Air quality
Air quality in Mataró today
Updated
Good (US AQI 38) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 3:00 am (02:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Mataró, Catalonia, Spain, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 38 Good
- PM2.5
- 7.8 µg/m³ 0.5× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 11 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 41 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 38
- Best hour today
- 6:00 am AQI 39
- European AQI
- 26
Air quality in Mataró right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Mataró, Catalonia, Spain is 38, 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 38. 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 7.8 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 11 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 41 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 9.5 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: carbon monoxide 151 µg/m³.
NASA FIRMS shows 8 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 98 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Mataró AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 38 around Mon 3:00 am to 48 around Tue 3:00 am, staying "Good" throughout.
The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 53 against 41 for the next 24 hours.
| Local time (Europe/Madrid) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3:00 am | 38 | Good | 7.8 | 11 | 41 |
| Mon 6:00 am | 39 | Good | 6.9 | 9 | 47 |
| Mon 9:00 am | 40 | Good | 6.9 | 10 | 50 |
| Mon 12:00 pm | 41 | Good | 5.6 | 9 | 69 |
| Mon 3:00 pm | 42 | Good | 4.5 | 9 | 69 |
| Mon 6:00 pm | 42 | Good | 5.5 | 11 | 66 |
| Mon 9:00 pm | 41 | Good | 12.1 | 19 | 44 |
| Tue 12:00 am | 43 | Good | 16.9 | 25 | 26 |
| Tue 3:00 am | 48 | Good | 16.1 | 19 | 37 |
| Tue 6:00 am | 51 | Moderate | 13.4 | 16 | 43 |
| Tue 9:00 am | 53 | Moderate | 14.1 | 17 | 39 |
| Tue 12:00 pm | 54 | Moderate | 8.3 | 13 | 63 |
| Tue 3:00 pm | 54 | Moderate | 5.5 | 11 | 81 |
| Tue 6:00 pm | 55 | Moderate | 5.8 | 12 | 86 |
| Tue 9:00 pm | 55 | Moderate | 10.6 | 15 | 62 |
| Wed 12:00 am | 54 | Moderate | 8.9 | 12 | 57 |
| Wed 3:00 am | 52 | Moderate | 10.6 | 16 | 46 |
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 Mataró today
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 39, Good) and the worst around 1:00 pm (AQI 42). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.
Mataró vs the rest of Spain
Across 28 Spain cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 35 (Good). Mataró at 38 is about average.
For context, the median across 3,556 cities worldwide is 58.
Air quality in cities near Mataró
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badalona | 19 km | 51 | Moderate | 14.5 |
| Santa Coloma de Gramenet | 22 km | 51 | Moderate | 14.5 |
| Barcelona | 29 km | 51 | Moderate | 14.5 |
| Palma | 220 km | 27 | Good | 4.6 |
| Toulouse | 244 km | 21 | Good | 4.9 |
| Zaragoza | 276 km | 23 | Good | 4.5 |
| Ibiza | 305 km | 31 | Good | 4 |
| Marseille | 310 km | 27 | Good | 3.5 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 2 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 20 sensors), centred about 5 km from the city centre. That is 5.8 µg/m³ below the model estimate of 7.8 µg/m³. Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air; reference monitors are more accurate but sparser.
Advice for sensitive groups
With the AQI at 38, 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 AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency 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), Sensor.Community, NASA FIRMS.