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Air quality in Basrah today

Iraq · Updated Friday 07:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

113

Extremely poor European AQI

Avoid outdoor activity and keep windows closed where you can.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.556 µg/m³Very poor
PM10319 µg/m³Extremely poor
NO₂7 µg/m³Good
O₃65 µg/m³Fair

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Basrah is expected to be worst around Fri 17:00 (AQI 172, extremely poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 12:00.

Fri 08:00: AQI 110Fri 09:00: AQI 110Fri 10:00: AQI 118Fri 11:00: AQI 113Fri 12:00: AQI 106Fri 13:00: AQI 109Fri 14:00: AQI 117Fri 15:00: AQI 127Fri 16:00: AQI 138Fri 17:00: AQI 172Fri 18:00: AQI 172Fri 19:00: AQI 161Fri 20:00: AQI 148Fri 21:00: AQI 139Fri 22:00: AQI 143Fri 23:00: AQI 152Sat 00:00: AQI 158Sat 01:00: AQI 155Sat 02:00: AQI 144Sat 03:00: AQI 130Sat 04:00: AQI 120Sat 05:00: AQI 115Sat 06:00: AQI 116Sat 07:00: AQI 120Fri 08:00Fri 20:00Sat 07:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 08:00110Extremely poor58
Fri 11:00113Extremely poor48
Fri 14:00117Extremely poor44
Fri 17:00172Extremely poor73
Fri 20:00148Extremely poor71
Fri 23:00152Extremely poor78
Sat 02:00144Extremely poor79
Sat 05:00115Extremely poor64

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Basrah was 84, with 23 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 13 Sept, the most polluted 2 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 10731 Aug: AQI 1291 Sept: AQI 1132 Sept: AQI 1353 Sept: AQI 1224 Sept: AQI 695 Sept: AQI 636 Sept: AQI 1007 Sept: AQI 1168 Sept: AQI 1079 Sept: AQI 6910 Sept: AQI 6411 Sept: AQI 6712 Sept: AQI 6713 Sept: AQI 5814 Sept: AQI 7615 Sept: AQI 7116 Sept: AQI 7517 Sept: AQI 7118 Sept: AQI 6319 Sept: AQI 6920 Sept: AQI 10721 Sept: AQI 6522 Sept: AQI 6023 Sept: AQI 6530 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Basrah good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Basrah is 113, which is extremely poor. Avoid outdoor activity and keep windows closed where you can.
What pollutes the air in Basrah?
At the moment PM10 contributes most to the air quality index in Basrah. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Basrah be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Basrah is expected to be worst around Fri 17:00 (AQI 172, extremely poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 12:00.
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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