Ballater, United Kingdom Pollen Count Today
Ballater, United Kingdom · Updated Saturday, November 7, 2026
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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Grass Index
How active grass pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Ballater Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Ballater residents check each morning
The Ballater pollen count today is 25 (Low). No single plant stands out in today’s readings; the Grass category is the one the index is led by. The full split is tree pollen 0.6, grass pollen 29, weed pollen 21. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Saturday, November 7, 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 grass pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Ballater page.
Outside its main late-spring and early-summer window, grass pollen usually appears as a small background value rather than the driver of the total. A low grass reading alongside a higher weed or mold value is a typical off-peak pattern. Grass should be read from its own value on this page, not assumed from the calendar: the index reports today’s modelled value, and the modelled value outranks any general seasonal expectation.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Ballater pollen forecast below — it is currently holding, with Wednesday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Ballater residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Ballater pollen count today?
The Ballater pollen count today is 25 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Grass.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Ballater: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Ballater allergies today
Ballater allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 25 (Low), driven mainly by Grass. When people ask about Ballater allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Ballater.
Allergies in Ballater follow the United Kingdom 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 Ballater 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 Ballater allergy forecast: today reads 25 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Ballater 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 Ballater today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Ballater allergy count today is 25 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Ballater: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, November 7 | 25 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 25 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 26 | Low |
| Tuesday, November 10 | 26 | Low |
| Wednesday, November 11 | 30 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Ballater’s pollen count to peak on Wednesday at 30 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Ballater
What is driving Ballater’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 25 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 29 (Low on its own scale) — about 57% of the four category readings added together, 8 points clear of the next category, weed pollen at 21. Grass-led totals tend to hold a level for days at a time rather than spike and clear, because grasses pollinate over an extended period. Grass pollen leading in November runs against the usual calendar — the United Kingdom grass chapter runs May to July — 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 Ballater, 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 25 to 30, never changing band. Today’s 25 sits 1 point below the window’s average of 26.4 — a steady window, in which one day reads much like the next.
Plants affecting Ballater now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Ballater 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 29 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 21 (Low).
In the Atlantic West pattern, the plants that typically shape this city’s year are early hazel and alder, a spring birch and oak wave, late-spring and summer grasses, and a modest late-summer weed finish — 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.
Ballater pollen through the year
Three chapters make the United Kingdom pollen year, and Ballater follows them in the Atlantic West order. The tree chapter: hazel and alder can open as early as February in mild winters, and the main tree wave — birch, then oak — builds through spring to a May peak. The grass chapter: grasses hold from late May into July, peaking in late spring and early summer. The weed chapter: weeds are the minor closing act — mugwort through late summer, with ragweed localised and generally light this far west. Mold tracks the region’s Atlantic humidity rather than a flowering calendar, and it fills the gaps between chapters.
No United Kingdom allergy season guide is published yet, so this page does not single out signature pollens for Ballater — the calendar above is the Atlantic 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom year, February to October — leaving a quiet gap of roughly 3 months in the depth of the off-season. No United Kingdom allergy season guide is published yet — this calendar follows the Atlantic West regional pattern. See Ballater pollen count rankings and Ballater on the pollen heatmap.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Ballater 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 whatever the month. 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.
Ballater in today’s national picture
At 25 (Low), Ballater ranks joint 33676th of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Beja, Portugal at 52, and the lowest is Los Ángeles de San Rafael, Spain at 5. The whole table spans 47 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Ballater: Aboyne, United Kingdom (16 km away) reads 19 (Low); Torphins, United Kingdom (26 km away) reads 22 (Low); Banchory, United Kingdom (33 km away) reads 19 (Low). Ballater reads 6 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across United Kingdom’s 3713 tracked cities, today runs from 9 in Lisburn to 44 in Baschurch.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Ballater resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Ballater, United Kingdom 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.
Ballater in its local area
Ballater is in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Its population is 1,550 (GeoNames).
Across United Kingdom’s 3713 tracked cities, Ballater ranks joint 2153rd today.
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Ballater, United Kingdom pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Aboyne pollen count (16 km away)
- Torphins pollen count (26 km away)
- Banchory pollen count (33 km away)
- Kemnay pollen count (41 km away)
- Insch pollen count (41 km away)
- Kirriemuir pollen count (42 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).