Air quality

Air quality in Bauchi today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 122) People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 7:00 pm (18:00 UTC).

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

US AQI now
122 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
40 µg/m³ 2.7× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
95 µg/m³
Ozone
60 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 122
Best hour tomorrow
12:00 pm AQI 118
European AQI
54

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Air quality in Bauchi right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Bauchi, Nigeria is 122, 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 122. 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 40 µg/m³, 2.7 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 95 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 60 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 13 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: desert dust at 109 µg/m³, high enough to haze the sky, carbon monoxide 497 µg/m³.

Bauchi AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 118 around Mon 12:00 pm to 125 around Mon 1:00 am, staying "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" throughout.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 125.

Local time (Africa/Lagos)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 7:00 pm122Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups40.39560
Sun 10:00 pm123Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.611740
Mon 1:00 am125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups52.512837
Mon 4:00 am125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups54.612321
Mon 7:00 am125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups5611122
Mon 10:00 am120Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups33.698103
Mon 1:00 pm118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups27.381108
Mon 4:00 pm118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups27.575109
Mon 7:00 pm118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups479067
Mon 10:00 pm121Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups66.410641
Tue 1:00 am125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups58.39533
Tue 4:00 am126Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups52.78328
Tue 7:00 am126Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups60.59223
Tue 10:00 am127Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups35.673123
Tue 1:00 pm128Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups25.353120
Tue 4:00 pm127Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups23.348114
Tue 7:00 pm125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups34.65964

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 Bauchi tomorrow

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 12:00 pm (AQI 118, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 125). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Bauchi vs the rest of Nigeria

Across 69 Nigeria cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 106 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Bauchi at 122 is 16 points worse than average.

It ranks 48 of 69 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Calabar (64) and the most polluted Kano (239).

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

Air quality in cities near Bauchi

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Jos113 km144Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups56.2
Gombe145 km112Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups37.6
Gaya, Kano State195 km193Unhealthy89.4
Kano237 km239Very Unhealthy121.1
Zaria248 km182Unhealthy98
Kaduna264 km151Unhealthy53.3
Abuja293 km153Unhealthy55.3
Jimeta309 km115Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups41.2

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Bauchi, 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 56 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 152 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 65 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 122, 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.