# Air Quality & AQI Monitor - PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2 by City (`channel_l/air-quality-monitor-us-eu-aqi`) Actor

Live air quality + AQI for cities worldwide. US AQI, EU AQI, UV, PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO. Free Open-Meteo data, no key. Health apps, commute, wildfire smoke, dashboards.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/channel\_l/air-quality-monitor-us-eu-aqi.md
- **Developed by:** [Channel L](https://apify.com/channel_l) (community)
- **Categories:** Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 aqi records

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Air Quality & AQI Monitor

Get current **air quality** for any place on Earth — **US AQI**, **European AQI**, full pollutant breakdown (PM2.5, PM10, O₃, NO₂, SO₂, CO) and **UV index** — from the free public Open-Meteo API. **No API key required.**

Input cities ("Delhi, India") or coordinates. Each output record is one location's live AQI snapshot.

### What you get per location

- **US AQI** (0–500) & **European AQI**
- **UV index**
- PM2.5, PM10, Ozone, NO₂, SO₂, CO (µg/m³)

### Why it

- Health & safety, commute planning, event planning, property valuation, dashboards, AI agents
- Global coverage, free, no API key
- Demand rising for air-quality data (wildfire smoke, pollution alerts)

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| places | array | Cities or "lat,lon" |
| includePollutants | boolean | Full pollutant breakdown (default true) |
| includeUv | boolean | UV index (default true) |

### Example output

```json
{
  "name": "Delhi",
  "air_quality": { "us_aqi": 170, "european_aqi": 150, "pm25": 58.2, "uv_index": 4 }
}
```

### Fair use

Data via Open-Meteo air-quality API (open-meteo.com), free for non-commercial & small-scale use.

# Actor input Schema

## `places` (type: `array`):

List of cities ("New York, USA") or coordinates "lat,lon" to fetch current air quality + AQI.

## `includePollutants` (type: `boolean`):

Include PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2, SO2, CO breakdown. Default true.

## `includeUv` (type: `boolean`):

Include UV index alongside AQI. Default true.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "places": [
    "New York, USA",
    "Delhi, India"
  ],
  "includePollutants": true,
  "includeUv": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `datasetJson` (type: `string`):

Link to the full AQI dataset in JSON.

## `datasetCsv` (type: `string`):

Download AQI dataset as CSV.

## `totalLocations` (type: `string`):

Number of records in the dataset.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "places": [
        "New York, USA",
        "Delhi, India"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("channel_l/air-quality-monitor-us-eu-aqi").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "places": [
        "New York, USA",
        "Delhi, India",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("channel_l/air-quality-monitor-us-eu-aqi").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "places": [
    "New York, USA",
    "Delhi, India"
  ]
}' |
apify call channel_l/air-quality-monitor-us-eu-aqi --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,channel_l/air-quality-monitor-us-eu-aqi"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/0b0V0dKSOy8TzYfss/builds/r61Ge1CoP4H6X2Dj3/openapi.json