Air quality
Air quality in Azcapotzalco today
Updated
Good (US AQI 44) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 2:00 pm (20:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 44 Good
- PM2.5
- 4 µg/m³ 0.3× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 4.2 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 78 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 44
- Best hour today
- 8:00 pm AQI 37
- European AQI
- 29
Air quality in Azcapotzalco right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico is 44, which falls in the "Good" band (up to 50). Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.
The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 44. 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 4 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 4.2 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 78 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 9.4 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: UV index 3.4, carbon monoxide 169 µg/m³.
NASA FIRMS shows 17 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 33 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Azcapotzalco AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 37 around Sun 8:00 pm to 58 around Mon 2:00 pm, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.
The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 62 against 47 for the next 24 hours.
| Local time (America/Mexico_City) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 2:00 pm | 44 | Good | 4 | 4 | 78 |
| Sun 5:00 pm | 41 | Good | 7.4 | 8 | 61 |
| Sun 8:00 pm | 37 | Good | 10.3 | 11 | 29 |
| Sun 11:00 pm | 38 | Good | 21.6 | 22 | 13 |
| Mon 2:00 am | 48 | Good | 20.6 | 21 | 12 |
| Mon 5:00 am | 52 | Moderate | 13.2 | 14 | 23 |
| Mon 8:00 am | 54 | Moderate | 15.2 | 16 | 37 |
| Mon 11:00 am | 56 | Moderate | 11 | 11 | 94 |
| Mon 2:00 pm | 58 | Moderate | 10.8 | 11 | 136 |
| Mon 5:00 pm | 59 | Moderate | 11.2 | 12 | 67 |
| Mon 8:00 pm | 61 | Moderate | 17 | 17 | 15 |
| Mon 11:00 pm | 62 | Moderate | 19 | 19 | 14 |
| Tue 2:00 am | 61 | Moderate | 20.3 | 21 | 14 |
| Tue 5:00 am | 61 | Moderate | 22.8 | 23 | 6 |
| Tue 8:00 am | 64 | Moderate | 28.5 | 29 | 22 |
| Tue 11:00 am | 66 | Moderate | 14.6 | 15 | 115 |
| Tue 2:00 pm | 67 | Moderate | 14.8 | 15 | 171 |
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 Azcapotzalco today
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 8:00 pm (AQI 37, Good) and the worst around 2:00 pm (AQI 44). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.
Azcapotzalco vs the rest of Mexico
Across 96 Mexico cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 45 (Good). Azcapotzalco at 44 is about average.
It ranks 50 of 96 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Hermosillo (22) and the most polluted Jiutepec (87).
For context, the median across 3,556 cities worldwide is 58.
Air quality in cities near Azcapotzalco
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naucalpan de Juárez | 6 km | 44 | Good | 4 |
| Tlalnepantla | 6 km | 44 | Good | 4 |
| Miguel Hidalgo | 6 km | 44 | Good | 4 |
| Cuauhtémoc | 6 km | 44 | Good | 4 |
| Gustavo Adolfo Madero | 8 km | 44 | Good | 4 |
| Ciudad López Mateos | 8 km | 44 | Good | 4 |
| Mexico City | 9 km | 44 | Good | 4 |
| Benito Juarez | 10 km | 44 | Good | 4 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 4 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 3 sensors), centred about 9 km from the city centre. That is close to the model estimate of 4 µg/m³. Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air; reference monitors are more accurate but sparser.
Advice for sensitive groups
With the AQI at 44, there is no need for sensitive groups to change plans. People with asthma should still carry their reliever inhaler as usual.
What the US AQI numbers mean
| US AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency 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), Sensor.Community, NASA FIRMS.