Air quality

Air quality in Yamuna Nagar today

Updated

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (US AQI 115) People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 1:30 am (20:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
115 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
PM2.5
64 µg/m³ 4.3× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
204 µg/m³
Ozone
43 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 115
Best hour today
6:30 am AQI 120
European AQI
83

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Air quality in Yamuna Nagar right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India is 115, which falls in the "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" band (up to 150). People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.

The index is driven mainly by PM2.5, whose own sub-index is 115. 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 64 µg/m³, 4.3 times the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 204 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 43 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 24 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: desert dust at 259 µg/m³, high enough to haze the sky, carbon monoxide 413 µg/m³.

Yamuna Nagar AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 115 around Mon 1:30 am to 172 around Tue 1:30 am, from "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" at best to "Unhealthy" at worst.

The following day is expected to be worse, averaging about 179 against 141 for the next 24 hours.

Local time (Asia/Kolkata)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 1:30 am115Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups63.820443
Mon 4:30 am117Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups65.719635
Mon 7:30 am124Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups75.921728
Mon 10:30 am137Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups56.316893
Mon 1:30 pm147Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups49.4221149
Mon 4:30 pm152Unhealthy64.7326118
Mon 7:30 pm155Unhealthy107.649774
Mon 10:30 pm161Unhealthy121.549052
Tue 1:30 am172Unhealthy106.238143
Tue 4:30 am181Unhealthy93.632340
Tue 7:30 am188Unhealthy93.428534
Tue 10:30 am191Unhealthy66.4155107
Tue 1:30 pm187Unhealthy39.684162
Tue 4:30 pm176Unhealthy39.371121
Tue 7:30 pm169Unhealthy78.917660
Tue 10:30 pm167Unhealthy109.926824
Wed 1:30 am166Unhealthy119.73059

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 Yamuna Nagar today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:30 am (AQI 120, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) and the worst around 9:30 pm (AQI 159). That is a swing of 39 points, so a run or walk around 6:30 am is noticeably better.

Yamuna Nagar vs the rest of India

Across 260 India cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 116 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups). Yamuna Nagar at 115 is about average.

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

Air quality in cities near Yamuna Nagar

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Sahāranpur31 km98Moderate65
Rāmpur, Uttar Pradesh39 km98Moderate65
Karnāl56 km402Hazardous118.7
Dehradun75 km63Moderate25.8
Panchkula75 km81Moderate36.9
Rāipur, Uttarakhand80 km63Moderate25.8
Mohali82 km81Moderate36.9
Chandigarh83 km81Moderate36.9

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Yamuna Nagar, 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 122 µg/m³ in the next 24 hours while NASA satellites detected 185 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 23 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 115, children, older adults, pregnant people and anyone with asthma, COPD or heart disease should limit time outdoors, especially strenuous activity. A well-fitted N95/FFP2 mask cuts particle exposure; it does not filter ozone.

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.