Air quality in Kataragama today
Sri Lanka · Updated Friday 09:30 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
Good European AQI
Clean air. A great time to be outside.
Pollutants right now
| Pollutant | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 2 µg/m³ | Good |
| PM10 | 3 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 2 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 41 µg/m³ | Good |
The pollutant that matters most in Kataragama right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
The air in Kataragama should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 05:30.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 10:30 | 16 | Good | 3 |
| Fri 13:30 | 19 | Good | 4 |
| Fri 16:30 | 16 | Good | 4 |
| Fri 19:30 | 14 | Good | 4 |
| Fri 22:30 | 13 | Good | 3 |
| Sat 01:30 | 11 | Good | 2 |
| Sat 04:30 | 10 | Good | 2 |
| Sat 07:30 | 10 | Good | 2 |
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Kataragama good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Kataragama is 14, which is good. Clean air. A great time to be outside.
- What pollutes the air in Kataragama?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Kataragama. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Kataragama be cleanest?
- The air in Kataragama should stay good to fair for the next 24 hours. The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 05:30.
- 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.