Air quality

Air quality in Jāmuria today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 130) 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, 11:30 pm (18:00 UTC).

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

US AQI now
130 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
44 µg/m³ 2.9× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
47 µg/m³
Ozone
76 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 130
Best hour tomorrow
1:30 pm AQI 121
European AQI
56

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Air quality in Jāmuria right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Jāmuria, West Bengal, India is 130, 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 130. 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 44 µg/m³, 2.9 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 47 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 76 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 16 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 376 µg/m³.

Jāmuria AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 121 around Mon 1:30 pm to 164 around Mon 5:30 pm, from "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" at best to "Unhealthy" at worst.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 133.

Local time (Asia/Kolkata)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 11:30 pm130Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups43.74776
Mon 2:30 am127Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups40.34371
Mon 5:30 am125Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups41.14476
Mon 8:30 am124Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups42.446115
Mon 11:30 am123Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups38.945190
Mon 2:30 pm121Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups40.347194
Mon 5:30 pm164Unhealthy59.566125
Mon 8:30 pm130Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups67.37280
Mon 11:30 pm129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups45.94993
Tue 2:30 am129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups38.64297
Tue 5:30 am128Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups37.34087
Tue 8:30 am127Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups41.745114
Tue 11:30 am127Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups38.642187
Tue 2:30 pm127Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36.138195
Tue 5:30 pm162Unhealthy53.956125
Tue 8:30 pm132Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups72.27484
Tue 11:30 pm131Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups89.49164

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 Jāmuria tomorrow

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 1:30 pm (AQI 121, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 5:30 pm (AQI 164). That is a swing of 43 points, so a run or walk around 1:30 pm is noticeably better.

Jāmuria vs the rest of India

Across 260 India cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 116 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Jāmuria at 130 is 14 points worse than average.

It ranks 117 of 260 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Dindigul (26) and the most polluted Karnāl (346).

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

Air quality in cities near Jāmuria

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Āsansol10 km113Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36
Rānīganj11 km130Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups43.7
Kulti24 km113Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36
Durgapur31 km130Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups43.7
Dhanbad67 km152Unhealthy72.6
Chas93 km152Unhealthy73.3
Barddhamān94 km161Unhealthy84.5
Bokāro94 km152Unhealthy73.3

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Jāmuria, 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 79 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 212 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 3 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 130, 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.