Air quality

Air quality in Ulu Bedok today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 75) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 8:00 am (00:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Ulu Bedok, Singapore, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
75 Moderate
PM2.5
15 µg/m³ 1× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
15 µg/m³
Ozone
60 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 75
Best hour today
4:00 pm AQI 70
European AQI
52

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Air quality in Ulu Bedok right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Ulu Bedok, Singapore is 75, 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 75. 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 15 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 15 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 60 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 47 µg/m³ (above the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 1024 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 23 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 282 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Ulu Bedok AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 70 around Mon 4:00 pm to 75 around Mon 8:00 am, staying "Moderate" throughout.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 123 against 72 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Singapore)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 8:00 am75Moderate14.71560
Mon 11:00 am73Moderate21.12156
Mon 2:00 pm71Moderate25.32563
Mon 5:00 pm70Moderate32.73340
Mon 8:00 pm72Moderate27.12752
Mon 11:00 pm73Moderate21.72270
Tue 2:00 am73Moderate15.115102
Tue 5:00 am73Moderate15.516111
Tue 8:00 am74Moderate21.723101
Tue 11:00 am76Moderate30.732148
Tue 2:00 pm87Moderate44.445185
Tue 5:00 pm147Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups46.747212
Tue 8:00 pm182Unhealthy3538178
Tue 11:00 pm178Unhealthy27.130142
Wed 2:00 am141Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups2528117
Wed 5:00 am92Moderate13.214113
Wed 8:00 am90Moderate15.31697

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 Ulu Bedok today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 4:00 pm (AQI 70, Moderate) and the worst around 8:00 am (AQI 75). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.

Ulu Bedok vs the rest of Singapore

Across 15 Singapore cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 63 (Moderate). Ulu Bedok at 75 is 12 points worse than average.

It ranks 11 of 15 from cleanest to most polluted; the cleanest is Woodlands (59) and the most polluted Queenstown Estate (68).

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

Air quality in cities near Ulu Bedok

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Bedok New Town1 km68Moderate9.5
Kampong Pasir Ris5 km63Moderate8.5
Sengkang New Town8 km63Moderate8.5
Punggol9 km63Moderate8.5
Singapore10 km68Moderate9.5
Ang Mo Kio New Town12 km59Moderate14.3
Pasir Gudang15 km63Moderate8.5
Queenstown Estate15 km68Moderate9.5

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Ulu Bedok, 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 75, 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.