Air Quality in Rotterdam Today — Live AQI, PM2.5 & PM10, Smog, Weather and Forecast

Latest air quality data: Rotterdam
Pollution and air quality forecast for Rotterdam. Today is Thursday, August 27, 2026. The following air pollution values have been recorded for Rotterdam:
  1. particulate matter (PM2.5) dust - 14 (Moderate)
  2. particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust - 16 (Good)
  3. ozone (O3) - 51 (Good)
  4. nitrogen dioxide (NO2) - 17 (Good)
  5. sulfur dioxide (SO2) - 2 (Good)
  6. carbon monoxide (CO) - 219 (Good)
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) for Rotterdam, Thursday, August 27, 2026: 2.

air quality index: 1
AQI 2 Moderate

What is the air quality in Rotterdam today? Is the air polluted in Rotterdam?. Is there smog?

Today (Thursday, August 27, 2026) air quality is moderate in Rotterdam. Some pollutants in Rotterdam may slightly affect very few hypersensitive individuals. Air pollutants in Rotterdam may cause minor breathing discomfort to sensitive people.


What is the current level of PM2.5 in Rotterdam? (particulate matter (PM2.5) dust)
Today's PM2.5 level is: 14 (Moderate) For comparison, the highest level of PM2.5 in Rotterdam in the last 7 days was: 13 (Wednesday, August 26, 2026) and the lowest: 4 (Saturday, August 22, 2026). The highest PM2.5 values were recorded: 23 (February 2017). The lowest level of particulate matter PM2.5 pollution occurs in month: September (5.4).

What is the level of PM10 today in Rotterdam? (particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust)
The current level of particulate matter PM10 in Rotterdam is: 16 (Good) The highest PM10 values usually occur in month: 32 (December 2016). The lowest value of particulate matter PM10 pollution in Rotterdam is usually recorded in: September (15).

How is the O3 level today in Rotterdam? (ozone (O3))
51 (Good)

How high is the level of NO2? (nitrogen dioxide (NO2))
17 (Good)

What is the level of SO2 pollution? (sulfur dioxide (SO2))
2 (Good)

How high is the CO level? (carbon monoxide (CO))
219 (Good)



Current data Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM

PM2,5 14 (Moderate)

PM10 16 (Good)

O3 51 (Good)

NO2 17 (Good)

SO2 2 (Good)

CO 219 (Good)

