Air quality in Zakynthos today
The air in Zakynthos (Greece) now and over the next 48 hours: the US AQI and the European AQI, fine particles (PM2.5, PM10), ozone and nitrogen dioxide, compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines, with what it means for outdoor sport, children, older people and open windows.
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AQI right now
Good. Main pollutant: Ozone (O₃) (all pollutants within the WHO guidelines).
What to do today
- Outdoor sport Go ahead: running, cycling and play outside carry no air-quality risk.
- Children, older people, asthma No restrictions.
- Windows Open them and air the rooms.
AQI in Zakynthos hour by hour, next 48 hours
- Good
- Moderate
- Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- Unhealthy
- Very unhealthy
- Hazardous
Cleanest hour in the next 24 h: Mon 00:00 (AQI 35). Worst hour: Sun 03:00 (AQI 39).
US AQI per hour, local time. Bars coloured by category.
Compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines
| Pollutant | Next 24 h | WHO guideline | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 3.1 µg/m³ | 15 µg/m³ | within |
| PM10 | 7.2 µg/m³ | 45 µg/m³ | within |
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 1.5 µg/m³ | 25 µg/m³ | within |
| Ozone (O₃) | 83 µg/m³ | 100 µg/m³ | within |
PM2.5, PM10 and NO₂: 24-hour mean of the forecast against the 24-hour guideline; ozone: highest 8-hour mean against the 8-hour guideline.
Forecast for Sun 03:00 local time · updated 2026-10-25 00:41 UTC
Air quality map around Zakynthos
Live PM2.5 field (NOAA GEFS-Aerosols): a different model, so it can disagree with the numbers above by a few units.
More about Zakynthos
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Questions
- What is the AQI in Zakynthos right now?
- US AQI 39 (Good), European AQI 30; PM2.5 4.4 µg/m³ (Sun 03:00).
- Is it safe to exercise outdoors in Zakynthos today?
- Go ahead: running, cycling and play outside carry no air-quality risk.
- What is the main pollutant in Zakynthos?
- Ozone (O₃) (all pollutants within the WHO guidelines).
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The CAMS global air-quality forecast of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, read through Open-Meteo: a model on a ~40 km grid, not a monitoring station. Where a nearby monitor disagrees, the monitor is right.
Nearby cities
Corfu · Sarandë · Athens · Thessaloniki · Lecce · Chania (Crete)
How it is computed
Hourly CAMS forecast (Copernicus) for the coordinates of Zakynthos via Open-Meteo; US AQI per the US EPA breakpoints, European AQI per the EEA bands, WHO 2021 air-quality guidelines. The page is rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.