Essen Pollen Count
Essen, Belgium · Last updated Friday, November 6, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Essen — from Friday, November 6, 2026 (1 day ago) — not today's reading.
Pollen Overview
Today's overall pollen level and the dominant type (trees, weeds, grass, or mold).
Total Pollen Index
The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).
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Weeds Index
How active weeds pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Essen Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Essen residents check each morning
The Essen pollen count today is 40 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 49 today. That total sits on a narrow base: weed pollen is 49 while tree pollen is just 18 and grass pollen 0.6. Plant-by-plant detail for Essen, Belgium follows, along with the outlook for the days ahead. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Friday, November 6, 2026.
A Low band on the Pollen Atlas index means the Total Pollen Index has stayed in the lower part of the 0–100 scale. Readings in this band are built from low individual category values rather than from one large spike, and the category split above matters more than the headline number: a low total can still contain one category, such as weed pollen or mold, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Essen page.
Fall is ragweed season across most of the United States: ragweed plants release pollen from late summer into autumn, and weed pollen is typically the last major outdoor pollen category to fade as the weather cools. That pattern is why an autumn total is so often weed-led even when the headline number is low — tree and grass pollen have usually receded by then, leaving weed pollen, and on damp days mold, to make up most of what the index records.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Essen pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Friday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Essen residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Essen pollen count today?
The Essen pollen count today is 40 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Essen: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Essen allergies today
Essen allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 40 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Essen allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Essen.
Allergies in Essen follow the Belgium calendar set out below — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast on this page show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Essen before heading outdoors, the split at the top of this page is the part to read: it shows which pollen is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.
Read the five-day table on this page as the Essen allergy forecast: today reads 40 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Essen allergies are set to ease or build across the week — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the index steps down, not just today.
In practice, the allergy count Essen today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Essen allergy count today is 40 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Essen: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, November 6 | 40 | Moderate |
| Saturday, November 7 | 26 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 36 | Moderate |
| Monday, November 9 | 35 | Moderate |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 39 | Moderate |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Essen’s pollen count to peak on Friday at 40 (Moderate) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Essen
What is driving Essen’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 40 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 49 (Moderate on its own scale) — about 72% of the four category readings added together, 31 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 18. A weed-led total is the classic late-year shape: tree and grass pollen have usually receded, leaving weed pollen — and on damp days mold — to make up most of what the index records. Weed pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the Belgium weed chapter runs August to October — so today’s lead is the model outranking the pattern, and this page reports the modelled reading first.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Essen, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above — it shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying, and plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.
Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 26 to 40, changing band 2 times. Today’s 40 sits 5 points above the window’s average of 35.2 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Essen now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Essen were not returned in today\u2019s source data, so this section summarises the pollen types the index above is built from instead of listing individual plants.
Tree pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 18 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 0.6 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 49 (Moderate).
In the Continental West pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are early hazel and alder, a birch-led spring, late-spring grasses, and late-summer mugwort and ragweed — named here as regional context only, not as today\u2019s measurements.
Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the source data includes it.
Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory.
Essen pollen through the year
Chapter by chapter, the Essen pollen year runs like this:
- Hazel and alder open from February, and birch leads the spring peak through April and into May.
- Grasses hold from May through July, cresting in late May and June.
- Mugwort and ragweed build from August, peak in September, and are ended by the first hard frost.
- Mold builds through the humid summer and fills the gaps between chapters.
No Belgium allergy season guide is published yet, so this page does not single out signature pollens for Essen — the calendar above is the Continental West regional pattern, and the plant detail on this page names what today’s feed actually records.
November falls between the main chapters of the Belgium pollen year — the tail of one and the approach of the next — so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. Between them, the three chapters cover 9 months of the Belgium year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. No Belgium allergy season guide is published yet — this calendar follows the Continental West regional pattern. See Essen pollen count rankings and Essen on the pollen heatmap.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Essen pollen count on a Total Pollen Index from 0 to 100, built from separate tree, grass and weed readings. The total is a summary, not an average of the three: a single strong category can lift it, and three quiet categories can hold it down even in a month when Essen, Belgium pollen is usually more active. Index values are a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data, with plant detail by the Google Pollen API. The index is a modelled 0–100 scale, not a measured count, and figures update through the day, so a morning and an evening visit to this page can legitimately show different numbers.
Essen in today’s national picture
At 40 (Low), Essen ranks joint 2735th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Essen: Nispen, Netherlands (2 km away) reads 40 (Low); Roosendaal, Netherlands (7 km away) reads 40 (Low); Huijbergen, Netherlands (8 km away) reads 34 (Low). Essen reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Belgium’s 1713 tracked cities, today runs from 20 in Bouillon to 49 in Westende.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Essen resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Essen, Belgium can test whether tree, grass, weed or mold is the category that matters for you — the four readings at the top of this page are the starting point for that conversation.
Essen in its local area
Essen is in Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. Its population is 10,000 (GeoNames).
Across Belgium’s 1713 tracked cities, Essen ranks joint 462nd today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Essen, Belgium pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
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- Kapellen pollen count (17 km away)
- Brecht pollen count (18 km away)
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Pollen indexes: a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data. Plant detail: Google Pollen API. Index values are modelled, not measured counts. Sources: CDC/NAB; USA-NPN; GBIF (CC BY); ESA WorldCover (CC BY 4.0).