.7 µg/m³
  • Uptown8.7 µg/m³
  • Deep Ellum8.7 µg/m³
  • Plano8.7 µg/m³
  • Arlington8.7 µg/m³
Every town is also available in the ranked list.
Dallas Local readings Clean · PM2.5 0–5 Good · 5–9 Elevated · 9–15 Polluted · 15–35 Unhealthy · 35–55 Severe · 55+
Top pick
Granbury
Cel-shaded illustration of Granbury
#1GranburyPM2.5 3.6~1 h 25 min drivesaves 1.6 cigs/wk

Texas· PM2.5 3.6 µg/m³

Lake town southwest of Fort Worth built around a historic square on Lake Granbury, a close open-water escape, with inns and rentals.

59% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 3.6 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 3.6/22 × 7 = 1.1 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

5.1 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Dallas right now

59% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:12 p.m. EDT

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

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Glen Rose
Cel-shaded illustration of Glen Rose
#2Glen RosePM2.5 3.6Checking road routesaves 1.6 cigs/wk

Texas· PM2.5 3.6 µg/m³

Dinosaur-country town on the Paluxy River southwest of Fort Worth, with cabins and river-valley air.

59% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 3.6 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 3.6/22 × 7 = 1.1 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

5.1 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Dallas right now

59% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:12 p.m. EDT

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

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Mineral Wells
Cel-shaded illustration of Mineral Wells
#3Mineral WellsPM2.5 3.6Checking road routesaves 1.6 cigs/wk

Texas· PM2.5 3.6 µg/m³

Former spa-water town west of Fort Worth on the edge of the Palo Pinto hills, with a historic grand hotel.

59% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 3.6 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 3.6/22 × 7 = 1.1 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

5.1 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Dallas right now

59% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

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

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Fort Worth
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#4Fort WorthPM2.5 4.3~40 min drivesaves 1.4 cigs/wk

Texas· PM2.5 4.3 µg/m³

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

51% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 4.3 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 4.3/22 × 7 = 1.4 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

4.4 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Dallas right now

51% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:12 p.m. EDT

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

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Still smoky
Arlington
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#5ArlingtonPM2.5 8.7Checking road route

Texas· PM2.5 8.7 µg/m³

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

About the same air — still smoky.

PM2.5 is 8.7 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 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

Observed Jul 27, 7:00 p.m. EDT

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

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Still smoky
Irving
Cel-shaded illustration of Irving
#6IrvingParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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
Hutchins
Cel-shaded illustration of Hutchins
#7HutchinsParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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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Still smoky
Balch Springs
Cel-shaded illustration of Balch Springs
#8Balch SpringsParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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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Still smoky
Duncanville
Cel-shaded illustration of Duncanville
#9DuncanvilleParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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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Still smoky
Mesquite
Cel-shaded illustration of Mesquite
#10MesquiteParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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
Farmers Branch
Cel-shaded illustration of Farmers Branch
#11Farmers BranchParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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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Still smoky
Grand Prairie
Cel-shaded illustration of Grand Prairie
#12Grand PrairieParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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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Longview
Cel-shaded illustration of Longview
#13LongviewPM2.5 5.2Checking road routesaves 1.1 cigs/wk

Texas· PM2.5 5.2 µg/m³

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

40% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 5.2 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 5.2/22 × 7 = 1.7 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

3.5 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Dallas right now

40% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

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

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Still smoky
Waco
Cel-shaded illustration of Waco
#14WacoPM2.5 9.9Checking road route

Texas· PM2.5 9.9 µg/m³

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

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 9.9 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 9.9/22 × 7 = 3.1 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
14% worse airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 7:00 p.m. EDT

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

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Still smoky
Lacy-Lakeview
Cel-shaded illustration of Lacy-Lakeview
#15Lacy-LakeviewParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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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Still smoky
Bowie
Cel-shaded illustration of Bowie
#16BowieParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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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Still smoky
Fairfield
Cel-shaded illustration of Fairfield
#17FairfieldParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 2.8 cigs/wk

Texas

Texas 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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Dilley
Cel-shaded illustration of Dilley
#18DilleyPM2.5 3.1Checking road routesaves 1.8 cigs/wk

Texas· PM2.5 3.1 µg/m³

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

64% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 3.1 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 3.1/22 × 7 = 1.0 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

5.6 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Dallas right now

64% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

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

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Plainview
Cel-shaded illustration of Plainview
#19PlainviewPM2.5 3.9Checking road routesaves 1.5 cigs/wk

Texas· PM2.5 3.9 µg/m³

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

55% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 3.9 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 3.9/22 × 7 = 1.2 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

4.8 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Dallas right now

55% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

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

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Brownfield
Cel-shaded illustration of Brownfield
#20BrownfieldPM2.5 3.9Checking road routesaves 1.5 cigs/wk

Texas· PM2.5 3.9 µg/m³

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

55% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 3.9 µg/m³ here vs 8.7 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 3.9/22 × 7 = 1.2 here; 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

4.8 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Dallas right now

55% cleaner airChecking trip easeChecking nearby staysChecking today's weather

Observed Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT

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

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Observed Jul 27, 7:00 p.m. EDTLast scan Jul 27, 8:27 p.m. EDT · 53 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 · Dallas

Phew.

2.8cigarettes

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.

8.7 µg/m³
CrispSome smokeHeavy smoke

Act three · The ladder

What each 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 · 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 8.7 µg/m³.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at this level: 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 cigarettes.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
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