Data on air pollution from recent days in Rotterdam

index 2026-08-27 2026-08-26 2026-08-25 2026-08-24 2026-08-23 2026-08-22 2026-08-21 2026-08-20
pm25 11
Good
13
Moderate
9
Good
8
Good
5
Good
4
Good
4
Good
6
Good
pm10 15
Good
16
Good
13
Good
12
Good
10
Good
9
Good
7
Good
9
Good
o3 65
Good
68
Good
71
Moderate
57
Good
63
Good
53
Good
44
Good
47
Good
no2 23
Good
17
Good
12
Good
19
Good
10
Good
13
Good
23
Good
18
Good
so2 3
Good
3
Good
1
Good
1
Good
1
Good
1
Good
3
Good
3
Good
co 236
Good
240
Good
186
Good
210
Good
185
Good
176
Good
181
Good
174
Good
data source »
Air pollution in Rotterdam from March 2018 to August 2018
pollution pm25 hikersbay.com
index 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2017-08 2017-07 2017-06 2017-05 2017-04 2017-03 2017-02 2017-01 2016-12 2016-11 2016-10 2016-09 2016-08 2016-07 2016-06 2016-05 2016-04 2016-03 2016-02 2016-01 2015-12 2015-11 2015-10 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-11 2019-10 2019-09 2019-08 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03
no2 27 (Good) 21 (Good) 27 (Good) 31 (Good) 33 (Good) 36 (Good) 38 (Good) 29 (Good) 33 (Good) 30 (Good) 24 (Good) 22 (Good) 26 (Good) 27 (Good) 39 (Good) 28 (Good) 45 (Moderate) 40 (Good) 33 (Good) 32 (Good) 29 (Good) 34 (Good) 29 (Good) 32 (Good) 30 (Good) 32 (Good) 35 (Good) 40 (Good) 43 (Moderate) 36 (Good) 35 (Good) 46 (Moderate) 16 (Good) 20 (Good) 20 (Good) 24 (Good) 27 (Good) 33 (Good) 35 (Good) 28 (Good) 24 (Good) 22 (Good) 20 (Good) 22 (Good) 20 (Good) 25 (Good) 28 (Good) 39 (Good) 36 (Good) 32 (Good) 36 (Good) 37 (Good) 29 (Good) 19 (Good) 32 (Good) 33 (Good)
o3 39 (Good) 62 (Good) 45 (Good) 35 (Good) 32 (Good) 28 (Good) 24 (Good) 31 (Good) 31 (Good) 33 (Good) 41 (Good) 50 (Good) 48 (Good) 50 (Good) 36 (Good) 14 (Good) 20 (Good) 15 (Good) 25 (Good) 21 (Good) 31 (Good) 39 (Good) 42 (Good) 41 (Good) 52 (Good) 46 (Good) 38 (Good) 32 (Good) 24 (Good) 28 (Good) 29 (Good) 13 (Good) 62 (Good) 53 (Good) 44 (Good) 30 (Good) 24 (Good) 24 (Good) 20 (Good) 29 (Good) 36 (Good) 50 (Good) 49 (Good) 56 (Good) 55 (Good) 57 (Good) 39 (Good) 25 (Good) 25 (Good) 31 (Good) 12 (Good) 30 (Good) 41 (Good) 75 (Moderate) 46 (Good) 36 (Good)
pm10 15 (Good) 18 (Good) 20 (Good) 26 (Moderate) 20 (Moderate) 18 (Good) 19 (Good) 19 (Good) 17 (Good) 19 (Good) 16 (Good) 17 (Good) 17 (Good) 18 (Good) 21 (Moderate) 32 (Moderate) 29 (Moderate) 32 (Moderate) 20 (Moderate) 19 (Good) 21 (Moderate) 16 (Good) 16 (Good) 21 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 20 (Good) 26 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 22 (Moderate) 21 (Moderate) 23 (Moderate) 26 (Moderate) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) 16 (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) - (Good) 16 (Good) 18 (Good) - (Good) - (Good) 16 (Good) - (Good) 19 (Good) 15 (Good) 22 (Moderate) 24 (Moderate) 24 (Moderate)
pm25 6.5 (Good) 7.1 (Good) 10 (Good) 14 (Moderate) 9.3 (Good) 10 (Good) 9.9 (Good) 6.9 (Good) 7.9 (Good) 8.3 (Good) 5.9 (Good) 6.6 (Good) 7.7 (Good) 9.2 (Good) 11 (Good) 23 (Moderate) 20 (Moderate) 20 (Moderate) 12 (Good) 11 (Good) 9.4 (Good) 6.4 (Good) 5.4 (Good) 8.5 (Good) 9.6 (Good) 8.3 (Good) 12 (Good) 11 (Good) 12 (Good) 11 (Good) 13 (Good) 19 (Moderate) 8.8 (Good) 12 (Good) 8.6 (Good) 7.8 (Good) 16 (Moderate) 11 (Good) 11 (Good) 7.2 (Good) 5.4 (Good) 9.1 (Good) 7.6 (Good) 7.1 (Good) 8.3 (Good) 15 (Moderate) 13 (Moderate) 17 (Moderate) 14 (Moderate) 11 (Good) 16 (Moderate) 10 (Good) 7.3 (Good) 15 (Moderate) 17 (Moderate) 16 (Moderate)
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Quality of life in Rotterdam

Green and Parks in the City

Rotterdam 81%

Belgium: 64% Luxembourg: 83% Germany: 78% Denmark: 78% Liechtenstein: 88%

particulate matter PM2.5

Rotterdam 11 (Good)

Pleasure of spending time in the city

Rotterdam 87%

Belgium: 64% Luxembourg: 85% Germany: 80% Denmark: 86% Liechtenstein: 94%

particulate matter PM10

Rotterdam 20 (Moderate)

