Air quality

Air quality in Amroha today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 114) People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 7:30 am (02:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
114 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
54 µg/m³ 3.6× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
103 µg/m³
Ozone
34 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 114
Best hour today
8:30 am AQI 113
European AQI
62

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Air quality in Amroha right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India is 114, which falls in the "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" band (up to 150). People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.

The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 114. 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 54 µg/m³, 3.6 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 103 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 34 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 17 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: desert dust at 84 µg/m³, high enough to haze the sky, carbon monoxide 505 µg/m³.

Amroha AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 113 around Mon 8:30 am to 157 around Tue 7:30 am, from "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" at best to "Unhealthy" at worst.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 168 against 126 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Kolkata)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 7:30 am114Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups53.610334
Mon 10:30 am116Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups42.666110
Mon 1:30 pm118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups28.949155
Mon 4:30 pm120Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups29.943118
Mon 7:30 pm119Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.66967
Mon 10:30 pm122Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups77.119748
Tue 1:30 am134Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups102.435741
Tue 4:30 am151Unhealthy11538431
Tue 7:30 am157Unhealthy11930822
Tue 10:30 am162Unhealthy88.9217121
Tue 1:30 pm165Unhealthy41.882188
Tue 4:30 pm166Unhealthy42.160146
Tue 7:30 pm168Unhealthy80.19468
Tue 10:30 pm171Unhealthy106.911626
Wed 1:30 am173Unhealthy109.211615
Wed 4:30 am173Unhealthy97.112016
Wed 7:30 am171Unhealthy105.214338

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 Amroha today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 8:30 am (AQI 113, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 9:30 pm (AQI 121). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Amroha vs the rest of India

Across 245 India cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 116 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Amroha at 114 is about average.

For context, the median across 3,556 cities worldwide is 58.

Air quality in cities near Amroha

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Morādābād31 km127Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups58
Rāmpur55 km115Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups50.5
Meerut75 km136Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups71.9
Bīlāspur, Uttar Pradesh78 km115Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups50.5
Modīnagar88 km136Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups71.9
Muzaffarnagar98 km131Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups73.3
Greater Noida102 km155Unhealthy93.4
Ghāziābād104 km136Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups71.9

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Amroha, 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.

Wildfire smoke

PM2.5 is forecast to reach 119 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 76 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 18 km away). Smoke is a likely contributor: keep windows closed, run an air purifier or HVAC filter, and check the fire map before heading out.

Advice for sensitive groups

At 114, children, older adults, pregnant people and anyone with asthma, COPD or heart disease should limit time outdoors, especially strenuous activity. A well-fitted N95/FFP2 mask cuts particle exposure; it does not filter ozone.

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.