Air quality
Air quality in Badalona today
Updated
Good (US AQI 48) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 11:50 pm (22:50 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 48 Good
- PM2.5
- 15 µg/m³ 1× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 27 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 5 µg/m³
Air quality in Badalona right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Badalona, Catalonia, Spain is 48, 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.
PM2.5 is 15 µg/m³, 1 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 27 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 5 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 75 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).
NASA FIRMS shows 9 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 85 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Badalona vs the rest of Spain
Across 28 Spain cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 36 (Good). Badalona at 48 is 12 points worse than average.
It ranks 25 of 28 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Valladolid (25) and the most polluted Telde (53).
For context, the median across 3,556 cities worldwide is 58.
Air quality in cities near Badalona
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Coloma de Gramenet | 3 km | 48 | Good | 15.1 |
| Barcelona | 10 km | 48 | Good | 15.1 |
| Palma | 212 km | 34 | Good | 5.1 |
| Toulouse | 248 km | 26 | Good | 4.1 |
| Zaragoza | 261 km | 29 | Good | 4.3 |
| Ibiza | 291 km | 35 | Good | 5.2 |
| Valencia, Valencia | 313 km | 30 | Good | 9.8 |
| Marseille | 329 km | 30 | Good | 2.7 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 2 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 21 sensors), centred about 14 km from the city centre. That is 13.1 µg/m³ below the model estimate of 15 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 48, 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.