Air quality

Air quality in San Luis, Central Luzon today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 94) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 2:00 am (18:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for San Luis, Central Luzon, Philippines, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
94 Moderate
PM2.5
43 µg/m³ 2.9× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
44 µg/m³
Ozone
24 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 94
Best hour today
9:00 pm AQI 86
European AQI
56

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Air quality in San Luis, Central Luzon right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for San Luis, Central Luzon, Philippines is 94, 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 94. 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 43 µg/m³, 2.9 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 44 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 24 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 21 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 333 µg/m³.

San Luis, Central Luzon AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 79 around Tue 2:00 am to 95 around Mon 3:00 am, staying "Moderate" throughout.

The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 71 against 90 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Manila)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 2:00 am94Moderate434424
Mon 5:00 am95Moderate33.13413
Mon 8:00 am91Moderate24.82787
Mon 11:00 am91Moderate1418122
Mon 2:00 pm90Moderate10.31399
Mon 5:00 pm89Moderate11.71477
Mon 8:00 pm87Moderate27.12927
Mon 11:00 pm83Moderate36.6399
Tue 2:00 am79Moderate31332
Tue 5:00 am77Moderate21.8232
Tue 8:00 am74Moderate182057
Tue 11:00 am72Moderate4.9675
Tue 2:00 pm70Moderate4.4570
Tue 5:00 pm69Moderate6.1751
Tue 8:00 pm67Moderate141520
Tue 11:00 pm64Moderate27.7296
Wed 2:00 am63Moderate31.7334

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 San Luis, Central Luzon today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 9:00 pm (AQI 86, Moderate) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 94). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

San Luis, Central Luzon vs the rest of Philippines

Across 106 Philippines cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 74 (Moderate). San Luis, Central Luzon at 94 is 20 points worse than average.

It ranks 99 of 106 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Iloilo (20) and the most polluted Zaragoza, Central Luzon (106).

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

Air quality in cities near San Luis, Central Luzon

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Santa Ana, Central Luzon7 km94Moderate43
Mexico8 km94Moderate43
Apalit10 km94Moderate43
San Fernando11 km94Moderate43
Calumpit14 km94Moderate43
Bulaon14 km94Moderate43
Pulilan17 km94Moderate43
Plaridel19 km94Moderate43

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of San Luis, Central Luzon, 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 43 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 3 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 160 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 94, 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.