Air quality in Oxford, England, United Kingdom today
Mr. Duck’s Air Quality Score
Good air today for Oxford, England, United Kingdom
This friendly indicator summarizes the latest city readings. For health guidance, please see: EPA AirNow or WHO.
Air quality today
The air quality in Oxford today is classified as Good. The primary pollutant measured is PM2.5 (fine particles).
Measurements recorded by OpenAQ show a PM2.5 reference value of 8.0 and a PM10 reference value of 19.0, based on four valid observations. These values reflect the current concentrations of particulate matter in the city’s atmosphere.
This page is informational; for health guidance, use official sources such as EPA AirNow or WHO.
Latest sensor values
PM categories follow US EPA AQI breakpoints, shown here as an estimate derived from the latest valid measurements (this project does not compute EPA NowCast/24-hour AQI yet).
What the data includes
The Oxford air‑quality dataset currently contains four measured pollutants – nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3), particulate matter 10 µm or less (PM10) and particulate matter 2.5 µm or less (PM2.5). The data come from five rows in total, but only two of those rows provide recent readings; the remaining three are older than seven days. All pollutants have a single reporting station represented, namely Oxford St Ebbes, so the spatial coverage is limited to that location.
The most up‑to‑date values were recorded on 2026-02-10 at 20:00 UTC and are still classified as “updated within 7 days”. For NO2 the observed range across the recent rows spans from a minimum of 5 µg/m³ to a maximum of 15 µg/m³, with a median of 10 µg/m³ and the central 80 % of values falling between 6 µg/m³ (10th percentile) and 14 µg/m³ (90th percentile). Ozone, PM10 and PM2.5 each have only one recent measurement, so their reported minimum, median and maximum are identical: 54 µg/m³ for O3, 19 µg/m³ for PM10 and 8 µg/m³ for PM2.5.
Because the dataset relies on a single monitoring site, the numbers reflect conditions at that spot rather than city‑wide averages. The limited number of recent rows (two) means that many historic observations are older than a week, so the picture of current air quality is based on a small and temporally narrow sample. Users should keep in mind that pollutant levels can differ across Oxford’s neighborhoods and over time, especially when only one station contributes data for each pollutant.
Learn more about sources and filtering: About the data.
Trusted references: WHO (Air pollution) · US EPA AirNow · European Environment Agency (Air)
Latest sensor values (bars)
PM categories follow US EPA AQI breakpoints, shown here as an estimate derived from the latest valid measurements (this project does not compute EPA NowCast/24-hour AQI yet).
Data notes
The data shown reflects four valid measurements and is updated within 3 days, with the most recent reading recorded on 2026‑02‑10 at 20:00 UTC. These figures provide a current snapshot of Oxford’s air quality but should be interpreted as an overview only; conditions can differ across neighbourhoods and change throughout the day.
OpenAQ station rows
| Station | Parameter | Value | Unit | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Centre Roadside | no2 | 5.0 | µg/m³ | 2025-08-20 08:00 UTC |
| Oxford St Ebbes | no2 | 15.0 | µg/m³ | 2026-02-10 20:00 UTC |
| Oxford St Ebbes | o3 | 54.0 | µg/m³ | 2026-02-10 20:00 UTC |
| Oxford St Ebbes | pm10 | 19.0 | µg/m³ | 2026-02-10 20:00 UTC |
| Oxford St Ebbes | pm25 | 8.0 | µg/m³ | 2026-02-10 20:00 UTC |