The AQI is one number for everyone. This page scores it for your body and your plans.

Anand Vihar ● LIVE · 2:00 PMAQI 223 · Poor

EXAMPLE — FOR AN ADULT WITH ASTHMA, PLANNING OUTDOOR EXERCISE

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.

EXAMPLE PERSONA · 67/100 · Very High healthy adult, same plans · 59

The two numbers are the same air, scored for two different bodies.

IF YOU MUST GO OUT Today, after about 6 PM The afternoon peak is past by then. Air is already Poor, so keep any outdoor activity short and wear an N95. a general pattern, not an hourly forecast

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.

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We count outdoor exercise as hard effort and a commute as light. Minute for minute, that is about four times as much air.

AGE HEALTH CONDITION WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING WHERE YOU ARE

Fit: No condition that makes polluted air riskier for you than for an average adult.
Asthma: A long-term condition where the airways tighten and inflame. Fine particles and traffic gases are common triggers.
Heart condition: Any diagnosed heart or circulatory condition. Fine particles raise the short-term risk of angina and irregular heartbeats.
Pregnancy: Raises sensitivity to fine particles, which are linked to lower birth weight and preterm birth.
COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease — long-term lung damage, usually from smoking or long exposure to smoke and dust, that narrows the airways and makes breathing harder. Polluted air can trigger a flare-up.

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AQI 223 (Poor)Outdoor exertion multiplies doseAsthma raises risk

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 ›

223Poor AQI · India's CPCB scale, from PM2.5 and PM10 · 2:00 PM

PM2.5 97 µg/m³

PM10 105 µg/m³

Coarser dust particles under 10 micrometres — irritate the airways and eyes; includes road and construction dust.

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 ›

What do these numbers mean? ›

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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