Air quality
Air quality in Yerevan today
Updated
Moderate (US AQI 52) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Sun, Oct 25, 10:00 pm (18:00 UTC).
Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Yerevan, Armenia, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.
- US AQI now
- 52 Moderate
- PM2.5
- 13 µg/m³ 0.8× WHO 24-h guideline
- PM10
- 17 µg/m³
- Ozone
- 46 µg/m³
- Dominant pollutant
- PM2.5 sub-index 52
- Best hour tomorrow
- 6:00 am AQI 52
- European AQI
- 35
Air quality in Yerevan right now
Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Yerevan, Armenia is 52, 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 52. 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 13 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 17 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 46 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 15 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).
Also this hour: carbon monoxide 170 µg/m³.
NASA FIRMS shows 23 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 15 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.
Yerevan AQI forecast: next 48 hours
Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 52 around Sun 10:00 pm to 54 around Mon 10:00 pm, staying "Moderate" throughout.
The following day looks similar, averaging about 56.
| Local time (Asia/Yerevan) | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | PM10 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 10:00 pm | 52 | Moderate | 12.5 | 17 | 46 |
| Mon 1:00 am | 52 | Moderate | 10 | 14 | 52 |
| Mon 4:00 am | 53 | Moderate | 9.8 | 13 | 51 |
| Mon 7:00 am | 52 | Moderate | 10.1 | 15 | 47 |
| Mon 10:00 am | 53 | Moderate | 11.1 | 18 | 54 |
| Mon 1:00 pm | 53 | Moderate | 9.8 | 16 | 75 |
| Mon 4:00 pm | 53 | Moderate | 9.7 | 16 | 82 |
| Mon 7:00 pm | 53 | Moderate | 14.1 | 20 | 58 |
| Mon 10:00 pm | 54 | Moderate | 13.6 | 22 | 41 |
| Tue 1:00 am | 54 | Moderate | 10.6 | 20 | 43 |
| Tue 4:00 am | 54 | Moderate | 12.6 | 20 | 46 |
| Tue 7:00 am | 55 | Moderate | 12.7 | 19 | 41 |
| Tue 10:00 am | 55 | Moderate | 14.2 | 23 | 46 |
| Tue 1:00 pm | 56 | Moderate | 14.6 | 26 | 66 |
| Tue 4:00 pm | 57 | Moderate | 13.9 | 25 | 83 |
| Tue 7:00 pm | 58 | Moderate | 19.3 | 32 | 56 |
| Tue 10:00 pm | 60 | Moderate | 18 | 36 | 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 Yerevan tomorrow
Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air tomorrow is forecast around 6:00 am (AQI 52, Moderate) and the worst around 9:00 am (AQI 53). The difference across the day is small, so timing matters little.
Air quality in cities near Yerevan
| City | Distance | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganja | 166 km | 68 | Moderate | 13.7 |
| Tbilisi | 170 km | 48 | Good | 14 |
| Van | 211 km | 57 | Moderate | 17.4 |
| Erzurum | 277 km | 59 | Moderate | 18.1 |
| Tabriz | 279 km | 62 | Moderate | 18.8 |
| Orūmīyeh | 296 km | 65 | Moderate | 14.8 |
| Vladikavkaz | 319 km | 69 | Moderate | 22.4 |
| Grozny | 362 km | 71 | Moderate | 15.5 |
Model vs measured
The nearest measured PM2.5 reading is 9.6 µg/m³ from Sensor.Community (median of 13 sensors), centred about 18 km from the city centre. That is close to the model estimate of 13 µg/m³. Low-cost sensors can read high in humid air; reference monitors are more accurate but sparser.
Advice for sensitive groups
At 52, 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.