Air quality

Air quality in Bắc Ninh today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 118) 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, 5:48 am (22:48 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Bắc Ninh, Bac Ninh, Vietnam, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
118 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
51 µg/m³ 3.4× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
52 µg/m³
Ozone
63 µg/m³

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Air quality in Bắc Ninh right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Bắc Ninh, Bac Ninh, Vietnam is 118, 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.

PM2.5 is 51 µg/m³, 3.4 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 52 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 63 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 29 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Bắc Ninh vs the rest of Vietnam

Across 68 Vietnam cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 85 (Moderate). Bắc Ninh at 118 is 33 points worse than average.

It ranks 61 of 68 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Phu Quoc (37) and the most polluted Mỹ Hào (118).

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

Air quality in cities near Bắc Ninh

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Việt Yên11 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.2
Thuận Thanh16 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.2
Bắc Giang16 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.2
Gia Lâm23 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.2
Long Bien25 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.2
Hoàn Kiếm29 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.2
Mỹ Hào30 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.2
Hanoi30 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.2

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Bắc Ninh, 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 51 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 160 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 23 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 118, 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.