Air quality

Air quality in Magangué today

Updated

Good (US AQI 43) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 7:00 pm (00:00 UTC).

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

US AQI now
43 Good
PM2.5
4.4 µg/m³ 0.3× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
5 µg/m³
Ozone
46 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 43
Best hour tomorrow
1:00 pm AQI 21
European AQI
18

Open on the live map

Air quality in Magangué right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Magangué, Bolívar, Colombia is 43, which falls in the "Good" band (up to 50). Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity.

The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 43. 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 4.4 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 5 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 46 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 2.8 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 144 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 35 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 144 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Magangué AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 21 around Mon 1:00 pm to 43 around Sun 7:00 pm, staying "Good" throughout.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 21 against 32 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (America/Bogota)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 7:00 pm43Good4.4546
Sun 10:00 pm41Good4.3543
Mon 1:00 am38Good3442
Mon 4:00 am34Good2.6340
Mon 7:00 am31Good2.6337
Mon 10:00 am25Good2.3353
Mon 1:00 pm21Good2.3357
Mon 4:00 pm25Good2.2353
Mon 7:00 pm25Good2.1240
Mon 10:00 pm22Good2.1239
Tue 1:00 am19Good1.5238
Tue 4:00 am18Good1.3235
Tue 7:00 am17Good1.1140
Tue 10:00 am18Good1.6258
Tue 1:00 pm23Good2.1365
Tue 4:00 pm28Good2.6369
Tue 7:00 pm30Good3.2451

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 Magangué tomorrow

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 1:00 pm (AQI 21, Good) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 32). That is a swing of 11 points, so a run or walk around 1:00 pm is noticeably better.

Magangué vs the rest of Colombia

Across 38 Colombia cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 42 (Good). Magangué at 43 is about average.

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

Air quality in cities near Magangué

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Sincelejo70 km33Good3.4
San Pablo, Bolívar106 km37Good4.2
Montería135 km25Good2.3
Cartagena152 km36Good3.8
Soledad186 km50Good6.4
Barranquilla192 km50Good6.4
Zaragoza, Antioquia195 km44Good4.9
Valledupar213 km33Good4.6

Model vs measured

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

With the AQI at 43, there is no need for sensitive groups to change plans. People with asthma should still carry their reliever inhaler as usual.

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.

Nearby cities

More for Magangué

Air quality elsewhere

Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), NASA FIRMS.