Santa Cruz Air Quality

Monitoring Station · Live Oak, United States
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Good
Air quality is satisfactory. Enjoy outdoor activities.
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AQI Forecast Calibrated
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CAMS model adj -23
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Air Quality Forecast (24h)

PM2.54.7 µg/m³ ✓ WHO
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Nearby Monitoring Stations

31
Santa Cruz - Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, California
0.3 km PM2.5: 7.4 µg/m³
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Capitola - New Brighton Middle School
3.6 km PM2.5: 5.2 µg/m³
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UCSC Lower Campus
5.7 km PM2.5: 5.2 µg/m³
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East Campus
5.9 km PM2.5: 4.0 µg/m³
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UCSC EFH
6.0 km PM2.5: 4.4 µg/m³
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EHS HWF
6.8 km PM2.5: 4.3 µg/m³
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UCSC West Campus
7.2 km PM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³
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Scotts Valley
8.0 km PM2.5: 4.6 µg/m³

Nearby Cities

20 Live Oak 19 Santa Cruz 20 Watsonville 23 Los Gatos 22 Saratoga 25 Morgan Hill 28 Campbell 21 Prunedale 25 Marina

Station data from AQICN. AQI forecast from ECMWF CAMS. AQI calculated using US EPA standard. Updated 2026-09-05T19:29 UTC.