Air quality
Air quality in Szeged today
Updated
Moderate (US AQI 53) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 9:00 pm (20:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Szeged, Csongrád, Hungary, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 53 Moderate
- PM2.5
- 20 µg/m³ 1.3× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 22 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 43 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 53
- Best hour tomorrow
- 9:00 pm AQI 47
- European AQI
- 43
Air quality in Szeged right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Szeged, Csongrád, Hungary is 53, 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 53. 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 20 µg/m³, 1.3 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 22 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 43 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 8.5 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: carbon monoxide 206 µg/m³.
NASA FIRMS shows 28 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 116 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Szeged AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 47 around Mon 9:00 pm to 58 around Mon 2:00 am, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.
The following day is expected to be cleaner, averaging about 41 against 55 for the next 24 hours.
| Local time (Europe/Budapest) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 9:00 pm | 53 | Moderate | 19.7 | 22 | 43 |
| Mon 12:00 am | 56 | Moderate | 18.1 | 24 | 34 |
| Mon 3:00 am | 58 | Moderate | 11 | 12 | 53 |
| Mon 6:00 am | 58 | Moderate | 5.3 | 5 | 49 |
| Mon 9:00 am | 56 | Moderate | 3.9 | 6 | 56 |
| Mon 12:00 pm | 55 | Moderate | 3.8 | 6 | 64 |
| Mon 3:00 pm | 53 | Moderate | 3.8 | 6 | 69 |
| Mon 6:00 pm | 52 | Moderate | 6.1 | 9 | 56 |
| Mon 9:00 pm | 47 | Good | 7.7 | 12 | 41 |
| Tue 12:00 am | 39 | Good | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| Tue 3:00 am | 33 | Good | 9.4 | 13 | 30 |
| Tue 6:00 am | 34 | Good | 12.1 | 15 | 23 |
| Tue 9:00 am | 40 | Good | 10.1 | 14 | 42 |
| Tue 12:00 pm | 43 | Good | 7 | 12 | 67 |
| Tue 3:00 pm | 45 | Good | 5.4 | 10 | 70 |
| Tue 6:00 pm | 46 | Good | 8.1 | 12 | 55 |
| Tue 9:00 pm | 47 | Good | 10.4 | 14 | 37 |
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 Szeged tomorrow
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 9:00 pm (AQI 47, Good) and the worst around 6:00 am (AQI 58). That is a swing of 11 points, so a run or walk around 9:00 pm is noticeably better.
Szeged vs the rest of Hungary
Across 2 Hungary cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 56 (Moderate). Szeged at 53 is about average.
For context, the median across 3,909 cities worldwide is 56.
Air quality in cities near Szeged
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baja | 92 km | 57 | Moderate | 15 |
| Zemun | 158 km | 69 | Moderate | 44.9 |
| Budapest | 162 km | 55 | Moderate | 9.9 |
| Novi Beograd | 162 km | 69 | Moderate | 44.9 |
| Belgrade | 163 km | 69 | Moderate | 44.9 |
| Cluj-Napoca | 270 km | 61 | Moderate | 23 |
| Sarajevo | 302 km | 72 | Moderate | 59.7 |
| Bratislava | 312 km | 50 | Good | 6.4 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 20 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 4 sensors), centred about 9 km from the city centre. That is close to the model estimate of 20 µg/m³. Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air; reference monitors are more accurate but sparser.
Advice for sensitive groups
At 53, 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 AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency 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), Sensor.Community, NASA FIRMS.