Air quality

Air quality in Bahadurgarh today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 134) 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, 6:30 am (01:00 UTC).

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

US AQI now
134 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
69 µg/m³ 4.6× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
197 µg/m³
Ozone
31 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 134
Best hour today
6:30 am AQI 134
European AQI
80

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Air quality in Bahadurgarh right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India is 134, 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 134. 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 69 µg/m³, 4.6 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 197 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 31 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 25 µg/m³ (right at the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: desert dust at 242 µg/m³, high enough to haze the sky, carbon monoxide 577 µg/m³.

Bahadurgarh AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 134 around Mon 6:30 am to 209 around Tue 6:30 am, from "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" at best to "Very Unhealthy" at worst.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 188 against 165 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Kolkata)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 6:30 am134Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups68.719731
Mon 9:30 am145Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups74.720668
Mon 12:30 pm151Unhealthy56.3269148
Mon 3:30 pm154Unhealthy75.9447129
Mon 6:30 pm158Unhealthy99.244173
Mon 9:30 pm168Unhealthy11855048
Tue 12:30 am187Unhealthy110.649953
Tue 3:30 am200Unhealthy86.630953
Tue 6:30 am209Very Unhealthy73.317644
Tue 9:30 am203Very Unhealthy66.117182
Tue 12:30 pm199Unhealthy49.8198174
Tue 3:30 pm193Unhealthy60.8299153
Tue 6:30 pm185Unhealthy84.832186
Tue 9:30 pm178Unhealthy109.247355
Wed 12:30 am174Unhealthy107.844150
Wed 3:30 am172Unhealthy94.331644
Wed 6:30 am173Unhealthy86.421938

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 Bahadurgarh today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:30 am (AQI 134, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 9:30 pm (AQI 168). That is a swing of 34 points, so a run or walk around 6:30 am is noticeably better.

Bahadurgarh vs the rest of India

Across 245 India cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 116 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Bahadurgarh at 134 is 18 points worse than average.

It ranks 155 of 245 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Dindigul (27) and the most polluted Karnāl (451).

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

Air quality in cities near Bahadurgarh

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Najafgarh10 km143Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups67.8
Kirāri Sulemānnagar13 km142Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups73.6
Nāngloi Jāt13 km142Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups73.6
Hashtsāl14 km142Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups73.6
Sultan Pur Majra14 km142Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups73.6
Delhi Cantonment22 km161Unhealthy90.6
Bhālswa Jahangirpur23 km142Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups73.6
Narela23 km142Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups73.6

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Bahadurgarh, 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 120 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 69 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 48 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 134, 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.