Air quality

Air quality in Qo‘qon today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 135) People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 1:00 am (20:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Qo‘qon, Fergana, Uzbekistan, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
135 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
48 µg/m³ 3.2× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
48 µg/m³
Ozone
56 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 135
Best hour today
9:00 pm AQI 116
European AQI
59

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Air quality in Qo‘qon right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Qo‘qon, Fergana, Uzbekistan is 135, 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 135. 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 48 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 56 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 491 µg/m³.

Qo‘qon AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 114 around Tue 12:00 am to 135 around Mon 1:00 am, staying "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" throughout.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 111 against 124 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Tashkent)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 1:00 am135Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups47.74856
Mon 4:00 am132Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups46.64745
Mon 7:00 am130Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups47.44834
Mon 10:00 am127Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups42.14372
Mon 1:00 pm124Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups35.436109
Mon 4:00 pm121Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups28.629115
Mon 7:00 pm118Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups383988
Mon 10:00 pm116Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups43.54462
Tue 1:00 am114Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups42.44357
Tue 4:00 am112Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups43.24456
Tue 7:00 am111Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups43.74443
Tue 10:00 am110Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups404178
Tue 1:00 pm109Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups32.837108
Tue 4:00 pm109Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups30.935111
Tue 7:00 pm110Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups39.74380
Tue 10:00 pm110Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups45.54950
Wed 1:00 am111Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups44.24841

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 Qo‘qon today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 9:00 pm (AQI 116, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 130). That is a swing of 14 points, so a run or walk around 9:00 pm is noticeably better.

Qo‘qon vs the rest of Uzbekistan

Across 7 Uzbekistan cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 78 (Moderate). Qo‘qon at 135 is 57 points worse than average.

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

Air quality in cities near Qo‘qon

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Marg‘ilon66 km110Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups43.9
Fergana73 km110Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups43.9
Namangan81 km103Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups33.6
Andijon122 km75Moderate28.4
Osh157 km66Moderate24.6
Tashkent167 km75Moderate21.4
Shymkent227 km68Moderate27
Taraz266 km40Good11

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Qo‘qon, 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 48 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 60 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 52 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 135, 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.