Air quality

Air quality in Phúc Yên today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 95) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 7:00 am (00:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Phúc Yên, Phu Tho, Vietnam, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
95 Moderate
PM2.5
44 µg/m³ 2.9× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
46 µg/m³
Ozone
59 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 95
Best hour today
7:00 am AQI 95
European AQI
57

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Air quality in Phúc Yên right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Phúc Yên, Phu Tho, Vietnam is 95, which falls in the "Moderate" band (up to 100). Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors.

The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 95. 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 44 µg/m³, 2.9 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 46 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 59 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 37 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 480 µg/m³.

Phúc Yên AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 95 around Mon 7:00 am to 163 around Mon 6:00 pm, from "Moderate" at best to "Unhealthy" at worst.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 157 against 121 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Bangkok)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 7:00 am95Moderate43.94659
Mon 10:00 am97Moderate26.830129
Mon 1:00 pm97Moderate26.628198
Mon 4:00 pm132Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups35.637188
Mon 7:00 pm163Unhealthy40.34199
Mon 10:00 pm104Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups78.78145
Tue 1:00 am122Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups858723
Tue 4:00 am135Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups70.57143
Tue 7:00 am142Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups64.76550
Tue 10:00 am148Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups45.846148
Tue 1:00 pm151Unhealthy42.743197
Tue 4:00 pm152Unhealthy45.146197
Tue 7:00 pm166Unhealthy100.410174
Tue 10:00 pm159Unhealthy112.711359
Wed 1:00 am162Unhealthy111.111247
Wed 4:00 am164Unhealthy94.19545
Wed 7:00 am167Unhealthy105.910629

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 Phúc Yên today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 7:00 am (AQI 95, Moderate) and the worst around 6:00 pm (AQI 163). That is a swing of 68 points, so a run or walk around 7:00 am is noticeably better.

Phúc Yên vs the rest of Vietnam

Across 64 Vietnam cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 84 (Moderate). Phúc Yên at 95 is 11 points worse than average.

For context, the median across 3,556 cities worldwide is 58.

Air quality in cities near Phúc Yên

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Vĩnh Yên13 km107Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups49.6
Bắc Từ Liêm20 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36.2
Tây Hồ22 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36.2
Sơn Tây23 km107Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups49.6
Cầu Giấy25 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36.2
Ba Dinh26 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36.2
Hanoi28 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36.2
Hoàn Kiếm28 km118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups36.2

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Phúc Yên, 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 92 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 137 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 20 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 95, most people are fine outdoors. If you are unusually sensitive to PM2.5, keep long or intense workouts to the cleaner hours shown above.

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.