Air quality in Lào Cai today
Vietnam · Updated Friday 08:00 (local time) · Model data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
Moderate European AQI
Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
Pollutants right now
| Pollutant | Value | Level |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 17 µg/m³ | Fair |
| PM10 | 17 µg/m³ | Good |
| NO₂ | 9 µg/m³ | Good |
| O₃ | 95 µg/m³ | Fair |
The pollutant that matters most in Lào Cai right now is O₃.
Forecast: next 24 hours
Over the next 24 hours the air in Lào Cai is expected to be worst around Fri 11:00 (AQI 71, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 18:00.
| Time | AQI | Level | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 09:00 | 60 | Moderate | 16 |
| Fri 12:00 | 70 | Poor | 16 |
| Fri 15:00 | 68 | Poor | 14 |
| Fri 18:00 | 41 | Moderate | 17 |
| Fri 21:00 | 44 | Moderate | 22 |
| Sat 00:00 | 49 | Moderate | 30 |
| Sat 03:00 | 54 | Moderate | 40 |
| Sat 06:00 | 56 | Moderate | 43 |
The last 30 days
Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Lào Cai was 48, with 2 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 17 Sept, the most polluted 23 Sept.
Questions and answers
- Is the air in Lào Cai good today?
- Right now the European Air Quality Index in Lào Cai is 41, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
- What pollutes the air in Lào Cai?
- At the moment O₃ contributes most to the air quality index in Lào Cai. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
- When will the air in Lào Cai be cleanest?
- Over the next 24 hours the air in Lào Cai is expected to be worst around Fri 11:00 (AQI 71, poor). The cleanest hour is expected around Fri 18:00.
- 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.