Air quality

Air quality in Hiré today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 52) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 2:00 am (02:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Hiré, Goh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
52 Moderate
PM2.5
3.9 µg/m³ 0.3× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
6.1 µg/m³
Ozone
27 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 52
Best hour today
9:00 pm AQI 44
European AQI
16

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Air quality in Hiré right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Hiré, Goh-Djiboua, Ivory Coast is 52, 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 52. 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 3.9 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 6.1 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 27 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 2.2 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 123 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 7 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 37 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Hiré AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 42 around Mon 11:00 pm to 53 around Mon 11:00 am, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 35 against 50 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Africa/Abidjan)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 2:00 am52Moderate3.9627
Mon 5:00 am52Moderate3.7628
Mon 8:00 am52Moderate5.41037
Mon 11:00 am53Moderate11.92757
Mon 2:00 pm52Moderate15.43667
Mon 5:00 pm51Moderate8.81555
Mon 8:00 pm46Good5.4737
Mon 11:00 pm42Good5.6830
Tue 2:00 am42Good4.8831
Tue 5:00 am43Good4.3730
Tue 8:00 am43Good4740
Tue 11:00 am40Good3.9753
Tue 2:00 pm34Good5.71156
Tue 5:00 pm28Good3.9649
Tue 8:00 pm26Good5.3734
Tue 11:00 pm26Good6826
Wed 2:00 am26Good4.4622

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 Hiré today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 9:00 pm (AQI 44, Good) and the worst around 11:00 am (AQI 53). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Hiré vs the rest of Ivory Coast

Across 10 Ivory Coast cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 55 (Moderate). Hiré at 52 is about average.

It ranks 5 of 10 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is San-Pédro (34) and the most polluted Korhogo (87).

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

Air quality in cities near Hiré

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Daloa149 km60Moderate15.9
Anyama158 km54Moderate5.3
Abobo166 km54Moderate5.3
Bouaké170 km71Moderate24
Abidjan170 km47Good7.3
Marcory174 km47Good7.3
Koumassi177 km47Good7.3
San-Pédro218 km34Good5.7

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Hiré, 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 52, 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.