Air quality

Air quality in Bago City today

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Good (US AQI 26) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 4:00 am (20:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Bago City, Western Visayas, Philippines, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
26 Good
PM2.5
6.1 µg/m³ 0.4× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
6.3 µg/m³
Ozone
48 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 26
Best hour today
6:00 am AQI 27
European AQI
22

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Air quality in Bago City right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Bago City, Western Visayas, Philippines is 26, 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 26. 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 6.1 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 6.3 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 48 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 337 µg/m³.

Bago City AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 26 around Mon 4:00 am to 38 around Mon 9:00 pm, staying "Good" throughout.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 30.

Local time (Asia/Manila)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 4:00 am26Good6.1648
Mon 7:00 am27Good6664
Mon 10:00 am29Good5.6683
Mon 1:00 pm33Good7.1883
Mon 4:00 pm37Good7.7969
Mon 7:00 pm37Good7.8951
Mon 10:00 pm38Good6.1744
Tue 1:00 am36Good4.6538
Tue 4:00 am35Good3.4430
Tue 7:00 am33Good3.5438
Tue 10:00 am31Good4554
Tue 1:00 pm30Good5.5759
Tue 4:00 pm29Good5.8851
Tue 7:00 pm28Good7.71033
Tue 10:00 pm28Good6.6825
Wed 1:00 am29Good5.4723
Wed 4:00 am29Good3.8522

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 Bago City today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 27, Good) and the worst around 9:00 pm (AQI 38). That is a swing of 11 points, so a run or walk around 6:00 am is noticeably better.

Bago City vs the rest of Philippines

Across 106 Philippines cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 76 (Moderate). Bago City at 26 is 50 points cleaner than average.

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 56.

Air quality in cities near Bago City

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Mansilingan19 km34Good4.2
Bacolod City20 km34Good4.2
Talisay, Western Visayas27 km34Good4.2
Iloilo35 km21Good3.6
Toledo, Central Visayas90 km31Good5.3
San Fernando, Central Visayas104 km40Good5.1
Naga, Central Visayas107 km40Good5.1
Asia115 km23Good5.4

Model vs measured

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

With the AQI at 26, 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 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).