Air quality

Air quality in Choa Chu Kang New Town today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 65) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 3:17 am (19:17 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Choa Chu Kang New Town, Singapore, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
65 Moderate
PM2.5
6.9 µg/m³ 0.5× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
7.1 µg/m³
Ozone
38 µg/m³

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Air quality in Choa Chu Kang New Town right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Choa Chu Kang New Town, Singapore is 65, which falls in the "Moderate" band (up to 100). Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.

PM2.5 is 6.9 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 7.1 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 38 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 17 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

NASA FIRMS shows 23 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 291 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Choa Chu Kang New Town vs the rest of Singapore

Across 15 Singapore cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 72 (Moderate). Choa Chu Kang New Town at 65 is 7 points cleaner than average.

It ranks 3 of 15 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Woodlands (65) and the most polluted Queenstown Estate (78).

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

Air quality in cities near Choa Chu Kang New Town

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Bukit Panjang New Town2 km65Moderate6.9
Jurong West5 km78Moderate7.3
Jurong Town6 km78Moderate7.3
Woodlands8 km65Moderate6.9
Johor Bahru9 km65Moderate6.9
Ang Mo Kio New Town10 km65Moderate6.9
Yishun New Town11 km65Moderate6.9
Queenstown Estate11 km78Moderate7.3

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Choa Chu Kang New Town, 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

At 65, most people are fine outdoors. If you are unusually sensitive to air pollution, 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.