Air Pollution

Rotterdam 29%

Belgium: 45% Luxembourg: 19% Germany: 25% Denmark: 18% Liechtenstein: 6.3%

Garbage Disposal

Rotterdam 81%

Belgium: 54% Luxembourg: 84% Germany: 74% Denmark: 80% Liechtenstein: 100%

Availability and quality of drinking water

Rotterdam 94%

Belgium: 70% Luxembourg: 83% Germany: 82% Denmark: 87% Liechtenstein: 100%

Cleanliness and tidiness

Rotterdam 78%

Belgium: 46% Luxembourg: 82% Germany: 65% Denmark: 75% Liechtenstein: 94%

Noise and Light pollution

Rotterdam 32%

Belgium: 54% Luxembourg: 29% Germany: 42% Denmark: 32% Liechtenstein: 19%

Water Pollution

Rotterdam 14%

Belgium: 42% Luxembourg: 19% Germany: 23% Denmark: 19% Liechtenstein: 0%
Source: Numbeo


Rotterdam

Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM

PM2,5 14 (Moderate)

particulate matter (PM2.5) dust

PM10 16 (Good)

particulate matter (PM10) suspended dust

O3 51 (Good)

ozone (O3)

NO2 17 (Good)

nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

SO2 2.4 (Good)

sulfur dioxide (SO2)

CO 219 (Good)

carbon monoxide (CO)

Rotterdam

index 2026-08-20 2026-08-21 2026-08-22 2026-08-23 2026-08-24 2026-08-25 2026-08-26 2026-08-27
pm25 5.7 4.4 4.3 5.1 7.7 8.8 13 11
pm10 9.2 7.4 9.3 10 12 13 16 15
o3 47 44 53 63 57 71 68 65
no2 18 23 13 10 19 12 17 23
so2 3.3 2.8 0.6 0.53 0.58 0.92 2.8 3.3
co 174 181 176 185 210 186 240 236

Rotterdam Noord -Statenweg

index 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2017-08 2017-07 2017-06 2017-05 2017-04 2017-03 2017-02 2017-01 2016-12 2016-11 2016-10 2016-09 2016-08 2016-07 2016-06 2016-05 2016-04 2016-03 2016-02 2016-01 2015-12 2015-11 2015-10
no2 31 23 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 42 34 40 37 38 38 46 45 39 40 50
o3 35 60 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 36 40 40 49 48 38 31 25 23 30 11
pm10 17 20 20 29 22 19 20 18 16 18 15 16 16 18 21 31 29 34 21 21 25 18 18 23 25 20 26 23 23 22 24 30

Rotterdam-Bentinckplein

2015-10   2020-05
pollution pm25 hikersbay.com
index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-11 2019-10 2019-09 2019-08 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2017-08 2017-07 2017-06 2017-05 2017-04 2017-03 2017-02 2017-01 2016-12 2016-11 2016-10 2016-09 2016-08 2016-07 2016-06 2016-05 2016-04 2016-03 2016-02 2016-01 2015-12 2015-11 2015-10
pm25 9.3 13 9.4 8.3 16 12 12 8.3 6 10 8.4 7.3 8.4 16 13 19 15 12 17 11 9 7.3 7.8 11 16 18 16 16 9.5 11 11 8.1 8.7 9.2 5.8 7.6 8 11 12 22 20 21 13 11 9.5 6.6 5.2 7.3 9 8.3 9.9 11 13 12 12 18

