Air quality

Air quality in Bahārestān today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 73) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 5:30 am (02:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Bahārestān, Isfahan, Iran, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
73 Moderate
PM2.5
16 µg/m³ 1.1× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
20 µg/m³
Ozone
1 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 73
Best hour today
4:30 pm AQI 65
European AQI
47

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Air quality in Bahārestān right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Bahārestān, Isfahan, Iran is 73, which falls in the "Moderate" band (up to 100). Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.

The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 73. 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 16 µg/m³, 1.1 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 20 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 1 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 38 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 430 µg/m³.

Bahārestān AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 65 around Mon 4:30 pm to 73 around Mon 5:30 am, staying "Moderate" throughout.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 74 against 69 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Tehran)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 5:30 am73Moderate16.1201
Mon 8:30 am71Moderate28.23434
Mon 11:30 am69Moderate8.92289
Mon 2:30 pm67Moderate8.623108
Mon 5:30 pm65Moderate12.32540
Mon 8:30 pm67Moderate42.7554
Mon 11:30 pm71Moderate30.4386
Tue 2:30 am72Moderate19.2289
Tue 5:30 am72Moderate17.5265
Tue 8:30 am73Moderate31.84133
Tue 11:30 am74Moderate13.83378
Tue 2:30 pm75Moderate13.131100
Tue 5:30 pm76Moderate16.62942
Tue 8:30 pm75Moderate25.73615
Tue 11:30 pm72Moderate40.25111
Wed 2:30 am76Moderate37.85014
Wed 5:30 am80Moderate36.9489

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 Bahārestān today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 4:30 pm (AQI 65, Moderate) and the worst around 6:30 am (AQI 72). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Bahārestān vs the rest of Iran

Across 35 Iran cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 71 (Moderate). Bahārestān at 73 is about average.

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

Air quality in cities near Bahārestān

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Isfahan20 km86Moderate30.2
Khomeynī Shahr31 km86Moderate30.2
Shāhīn Shahr46 km86Moderate30.2
Kashan169 km58Moderate13.5
Kāshān, Isfahan171 km58Moderate13.5
Yazd253 km60Moderate16.3
Qom253 km67Moderate20.1
Arāk263 km58Moderate17.2

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Bahārestān, 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 43 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 262 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 26 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 73, most people are fine outdoors. If you are unusually sensitive to PM2.5, keep long or intense workouts to the cleaner hours shown above.

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.