Air quality

Air quality in Sacramento, Minas Gerais today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 54) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 5:00 pm (20:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
54 Moderate
PM2.5
10 µg/m³ 0.7× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
10 µg/m³
Ozone
80 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 54
Best hour today
5:00 pm AQI 54
European AQI
30

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Air quality in Sacramento, Minas Gerais right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil is 54, 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 54. 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 10 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 10 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 80 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 3.3 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 179 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 4 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 166 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Sacramento, Minas Gerais AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 50 around Mon 10:00 am to 69 around Mon 5:00 pm, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 62 against 52 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (America/Sao_Paulo)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 5:00 pm54Moderate10.11080
Sun 8:00 pm54Moderate111181
Sun 11:00 pm53Moderate9.51069
Mon 2:00 am52Moderate7.9856
Mon 5:00 am51Moderate8.2951
Mon 8:00 am51Moderate8.4969
Mon 11:00 am50Good9.410107
Mon 2:00 pm50Good10.911139
Mon 5:00 pm69Moderate14.314135
Mon 8:00 pm90Moderate18.919101
Mon 11:00 pm66Moderate13.11388
Tue 2:00 am55Moderate14.91579
Tue 5:00 am57Moderate10.81154
Tue 8:00 am57Moderate3.3355
Tue 11:00 am55Moderate3379
Tue 2:00 pm54Moderate3.8494
Tue 5:00 pm52Moderate5.9672

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 Sacramento, Minas Gerais today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 5:00 pm (AQI 54, Moderate) and the worst around 5:00 pm (AQI 54). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Sacramento, Minas Gerais vs the rest of Brazil

Across 144 Brazil cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 54 (Moderate). Sacramento, Minas Gerais at 54 is about average.

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

Air quality in cities near Sacramento, Minas Gerais

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Uberaba53 km44Good7.2
Franca75 km61Moderate13.7
Uberlândia137 km49Good7.3
Ribeirão Preto151 km104Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups15.6
São José do Rio Preto228 km56Moderate7.6
Rio Claro283 km67Moderate11.1
Limeira300 km67Moderate11.1
Piracicaba319 km74Moderate10.5

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Sacramento, Minas Gerais, 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.

Advice for sensitive groups

At 54, 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.