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Tucson is breathing 1.9 cigarettes a week

6
PM2.5 µg/m³
33
AQI
0
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Tucson Clean · PM2.5 0–5 Good · 5–9 Elevated · 9–15 Polluted · 15–35 Unhealthy · 35–55 Severe · 55+
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Patagonia
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#1PatagoniaPM2.5 7Checking road route

Arizona· PM2.5 7 µg/m³

Grasslands town near 4,000 feet in the Sonoita Valley, ringed by sky-island mountains south of Tucson.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 7 µg/m³ here vs 6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 7/22 × 7 = 2.2 here; 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
17% 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
Bisbee
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#2BisbeePM2.5 7.1~2 h drive

Arizona· PM2.5 7.1 µg/m³

Mile-high former copper town in the Mule Mountains of southern Arizona, cooler and clearer than the desert floor, with quirky historic hotels.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 7.1 µg/m³ here vs 6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 7.1/22 × 7 = 2.3 here; 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
18% worse 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
Tombstone
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#3TombstonePM2.5 7.4Checking road route

Arizona· PM2.5 7.4 µg/m³

Historic Old West town near 4,500 feet in southern Arizona's high desert, cooler than the lower valleys.

Worse air than home. Don't bother.

PM2.5 is 7.4 µg/m³ here vs 6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 7.4/22 × 7 = 2.4 here; 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
23% worse 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
Valencia West
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#4Valencia WestParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Summit
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#5SummitParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Oro Valley
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#6Oro ValleyParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Tortolita
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#7TortolitaParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Tanque Verde
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#8Tanque VerdeParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Picture Rocks
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#9Picture RocksParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Sahuarita
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#10SahuaritaParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Vail
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#11VailParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Catalina
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#12CatalinaParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Phoenix
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#13PhoenixPM2.5 3.9~2 h drivesaves 0.7 cigs/wk

Arizona· PM2.5 3.9 µg/m³

A major Arizona 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 3.9 µg/m³ here vs 6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 3.9/22 × 7 = 1.2 here; 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

2.1 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Tucson right now

35% cleaner 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
Mesa
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#14MesaPM2.5 6.4Checking road route

Arizona· PM2.5 6.4 µg/m³

A major Arizona 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 6.4 µg/m³ here vs 6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 6.4/22 × 7 = 2.0 here; 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
7% 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
Pima
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#15PimaParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Swift Trail Junction
Cel-shaded illustration of Swift Trail Junction
#16Swift Trail JunctionParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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
Miami
Cel-shaded illustration of Miami
#17MiamiParticle data unavailableChecking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

Arizona

Arizona 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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Idyllwild
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#18IdyllwildPM2.5 0Checking road routesaves 1.9 cigs/wk

California· PM2.5 0 µg/m³

Pine-forest village perched high in the San Jacinto Mountains, elevated far above Inland Empire smog, with cabins and small inns.

100% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 0 µg/m³ here vs 6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0/22 × 7 = 0 here; 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

6 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Tucson right now

100% cleaner 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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Albuquerque
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#19AlbuquerquePM2.5 0.2~8 h 5 min drivesaves 1.8 cigs/wk

New Mexico· PM2.5 0.2 µg/m³

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

97% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 0.2 µg/m³ here vs 6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 0.2/22 × 7 = 0.1 here; 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

5.8 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Tucson right now

97% cleaner 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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Jemez Springs
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#20Jemez SpringsPM2.5 1.5Checking road routesaves 1.4 cigs/wk

New Mexico· PM2.5 1.5 µg/m³

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

75% cleaner than home — pack the car.

PM2.5 is 1.5 µg/m³ here vs 6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.5/22 × 7 = 0.5 here; 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →

4.5 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Tucson right now

75% 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 · Tucson

Phew.

1.9cigarettes

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.

6 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 6 µg/m³.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at this level: 6/22 × 7 = 1.9 cigarettes.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
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