Air quality

Air quality in Abobo today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 55) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 6:00 pm (18:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Abobo, Abidjan Autonomous District, Ivory Coast, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
55 Moderate
PM2.5
16 µg/m³ 1.1× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
32 µg/m³
Ozone
64 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 55
Best hour today
6:00 pm AQI 55
European AQI
41

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Air quality in Abobo right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Abobo, Abidjan Autonomous District, Ivory Coast is 55, which falls in the "Moderate" band (up to 100). Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.

The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 55. Fine and coarse particles come from traffic, heating, industry, dust and smoke; they build up on calm nights and clear when wind or rain arrives.

PM2.5 is 16 µg/m³, 1.1 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 32 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 64 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 2.3 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 200 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 9 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 200 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Abobo AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 48 around Mon 6:00 pm to 55 around Sun 6:00 pm, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 43 against 54 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Africa/Abidjan)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 6:00 pm55Moderate16.43264
Sun 9:00 pm55Moderate10.21642
Mon 12:00 am55Moderate5.3838
Mon 3:00 am54Moderate5.4938
Mon 6:00 am54Moderate61037
Mon 9:00 am54Moderate7.81456
Mon 12:00 pm53Moderate13.42872
Mon 3:00 pm52Moderate81463
Mon 6:00 pm48Good6.41049
Mon 9:00 pm43Good8.11138
Tue 12:00 am43Good91331
Tue 3:00 am45Good7.41129
Tue 6:00 am46Good6.31029
Tue 9:00 am46Good5.3855
Tue 12:00 pm42Good4.5767
Tue 3:00 pm37Good4.3664
Tue 6:00 pm35Good4.5647

Every third hour of the CAMS forecast via Open-Meteo. US AQI uses rolling averages (24 h for particles, 8 h for ozone), so it moves more slowly than the hourly concentrations.

Best time to be outside in Abobo today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 pm (AQI 55, Moderate) and the worst around 6:00 pm (AQI 55). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Abobo vs the rest of Ivory Coast

Across 12 Ivory Coast cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 56 (Moderate). Abobo at 55 is about average.

It ranks 8 of 12 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is San-Pédro (33) and the most polluted Korhogo (90).

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 57.

Air quality in cities near Abobo

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Abidjan7 km50Good7.2
Anyama10 km55Moderate16.4
Marcory12 km50Good7.2
Koumassi14 km50Good7.2
Hiré166 km52Moderate20.1
Yamoussoukro209 km63Moderate25.9
Gagnoa228 km51Moderate20.2
Sekondi-Takoradi256 km42Good7.1

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Abobo, so the numbers on this page are model estimates. Models capture regional pollution well but can miss very local sources such as a busy road or a nearby fire.

Advice for sensitive groups

At 55, most people are fine outdoors. If you are unusually sensitive to PM2.5, keep long or intense workouts to the cleaner hours shown above.

What the US AQI numbers mean

US AQICategoryWhat it means
0-50GoodAir quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
51-100ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsPeople with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed.
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301-500HazardousEmergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500.

Values on this page are modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) and served by Open-Meteo; they are estimates for the area around the city centre, not readings from an official monitor.

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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), NASA FIRMS.