Air quality

Air quality in Santana de Parnaíba today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 56) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 4:00 pm (19:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo, Brazil, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
56 Moderate
PM2.5
6.7 µg/m³ 0.4× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
7.5 µg/m³
Ozone
74 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 56
Best hour today
9:00 pm AQI 50
European AQI
27

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Air quality in Santana de Parnaíba right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Santana de Parnaíba, São Paulo, Brazil is 56, 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 56. 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 6.7 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 7.5 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 74 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 9.3 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: UV index 0.9, carbon monoxide 273 µg/m³.

Santana de Parnaíba AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 26 around Mon 2:00 am to 56 around Sun 4:00 pm, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 34.

Local time (America/Sao_Paulo)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Sun 4:00 pm56Moderate6.7874
Sun 7:00 pm53Moderate5.6650
Sun 10:00 pm44Good4.6543
Mon 1:00 am29Good4.5542
Mon 4:00 am26Good3.5446
Mon 7:00 am26Good4.9647
Mon 10:00 am26Good5.7761
Mon 1:00 pm28Good6.6875
Mon 4:00 pm31Good6.7864
Mon 7:00 pm30Good7.1937
Mon 10:00 pm31Good6.4833
Tue 1:00 am32Good5.8731
Tue 4:00 am33Good5.4730
Tue 7:00 am35Good9.61137
Tue 10:00 am37Good10.41378
Tue 1:00 pm41Good12.21692
Tue 4:00 pm45Good14.11970

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 Santana de Parnaíba today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 9:00 pm (AQI 50, Good) and the worst around 4:00 pm (AQI 56). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Santana de Parnaíba vs the rest of Brazil

Across 171 Brazil cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 55 (Moderate). Santana de Parnaíba at 56 is about average.

It ranks 116 of 171 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Caxias do Sul (24) and the most polluted Manaus (138).

For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 56.

Air quality in cities near Santana de Parnaíba

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Barueri9 km56Moderate6.7
Jandira9 km56Moderate6.7
Itapevi12 km56Moderate6.7
Carapicuíba12 km56Moderate6.7
Osasco16 km56Moderate6.7
Cotia18 km56Moderate6.7
Embu das Artes24 km56Moderate6.7
Taboão da Serra24 km56Moderate6.7

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Santana de Parnaíba, 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 56, 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).