On behalf of the Scottish Government, and as part of the Scottish Air Quality Database (SAQD) project, Ricardo provide mapped concentrations of pollutants for Scotland. These have been recently update for the year 2024.
provide representation of the spatial distribution of background and roadside annual mean concentrations for:
- gravimetric equivalent PM10 concentration (PM10)
- gravimetric equivalent PM2.5 concentration (PM2.5)
- NOx and NO2
Background concentrations are mapped at a spatial resolution of 1 km2 (1 km x 1 km grid) and roadside concentrations are mapped for urban major road links throughout Scotland.
You can access this data via the air quality in Scotland website here . You can also use the new interactive map tool to explore the concentration and obtain the relevant data. In addition, the latest technical report associated with this work has also been published on the website and can be found here.
