Air quality

Air quality in Paris 13 Gobelins today

Updated

Good (US AQI 32) 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 (18:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Paris 13 Gobelins, Île-de-France, France, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
32 Good
PM2.5
5.4 µg/m³ 0.4× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
12 µg/m³
Ozone
60 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
ozone sub-index 32
Best hour tomorrow
6:00 am AQI 25
European AQI
28

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Air quality in Paris 13 Gobelins right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Paris 13 Gobelins, Île-de-France, France is 32, 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 ozone, whose own sub-index is 32. Ozone usually peaks in the afternoon on sunny days and falls back after sunset.

PM2.5 is 5.4 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 12 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 60 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 189 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 25 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 186 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Paris 13 Gobelins AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 25 around Mon 6:00 am to 33 around Mon 7:00 pm, staying "Good" throughout.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 32.

Local time (Europe/Paris)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 7:00 pm32Good5.41260
Sun 10:00 pm30Good5.71656
Mon 1:00 am28Good5.61558
Mon 4:00 am26Good5.81554
Mon 7:00 am26Good7.91335
Mon 10:00 am30Good6.71441
Mon 1:00 pm31Good4.41057
Mon 4:00 pm31Good5.11048
Mon 7:00 pm33Good6.41235
Mon 10:00 pm34Good5.31130
Tue 1:00 am33Good5.2939
Tue 4:00 am33Good4.5845
Tue 7:00 am32Good6.1936
Tue 10:00 am31Good4.7841
Tue 1:00 pm30Good3.6553
Tue 4:00 pm29Good5947
Tue 7:00 pm29Good5.71035

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 Paris 13 Gobelins tomorrow

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 25, Good) and the worst around 7:00 pm (AQI 33). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Paris 13 Gobelins vs the rest of France

Across 23 France cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 32 (Good). Paris 13 Gobelins at 32 is about average.

It ranks 10 of 23 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Lyon (24) and the most polluted Dieppe (36).

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

Air quality in cities near Paris 13 Gobelins

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Paris 14 Observatoire2 km32Good5.4
Paris2 km32Good5.4
Paris 15 Vaugirard4 km32Good5.4
Paris 16 Passy7 km32Good5.4
Boulogne-Billancourt8 km32Good5.4
Marne La Vallée21 km33Good6.4
Vernon, Normandy71 km34Good4.7
Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire109 km34Good5.3

Model vs measured

The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 2.8 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 52 sensors), centred about 9 km from the city centre. That is close to the model estimate of 5.4 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 32, 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.

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