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Air quality in Benin City today

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

41

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.517 µg/m³Fair
PM1020 µg/m³Good
NO₂14 µg/m³Good
O₃11 µg/m³Good

The pollutant that matters most in Benin City right now is PM2.5.

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Benin City is expected to be worst around Fri 08:00 (AQI 41, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 16:00.

Fri 08:00: AQI 41Fri 09:00: AQI 40Fri 10:00: AQI 40Fri 11:00: AQI 37Fri 12:00: AQI 34Fri 13:00: AQI 31Fri 14:00: AQI 30Fri 15:00: AQI 28Fri 16:00: AQI 27Fri 17:00: AQI 27Fri 18:00: AQI 27Fri 19:00: AQI 30Fri 20:00: AQI 32Fri 21:00: AQI 33Fri 22:00: AQI 35Fri 23:00: AQI 35Sat 00:00: AQI 35Sat 01:00: AQI 36Sat 02:00: AQI 37Sat 03:00: AQI 35Sat 04:00: AQI 35Sat 05:00: AQI 36Sat 06:00: AQI 37Sat 07:00: AQI 37Fri 08:00Fri 20:00Sat 07:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 08:0041Moderate17
Fri 11:0037Fair14
Fri 14:0030Fair10
Fri 17:0027Fair8
Fri 20:0032Fair11
Fri 23:0035Fair13
Sat 02:0037Fair13
Sat 05:0036Fair13

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Benin City was 35, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 16 Sept, the most polluted 9 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 2931 Aug: AQI 381 Sept: AQI 392 Sept: AQI 363 Sept: AQI 364 Sept: AQI 395 Sept: AQI 356 Sept: AQI 337 Sept: AQI 418 Sept: AQI 419 Sept: AQI 4410 Sept: AQI 2911 Sept: AQI 3212 Sept: AQI 3513 Sept: AQI 3914 Sept: AQI 3715 Sept: AQI 3316 Sept: AQI 2817 Sept: AQI 3018 Sept: AQI 3419 Sept: AQI 3620 Sept: AQI 3221 Sept: AQI 3222 Sept: AQI 3023 Sept: AQI 3830 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Benin City good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Benin City is 41, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Benin City?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Benin City. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Benin City be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Benin City is expected to be worst around Fri 08:00 (AQI 41, 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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