Air quality

Air quality in San-Pédro today

Updated

Good (US AQI 33) Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 12:00 am (00:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for San-Pédro, Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
33 Good
PM2.5
5.4 µg/m³ 0.4× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
9.7 µg/m³
Ozone
29 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 33
Best hour today
6:00 am AQI 35
European AQI
21

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Air quality in San-Pédro right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for San-Pédro, Bas-Sassandra District, Ivory Coast is 33, 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 PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 33. 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 5.4 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 9.7 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 29 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 2.6 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 111 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 3 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 45 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

San-Pédro AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 33 around Mon 12:00 am to 37 around Tue 12:00 am, staying "Good" throughout.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 32.

Local time (Africa/Abidjan)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 12:00 am33Good5.41029
Mon 3:00 am34Good6.11126
Mon 6:00 am35Good6.31122
Mon 9:00 am35Good6.81345
Mon 12:00 pm36Good8.61955
Mon 3:00 pm36Good7.71552
Mon 6:00 pm35Good5.71044
Mon 9:00 pm36Good5.5937
Tue 12:00 am37Good5.61033
Tue 3:00 am36Good5.1932
Tue 6:00 am36Good4.7830
Tue 9:00 am35Good5.1948
Tue 12:00 pm33Good3.9753
Tue 3:00 pm29Good3.7651
Tue 6:00 pm27Good3544
Tue 9:00 pm26Good5729
Wed 12:00 am26Good6.7919

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-Pédro today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 35, Good) and the worst around 11:00 am (AQI 36). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

San-Pédro vs the rest of Ivory Coast

Across 12 Ivory Coast cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 57 (Moderate). San-Pédro at 33 is 24 points cleaner than average.

It ranks 1 of 12 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is San-Pédro (33) and the most polluted Korhogo (88).

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

Air quality in cities near San-Pédro

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Gagnoa172 km55Moderate7.4
Hiré218 km53Moderate4.3
Daloa238 km59Moderate22.6
Greenville, Sinoe County268 km37Good7.2
Yamoussoukro275 km68Moderate27.7
Anyama298 km55Moderate5.3
Marcory299 km48Good7
Abidjan299 km48Good7

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of San-Pédro, 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

With the AQI at 33, 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), NASA FIRMS.