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Air quality in Ouagadougou today

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

42

Moderate European AQI

Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.

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Pollutants right now

PollutantValueLevel
PM2.519 µg/m³Fair
PM1022 µg/m³Fair
NO₂13 µg/m³Good
O₃32 µg/m³Good

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

Forecast: next 24 hours

Over the next 24 hours the air in Ouagadougou is expected to be worst around Fri 20:00 (AQI 45, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 00:00.

Fri 01:00: AQI 41Fri 02:00: AQI 41Fri 03:00: AQI 41Fri 04:00: AQI 40Fri 05:00: AQI 39Fri 06:00: AQI 38Fri 07:00: AQI 33Fri 08:00: AQI 30Fri 09:00: AQI 30Fri 10:00: AQI 34Fri 11:00: AQI 36Fri 12:00: AQI 37Fri 13:00: AQI 39Fri 14:00: AQI 39Fri 15:00: AQI 39Fri 16:00: AQI 39Fri 17:00: AQI 39Fri 18:00: AQI 41Fri 19:00: AQI 43Fri 20:00: AQI 45Fri 21:00: AQI 43Fri 22:00: AQI 40Fri 23:00: AQI 34Sat 00:00: AQI 28Fri 01:00Fri 13:00Sat 00:00
TimeAQILevelPM2.5
Fri 01:0041Moderate18
Fri 04:0040Fair15
Fri 07:0033Fair12
Fri 10:0034Fair7
Fri 13:0039Fair11
Fri 16:0039Fair14
Fri 19:0043Moderate21
Fri 22:0040Fair16

The last 30 days

Over the last 30 days the average daily AQI in Ouagadougou was 35, with 0 day(s) rated poor or worse. The cleanest day was 30 Aug, the most polluted 4 Sept.

30 Aug: AQI 2931 Aug: AQI 401 Sept: AQI 302 Sept: AQI 333 Sept: AQI 414 Sept: AQI 425 Sept: AQI 346 Sept: AQI 387 Sept: AQI 398 Sept: AQI 419 Sept: AQI 3710 Sept: AQI 3011 Sept: AQI 3612 Sept: AQI 3313 Sept: AQI 3214 Sept: AQI 4015 Sept: AQI 2916 Sept: AQI 2917 Sept: AQI 3618 Sept: AQI 3519 Sept: AQI 3620 Sept: AQI 4221 Sept: AQI 3222 Sept: AQI 3423 Sept: AQI 3830 Aug11 Sept23 Sept

Questions and answers

Is the air in Ouagadougou good today?
Right now the European Air Quality Index in Ouagadougou is 42, which is moderate. Sensitive people may want to take it easier outdoors.
What pollutes the air in Ouagadougou?
At the moment PM2.5 contributes most to the air quality index in Ouagadougou. The index takes the worst of fine particles (PM2.5), coarser particles (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ozone and sulphur dioxide.
When will the air in Ouagadougou be cleanest?
Over the next 24 hours the air in Ouagadougou is expected to be worst around Fri 20:00 (AQI 45, moderate). The cleanest hour is expected around Sat 00:00.
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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