Air quality

Air quality in Yichun, Heilongjiang today

Updated

Moderate (US AQI 52) Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. Model estimate for Mon, Oct 26, 5:00 am (21:00 UTC).

Live AQI, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone for Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, with a 48-hour forecast and the best time to be outside.

US AQI now
52 Moderate
PM2.5
7.4 µg/m³ 0.5× WHO 24-h guideline
PM10
7.9 µg/m³
Ozone
47 µg/m³
Dominant pollutant
PM2.5 sub-index 52
Best hour today
6:00 pm AQI 34
European AQI
25

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Air quality in Yichun, Heilongjiang right now

Right now the modelled US Air Quality Index for Yichun, Heilongjiang, China 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 7.4 µg/m³, within the WHO 24-hour guideline of 15 µg/m³; PM10 is 7.9 µg/m³ against a guideline of 45; ozone is 47 µg/m³ (below the WHO 8-hour level of 100); nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³ (below the 24-hour guideline of 25).

Also this hour: carbon monoxide 227 µg/m³.

NASA FIRMS shows 4151 fire hotspots within 300 km in the last day (nearest about 63 km), but particle levels are not elevated enough to point to smoke right now.

Yichun, Heilongjiang AQI forecast: next 48 hours

Over the next 24 hours the AQI is forecast to range from 34 around Mon 6:00 pm to 53 around Mon 8:00 am, from "Good" at best to "Moderate" at worst.

The following day looks similar, averaging about 44.

Local time (Asia/Shanghai)US AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³PM10 µg/m³Ozone µg/m³
Mon 5:00 am52Moderate7.4847
Mon 8:00 am53Moderate7855
Mon 11:00 am43Good2.9368
Mon 2:00 pm38Good3.8474
Mon 5:00 pm35Good5.8663
Mon 8:00 pm34Good9.21051
Mon 11:00 pm36Good9.81148
Tue 2:00 am37Good9.41055
Tue 5:00 am40Good12.81450
Tue 8:00 am41Good5.8758
Tue 11:00 am41Good3.6469
Tue 2:00 pm42Good8973
Tue 5:00 pm46Good10.21169
Tue 8:00 pm47Good6.4766
Tue 11:00 pm45Good7.7865
Wed 2:00 am44Good7.3864
Wed 5:00 am41Good3.7464

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 Yichun, Heilongjiang today

Between 6 am and 9 pm local time, the cleanest air today is forecast around 6:00 pm (AQI 34, Good) and the worst around 8:00 am (AQI 53). That is a swing of 19 points, so a run or walk around 6:00 pm is noticeably better.

Yichun, Heilongjiang vs the rest of China

Across 467 China cities we track, the average US AQI right now is 84 (Moderate). Yichun, Heilongjiang at 52 is 32 points cleaner than average.

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

Air quality in cities near Yichun, Heilongjiang

CityDistanceUS AQICategoryPM2.5 µg/m³
Hegang114 km60Moderate22.6
Jiamusi149 km62Moderate20
Bei’an180 km34Good2.7
Shuangyashan206 km60Moderate19.3
Qitaihe271 km72Moderate23.8
Harbin277 km72Moderate9.7
Jixi314 km65Moderate19.4
Longfeng314 km44Good9

Model vs measured

We found no measured PM2.5 sensor cell within 25 km of Yichun, Heilongjiang, 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 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 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.