Air quality

Air quality in Minna 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, 7:00 pm (18:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
130 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
48 µg/m³ 3.2× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
90 µg/m³
Ozone
72 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 130
Best hour tomorrow
6:00 am AQI 134
European AQI
59

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Air quality in Minna right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Minna, Niger State, Nigeria 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 48 µg/m³, 3.2 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 90 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 72 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 7 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: desert dust at 81 µg/m³, high enough to haze the sky, carbon monoxide 438 µg/m³.

Minna AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 128 around Sun 10:00 pm to 136 around Mon 1:00 pm, staying "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" throughout.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 122 against 133 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Africa/Lagos)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 7:00 pm130Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups47.79072
Sun 10:00 pm128Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups64.511367
Mon 1:00 am132Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups58.38935
Mon 4:00 am133Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups518726
Mon 7:00 am134Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups54.78025
Mon 10:00 am135Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups42.45698
Mon 1:00 pm136Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups4271122
Mon 4:00 pm136Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups38.367121
Mon 7:00 pm136Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups51.57677
Mon 10:00 pm139Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups68.79033
Tue 1:00 am135Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups38.14649
Tue 4:00 am129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups28.53242
Tue 7:00 am121Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups26.53038
Tue 10:00 am113Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups24.33486
Tue 1:00 pm108Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups25.341114
Tue 4:00 pm103Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups27.448119
Tue 7:00 pm100Moderate40.65971

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 Minna tomorrow

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 134, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 9:00 pm (AQI 138). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Minna vs the rest of Nigeria

Across 69 Nigeria cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 106 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Minna at 130 is 24 points worse than average.

It ranks 54 of 69 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Calabar (64) and the most polluted Kano (239).

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

Air quality in cities near Minna

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Bida84 km166Unhealthy51.8
Abuja121 km153Unhealthy55.3
Kaduna141 km151Unhealthy53.3
Zaria210 km182Unhealthy98
Okene232 km106Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups32.2
Ikare248 km133Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups42.1
Ilorin253 km153Unhealthy48.7
Ijero-Ekiti258 km126Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups57.7

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Minna, 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 70 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 267 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 27 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.