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Air quality in Kaohsiung today

Taiwan · Updated Friday 10:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service

55

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.533 µg/m³Poor
PM1035 µg/m³Fair
NO₂52 µg/m³Fair
O₃83 µg/m³Fair

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Kaohsiung is expected to be worst around Fri 21:00 (AQI 103, extremely poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 10:00.

Fri 11:00: AQI 52Fri 12:00: AQI 68Fri 13:00: AQI 79Fri 14:00: AQI 88Fri 15:00: AQI 88Fri 16:00: AQI 79Fri 17:00: AQI 68Fri 18:00: AQI 79Fri 19:00: AQI 93Fri 20:00: AQI 102Fri 21:00: AQI 103Fri 22:00: AQI 98Fri 23:00: AQI 93Sat 00:00: AQI 89Sat 01:00: AQI 86Sat 02:00: AQI 82Sat 03:00: AQI 78Sat 04:00: AQI 73Sat 05:00: AQI 69Sat 06:00: AQI 67Sat 07:00: AQI 67Sat 08:00: AQI 65Sat 09:00: AQI 58Sat 10:00: AQI 48Fri 11:00Fri 23:00Sat 10:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 11:0052Moderate36
Fri 14:0088Very poor47
Fri 17:0068Poor55
Fri 20:00102Extremely poor89
Fri 23:0093Very poor79
Sat 02:0082Very poor56
Sat 05:0069Poor37
Sat 08:0065Poor34

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Kaohsiung was 64, with 19 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 30 Aug, the most polluted 8 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 3731 Aug: AQI 501 Sept: AQI 522 Sept: AQI 413 Sept: AQI 624 Sept: AQI 655 Sept: AQI 676 Sept: AQI 647 Sept: AQI 788 Sept: AQI 799 Sept: AQI 7210 Sept: AQI 7811 Sept: AQI 7212 Sept: AQI 6413 Sept: AQI 5814 Sept: AQI 6015 Sept: AQI 6116 Sept: AQI 6517 Sept: AQI 7018 Sept: AQI 7419 Sept: AQI 7520 Sept: AQI 6521 Sept: AQI 6422 Sept: AQI 6523 Sept: AQI 7130 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Kaohsiung good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Kaohsiung is 55, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Kaohsiung?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Kaohsiung. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Kaohsiung be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Kaohsiung is expected to be worst around Fri 21:00 (AQI 103, extremely poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 10:00.
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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