Rotterdam-Schiedamsevest

2015-10   2020-05
pollution pm25 hikersbay.com
index 2020-05 2020-04 2020-03 2020-02 2020-01 2019-12 2019-11 2019-10 2019-09 2019-08 2019-07 2019-06 2019-05 2019-04 2019-03 2019-02 2019-01 2018-12 2018-11 2018-10 2018-09 2018-08 2018-07 2018-06 2018-05 2018-04 2018-03 2018-02 2018-01 2017-12 2017-11 2017-10 2017-09 2017-08 2017-07 2017-06 2017-05 2017-04 2017-03 2017-02 2017-01 2016-12 2016-11 2016-10 2016-09 2016-08 2016-07 2016-06 2016-05 2016-04 2016-03 2016-02 2016-01 2015-12 2015-11 2015-10
o3 62 53 44 30 24 24 20 29 36 50 49 56 55 57 39 25 25 31 12 30 41 44 64 53 75 46 36 35 32 28 24 31 31 33 41 50 48 50 36 14 20 15 25 21 35 42 44 42 55 44 38 33 24 33 28 14
no2 16 20 20 24 27 33 35 28 24 22 20 22 20 25 28 39 36 32 36 37 29 24 20 21 19 32 33 31 33 36 38 29 33 30 24 22 26 27 39 28 45 40 33 32 28 26 24 25 22 26 31 33 42 34 31 42
pm25 8.3 10 7.7 7.2 16 11 9.6 6 4.7 8 6.7 6.8 8.1 14 14 16 13 11 16 8.6 5.6 5.7 6.4 9.6 14 16 16 11 9.1 9 9.2 5.7 7.1 7.5 5.9 5.7 7.4 7.9 11 24 20 19 12 11 9.4 6.2 5.6 9.6 10 8.4 14 10 11 10 14 21
pm10 - - - - - - - 16 - - - - - 16 18 - - 16 - 19 15 14 17 19 22 24 24 23 18 17 19 19 18 19 18 19 17 19 21 32 29 30 19 18 17 14 15 19 20 20 26 22 22 20 22 23

* Pollution data source: https://openaq.org (Netherlands) The data is licensed under CC-By 4.0

🌦️ Weather · 16-day Forecast — Rotterdam

🌦️ WEATHER · 16-DAY FORECASTRotterdam☀️22°Clear skyToday · ↑25° ↓11°💨 6 km/h · 💧 43%Mon24.08☀️25°11°Tue25.08☀️26°13°Wed26.08☁️27°15°Thu27.08🌧️30°18°Fri28.08🌧️24°15°Sat29.08🌧️22°15°Sun30.08☁️23°17°Mon31.08🌧️19°14°Tue1.09🌧️21°15°Wed2.09🌧️22°14°Thu3.09☁️24°18°Fri4.09☀️27°17°Sat5.09🌧️29°17°Sun6.09🌧️20°13°Mon7.09☁️23°11°Tue8.09☁️21°15°pollution-alert.com · August 27, 2026

16-day weather forecast for Rotterdam: today around 25°C (clear sky), lows near 11°C. Daily temperature and conditions, updated every day. Strong wind (about 20 km/h) is actively clearing smog and dust away.

☀️ UV Index · 16-day Forecast — Rotterdam

☀️ UV INDEX · 16-DAY FORECASTRotterdam03681111+5.5UV MODERATEtoday, day maxSeek shade around midday. SPF 30+, sunglasses and ahat for longer stays.⏱ Unprotected fair skin can burn in about 35 min6Wed26.085Thu27.084Fri28.084Sat29.084Sun30.083Mon31.085Tue1.094Wed2.093Thu3.092Fri4.093Sat5.091Sun6.095Mon7.094Tue8.095Wed9.094Thu10.090-2 low3-5 moderate6-7 high8-10 very high11+ extremepollution-alert.com · August 27, 2026

The UV index in Rotterdam today is 5.5 (moderate) — unprotected fair skin can burn in about 35 minutes.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the air safe to breathe in Rotterdam today?
The current average PM2.5 across Rotterdam is about 14 µg/m³, rated “Moderate”. Air quality is good — outdoor activities are fine for everyone.
What is the current PM2.5 level in Rotterdam?
Right now PM2.5 in Rotterdam averages about 14 µg/m³ (“Moderate”). PM2.5 are fine particles small enough to reach the lungs and bloodstream.
Which day last week had the worst air in Rotterdam?
Over the past week, the highest daily PM2.5 in Rotterdam was recorded on Wednesday, August 26 (about 13 µg/m³).
What is the UV index in Rotterdam today?
The UV index in Rotterdam today is 5.5 (moderate) — unprotected fair skin can burn in about 35 minutes.
Does today's wind help disperse smog in Rotterdam?
Strong wind (about 20 km/h) is actively clearing smog and dust away.
How is air quality measured?
Air quality here is based on PM2.5 — the concentration of fine particulate matter in µg/m³. Lower values mean cleaner air. Data is updated daily from Open-Meteo.