City AQI Comparison
New York City vs Seattle: AQI comparison and planning guide
Compare New York City and Seattle by current-or-fallback AQI, cigarette-equivalent exposure, and practical next steps.
Uses live AirNow readings where supported and falls back to each city's planning baseline when the API is unavailable or unsupported.
New York City
Northeast Corridor
Current or fallback AQI
AQI 88
Category
Moderate
Berkeley Earth 24-hour comparison
1.32
Updated Oct 8, 12:16 PM UTC
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Current or fallback AQI
AQI 120
Category
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Berkeley Earth 24-hour comparison
1.96
Updated Oct 8, 12:16 PM UTC
What changes for planning
Cleaner right now
New York City
Heavier 24h exposure
Seattle
Daily cigarette-equivalent gap
0.6
New York City: Forecast planning snapshot
No live forecast is available for this city right now, so use the planning baseline and local monitoring notes.
Seattle: Forecast planning snapshot
No live forecast is available for this city right now, so use the planning baseline and local monitoring notes.
Compare city AQI pages with real utility
These comparison pages show which city looks cleaner right now, how much the daily dose gap changes, and what that means for immediate planning.