Air quality

Air quality in Bhiwadi today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 150) 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, 5:30 am (00:00 UTC).

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

US AQI now
150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
55 µg/m³ 3.7× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
200 µg/m³
Ozone
41 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 150
Best hour today
6:30 am AQI 150
European AQI
81

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Air quality in Bhiwadi right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, India is 150, 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 150. 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 55 µg/m³, 3.7 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 200 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 41 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 24 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: desert dust at 268 µg/m³, high enough to haze the sky, carbon monoxide 524 µg/m³.

Bhiwadi AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 150 around Mon 5:30 am to 196 around Tue 5:30 am, from "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" at best to "Unhealthy" at worst.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 193 against 158 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Kolkata)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 5:30 am150Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups55.420041
Mon 8:30 am151Unhealthy65.418345
Mon 11:30 am151Unhealthy47.6206141
Mon 2:30 pm151Unhealthy57.3297145
Mon 5:30 pm153Unhealthy72.231998
Mon 8:30 pm154Unhealthy96.642651
Mon 11:30 pm160Unhealthy112.556653
Tue 2:30 am182Unhealthy106.252760
Tue 5:30 am196Unhealthy85.732857
Tue 8:30 am203Very Unhealthy73.319158
Tue 11:30 am202Very Unhealthy46.9172167
Tue 2:30 pm198Unhealthy50.1238170
Tue 5:30 pm194Unhealthy65.7269115
Tue 8:30 pm190Unhealthy88.936567
Tue 11:30 pm186Unhealthy104.549058
Wed 2:30 am181Unhealthy101.346153
Wed 5:30 am178Unhealthy86.129349

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 Bhiwadi today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:30 am (AQI 150, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 9:30 pm (AQI 155). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Bhiwadi vs the rest of India

Across 245 India cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 116 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Bhiwadi at 150 is 34 points worse than average.

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

Air quality in cities near Bhiwadi

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Gurugram32 km139Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups67.3
Najafgarh46 km139Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups67.3
Deoli49 km159Unhealthy87.8
Faridabad50 km159Unhealthy87.8
Delhi Cantonment51 km159Unhealthy87.8
Hashtsāl51 km138Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups71.9
Bahadurgarh54 km138Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups71.9
Nāngloi Jāt56 km138Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups71.9

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Bhiwadi, 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 113 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 196 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 19 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 150, 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.