Air quality

Air quality in Nasimshahr today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 131) 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 (20:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Nasimshahr, Tehran, Iran, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
131 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
72 µg/m³ 4.8× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
77 µg/m³
Ozone
1 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 131
Best hour today
8:30 am AQI 128
European AQI
85

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Air quality in Nasimshahr right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Nasimshahr, Tehran, Iran is 131, 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 131. 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 72 µg/m³, 4.8 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 77 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 1 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 112 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: sulphur dioxide at 69 µg/m³, carbon monoxide 1786 µg/m³.

Nasimshahr AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 128 around Mon 8:30 am to 148 around Mon 11:30 pm, staying "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" throughout.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 153 against 130 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Tehran)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 11:30 pm131Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups72.4771
Mon 2:30 am131Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups56.2600
Mon 5:30 am130Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups45.2490
Mon 8:30 am128Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups75.48223
Mon 11:30 am129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups22.13883
Mon 2:30 pm129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups20.734105
Mon 5:30 pm129Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups33.44538
Mon 8:30 pm131Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups107.31192
Mon 11:30 pm148Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups113.91190
Tue 2:30 am152Unhealthy64671
Tue 5:30 am152Unhealthy46.6490
Tue 8:30 am153Unhealthy80.18416
Tue 11:30 am154Unhealthy27.94182
Tue 2:30 pm154Unhealthy27.440114
Tue 5:30 pm155Unhealthy42.85238
Tue 8:30 pm156Unhealthy114.61240
Tue 11:30 pm157Unhealthy132.21400

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 Nasimshahr today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 8:30 am (AQI 128, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 9:30 pm (AQI 136). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Nasimshahr vs the rest of Iran

Across 35 Iran cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 73 (Moderate). Nasimshahr at 131 is 58 points worse than average.

It ranks 35 of 35 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Ardabīl (27) and the most polluted Nasimshahr (131).

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 56.

Air quality in cities near Nasimshahr

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Golestān6 km131Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups72.4
Eslamshahr7 km131Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups72.4
Shahrīār14 km73Moderate34.9
Qods18 km73Moderate34.9
Shahre Jadide Andisheh18 km73Moderate34.9
Fardīs26 km73Moderate34.9
Tehran28 km95Moderate49.1
Moḩammad Shahr31 km73Moderate34.9

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Nasimshahr, 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 124 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 20 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 24 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 131, 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.