The AQI is one number for everyone. This page scores it for your body and your plans.
Today is a serious strain on lungs like yours — keep it to what has to be done.
Move what you can indoors — work, exercise, errands — and run a purifier in the room you use most.
The two numbers are the same air, scored for two different bodies.
This page is showing an example — an adult with asthma, planning outdoor exercise in Anand Vihar. Fill in your own details and the advice becomes yours.
Change detailsAsthma — A long-term condition where the airways tighten and inflame. Fine particles and traffic gases are common triggers.
The exertion part of this score comes from published breathing rates (US EPA, confidence rated medium). The health-condition and age parts are our own judgement, not a validated medical model. See how the score is worked out ›
Unhealthy for sensitive groups. Everyone should cut back on long or intense outdoor activity; sensitive people should stay in.
The air here holds about six times as much of this pollution as the World Health Organization's safe level for a whole day. How this compares ›
The five-day outlook comes from the WAQI feed. This reading did not arrive with one, so there is none to show — a reading read from CPCB directly never carries a forecast. What do these numbers mean? ›
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