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Air quality in Arequipa today

Peru · Updated Thursday 22:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

48

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.523 µg/m³Moderate
PM1062 µg/m³Poor
NO₂39 µg/m³Good
O₃10 µg/m³Good

The pollutant that matters most in Arequipa right now is PM10.

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Arequipa is expected to be worst around Fri 13:00 (AQI 101, extremely poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 06:00.

Thu 23:00: AQI 49Fri 00:00: AQI 48Fri 01:00: AQI 49Fri 02:00: AQI 49Fri 03:00: AQI 49Fri 04:00: AQI 48Fri 05:00: AQI 46Fri 06:00: AQI 44Fri 07:00: AQI 45Fri 08:00: AQI 48Fri 09:00: AQI 58Fri 10:00: AQI 74Fri 11:00: AQI 88Fri 12:00: AQI 97Fri 13:00: AQI 101Fri 14:00: AQI 101Fri 15:00: AQI 92Fri 16:00: AQI 83Fri 17:00: AQI 72Fri 18:00: AQI 61Fri 19:00: AQI 44Fri 20:00: AQI 44Fri 21:00: AQI 46Fri 22:00: AQI 46Thu 23:00Fri 11:00Fri 22:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Thu 23:0049Moderate25
Fri 02:0049Moderate25
Fri 05:0046Moderate21
Fri 08:0048Moderate20
Fri 11:0088Very poor32
Fri 14:00101Extremely poor34
Fri 17:0072Poor22
Fri 20:0044Moderate18

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Arequipa was 63, with 15 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 18 Sept, the most polluted 19 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 6031 Aug: AQI 571 Sept: AQI 672 Sept: AQI 663 Sept: AQI 634 Sept: AQI 665 Sept: AQI 576 Sept: AQI 607 Sept: AQI 618 Sept: AQI 619 Sept: AQI 5910 Sept: AQI 6011 Sept: AQI 6712 Sept: AQI 6313 Sept: AQI 5914 Sept: AQI 6815 Sept: AQI 6516 Sept: AQI 5917 Sept: AQI 6018 Sept: AQI 5119 Sept: AQI 8120 Sept: AQI 6621 Sept: AQI 6622 Sept: AQI 6223 Sept: AQI 6230 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Arequipa good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Arequipa is 48, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Arequipa?
At the moment PM10 contributes most to the air quality index in Arequipa. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Arequipa be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Arequipa is expected to be worst around Fri 13:00 (AQI 101, extremely poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 06:00.
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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