Houen, Switzerland Pollen Count
Houen, Switzerland · Last updated Sunday, November 8, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Houen — from Sunday, November 8, 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 Houen Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
This reading is the forecast point shared with Schönenberg, Switzerland — 135 nearby places use the same point; Houen is 5.9 km from it.
Pollen count Houen residents check each morning
The Houen pollen count today is 5 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 3 today. That total sits on a narrow base: weed pollen is 3 while tree pollen is just 0.6 and grass pollen 0.6. Plant-by-plant detail for Houen, Switzerland follows, along with the outlook for the days ahead. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Sunday, November 8, 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 Houen 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 Houen pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Sunday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Houen residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Houen pollen count today?
The Houen pollen count today is 5 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Houen: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Houen allergies today
Houen allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 5 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Houen allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Houen.
Allergies in Houen follow the Switzerland 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 Houen 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 Houen allergy forecast: today reads 5 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Houen 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 Houen today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Houen allergy count today is 5 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Houen: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, November 8 | 5 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 5 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 5 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 5 | Low |
| Thursday, November 12 | 5 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Houen’s pollen count to peak on Sunday at 5 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Houen
What is driving Houen’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 5 (Low) is set by weed pollen at 3 (Low on its own scale) — about 71% of the four category readings added together, 2.4 points clear of the next category, tree pollen at 0.6. 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 Switzerland 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 Houen, 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 5 to 5, never changing band. Today’s 5 sits level with the window’s average of 5 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Houen now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Houen 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 0.6 (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 3 (Low).
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.
Houen pollen through the year
Chapter by chapter, the Houen 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 Switzerland allergy season guide is published yet, so this page does not single out signature pollens for Houen — 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. No Switzerland allergy season guide is published yet — this calendar follows the Continental West regional pattern. See Houen pollen count rankings and Houen on the pollen heatmap.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Houen 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 Houen, Switzerland 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.
Houen in today’s national picture
At 5 (Low), Houen ranks joint 162817th of the 217874 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Tignes, France at 66, and the lowest is Извор, North Macedonia at 5. The whole table spans 61 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Houen: Hirzwangen, Switzerland (1 km away) reads 5 (Low); Ebertswil, Switzerland (1 km away) reads 5 (Low); Husertal, Switzerland (1 km away) reads 5 (Low). Houen reads exactly level with its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across Switzerland’s 3727 tracked cities, today runs from 5 in Bern to 65 in Andermatt.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Houen resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Houen, Switzerland 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.
Houen in its local area
Houen is in Bezirk Affoltern, Zurich, Switzerland. Its population is 10 (GeoNames).
Houen sits 7.7 km west-northwest of Schönenberg, Switzerland — the anchor of the forecast-point group this reading belongs to. Within the group of 135, Houen ranks joint 1st; across Switzerland’s 3727 tracked cities, it ranks joint 1354th today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Houen, Switzerland pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Hirzwangen pollen count (1 km away)
- Ebertswil pollen count (1 km away)
- Husertal pollen count (1 km away)
- Schweikhof pollen count (1 km away)
- Kappelerhöhe pollen count (1 km away)
- Wesenmatt pollen count (1 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).