What is the average speed of human sneeze? I sneeze a lot, at various times and various "volumes", and often wonder about the speed of the sneeze itself, i.e. the speed of the air coming out of the nose while sneezing. What is the average speed of that, in humans? Are there any records for such a thing?

Mainstream understanding is that a sneeze is 100 mph, or ~45 m/s. However, this isn't even close to being true..

A study in 2013 (see link below) was conducted where they investigated the airflow dynamics of sneezing and breathing, and discovered that the highest velocities of a sneeze are **around 10 mph, or 4.5 m/s**.

> ...the maximum sneeze velocity derived from these measured distances was 4.5 m/s.

So, about 1/10th the value of what most people believe.. just like the 10% use of our brain misconception, but reversed! (we use 100% of our brain.. not necessarily all at the same time, but we do utilize all parts of our brain)

Airflow Dynamics of Human Jets: Sneezing and Breathing - Potential Sources of Infectious Aerosols