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108
AQI · India scale
Moderate

You're looking at Belgaum's air right now — AQI 108, moderate, driven by PM2.5.

Ramteerth Nagar, Belgaum - KSPCB · 1 station · updated

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Belgaum Air Quality Index (AQI) Today

Live air quality in Belgaum, — real-time AQI, dominant pollutant, PM2.5 & PM10 levels and a plain-English health advisory, computed from CPCB data.

#184 most polluted of 280 live citiesDominant pollutant: PM2.5
Is it safe to go out in Belgaum today?

Mostly — Belgaum's AQI is 108 (Moderate). Sensitive groups (asthma, children, older adults) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

Breathing today's air is roughly like 3 cigarettes a dayA rough PM2.5 equivalence (Berkeley Earth: ~22 µg/m³ ≈ one cigarette) — a rule of thumb, not medical advice.
No change vs yesterday

Where 108 sits on the India CPCB scale

108
0GoodModeratePoorSevere500

Belgaum air quality forecast

27°C · wind 16 km/h

Moderate 16 km/h winds are giving average dispersal today.

Today76Satisfactorylow 45
Tomorrow70Satisfactorylow 43
Fri75Satisfactorylow 26
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Hourly AQI forecast for the next 24 hours (CPCB scale).

Cleanest air today is forecast around 20:00 (AQI 45) — a good window for outdoor time.

Forecast modelled by Open-Meteo and converted to the CPCB scale. Forecasts are estimates and can change — our live readings above are measured.

What you can do outside right now

Outdoor exercise
Ease off if sensitive
Windows
Limit at peak hours
Mask outdoors
Optional (sensitive)
Kids’ outdoor play
Shorten sessions
Air purifier
Helpful indoors
Commute
Prefer enclosed

General guidance by AQI band. Sensitive groups should act one level earlier.

Live pollutant levels

PM2.562 µg/m³
Moderate · index 108
PM1078 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 78
NO₂57 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 72
O₃19 µg/m³
Good · index 19
SO₂14 µg/m³
Good · index 18
NH₃6 µg/m³
Good · index 2

Each pollutant's 24-hour concentration is converted to a CPCB sub-index; the city AQI is the highest of them (the dominant pollutant). Bars show the sub-index out of 500.

What this air does to your body

2.8
cigarettes/day equivalent
Breathing today's PM2.5 (62 µg/m³) is roughly like smoking 2.8 cigarettes a day — Berkeley Earth's rule of thumb (22 µg/m³ ≈ 1 cigarette).
−5.6 yr
life-expectancy impact
If this level held all year, it would cut average life expectancy by about 5.6 years versus the WHO guideline (5 µg/m³), per the AQLI method.

Illustrative equivalences from published research (Berkeley Earth; Air Quality Life Index, University of Chicago). Not a medical assessment of your personal risk.

24-hour AQI graph

min 87 · max 111
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Hourly AQI recorded each hour by DailyAQI (local time). Fills to a rolling 24 hours.

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What Moderate air means for you

May cause breathing discomfort to people with lung disease such as asthma, and to children and older adults.

Health guidance per CPCB National Air Quality Index bands. Informational only — not medical advice.

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AQI categories (India scale)

AQICategoryAssociated health impact
0–50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution poses little or no risk.
51–100SatisfactoryAcceptable air quality; minor breathing discomfort possible for unusually sensitive people.
101–200ModerateMay cause breathing discomfort to people with lung disease such as asthma, and to children and older adults.
201–300PoorMay cause breathing discomfort to most people on prolonged exposure.
301–400Very PoorMay cause respiratory illness on prolonged exposure; effects more pronounced for people with lung and heart disease.
401–500SevereAffects healthy people and seriously impacts those with existing diseases; avoid outdoor activity.

Monitoring location

Approximate location of the monitoring station(s) feeding this reading. Map © OpenStreetMap.

About air quality in Belgaum

This page tracks the Belgaum Air Quality Index using measurements from a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) monitoring station, published through the Government of India's open-data portal. Right now Belgaum's AQI is 108 (Moderate), with PM2.5 the dominant pollutant. The AQI is a single number from 0 to 500 that summarises how polluted the air is and what it means for health, built from pollutants such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), coarse particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen dioxide, ground-level ozone and sulphur dioxide — the index reflects whichever is worst at the time.

How Belgaum's air changes through the year

Air quality in Belgaum changes through the day and across the seasons. Levels are usually worse in the early morning and late evening when cooler, calmer air traps pollutants near the ground, and they tend to rise in the cooler months when inversions are more common; the monsoon typically brings the cleanest air as rain washes particulates away.

What drives air pollution in Belgaum

Traffic, construction and road dust, industry and the burning of solid fuels are the main local sources, with regional factors and winter weather adding to the load when the air is calm.

Best time to visit Belgaum for cleaner air

For the cleanest air, the monsoon and the months just after it are usually best in Belgaum, while the driest, stillest weeks can be worse. Check the live reading on this page before outdoor exercise or sightseeing, and keep an N95 mask handy for high-pollution days. Nearby cities with comparatively cleaner air right now include Rishikesh, Thiruvananthapuram, Puducherry.

Staying safe in Belgaum's air

When the AQI is in the Good or Satisfactory range, outdoor activity is fine for almost everyone. From Moderate upward, sensitive groups — children, older adults, pregnant people and anyone with asthma or heart disease — should pace themselves outdoors, and once the air turns Poor or worse it is sensible for everyone to limit strenuous outdoor exertion, keep windows closed, run an air purifier indoors and wear a well-fitting mask outside. This is general information rather than medical advice. We only display a number when a recent station reading exists — if you see "data updating", we are waiting on a fresh value rather than showing an estimate.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the AQI in Belgaum today?

The current Air Quality Index in Belgaum is 108 (Moderate) on the Indian CPCB scale, with PM2.5 as the dominant pollutant.

Is it safe to go outside in Belgaum today?

Mostly — Belgaum's AQI is 108 (Moderate). Sensitive groups (asthma, children, older adults) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

What is the main pollutant in Belgaum?

Today the dominant pollutant driving Belgaum's AQI is PM2.5. The full pollutant breakdown (PM2.5, PM10, NO₂, O₃, CO, SO₂) is listed above.

How is Belgaum's AQI calculated?

Each pollutant's 24-hour concentration is converted to a sub-index using CPCB breakpoints; the city AQI is the highest sub-index. See our methodology.

What is the air quality forecast for Belgaum tomorrow?

Air in Belgaum is forecast to stay similar tomorrow, around AQI 70 (Satisfactory). Forecasts are modelled estimates (Open-Meteo) and can change.