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Air quality in Addis Ababa today

Ethiopia · Updated Friday 04:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

47

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.528 µg/m³Poor
PM1056 µg/m³Poor
NO₂14 µg/m³Good
O₃39 µg/m³Good

The pollutant that matters most in Addis Ababa right now is PM10.

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Addis Ababa is expected to be worst around Fri 07:00 (AQI 50, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 16:00.

Fri 05:00: AQI 47Fri 06:00: AQI 48Fri 07:00: AQI 50Fri 08:00: AQI 46Fri 09:00: AQI 44Fri 10:00: AQI 47Fri 11:00: AQI 44Fri 12:00: AQI 40Fri 13:00: AQI 40Fri 14:00: AQI 39Fri 15:00: AQI 38Fri 16:00: AQI 35Fri 17:00: AQI 35Fri 18:00: AQI 39Fri 19:00: AQI 42Fri 20:00: AQI 45Fri 21:00: AQI 47Fri 22:00: AQI 50Fri 23:00: AQI 50Sat 00:00: AQI 48Sat 01:00: AQI 48Sat 02:00: AQI 48Sat 03:00: AQI 47Sat 04:00: AQI 46Fri 05:00Fri 17:00Sat 04:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 05:0047Moderate28
Fri 08:0046Moderate25
Fri 11:0044Moderate17
Fri 14:0039Fair14
Fri 17:0035Fair13
Fri 20:0045Moderate23
Fri 23:0050Moderate32
Sat 02:0048Moderate29

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Addis Ababa was 42, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 12 Sept, the most polluted 6 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 3731 Aug: AQI 441 Sept: AQI 462 Sept: AQI 393 Sept: AQI 424 Sept: AQI 455 Sept: AQI 476 Sept: AQI 487 Sept: AQI 468 Sept: AQI 449 Sept: AQI 4010 Sept: AQI 3811 Sept: AQI 4212 Sept: AQI 3013 Sept: AQI 3714 Sept: AQI 4415 Sept: AQI 4616 Sept: AQI 4117 Sept: AQI 3618 Sept: AQI 4119 Sept: AQI 3920 Sept: AQI 3921 Sept: AQI 4522 Sept: AQI 4523 Sept: AQI 4130 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Addis Ababa good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Addis Ababa is 47, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Addis Ababa?
At the moment PM10 contributes most to the air quality index in Addis Ababa. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Addis Ababa be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Addis Ababa is expected to be worst around Fri 07:00 (AQI 50, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 16:00.
Where does this data come from?
Wheezair shows model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), served by Open-Meteo: about 11 km resolution in Europe and 40 km elsewhere, updated daily. They are not station measurements, so a busy street can be worse than its city's value.

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