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Dhule · Live air quality

302
AQI · India scale
Very Poor

You're looking at Dhule's air right now — AQI 302, very poor, driven by PM2.5.

Deopur, Dhule - MPCB · 1 station · updated

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Dhule Air Quality Index (AQI) Today

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

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

No — Dhule's AQI is 302 (Very Poor). Avoid outdoor activity, keep windows closed, run a purifier and wear an N95 mask outdoors.

Breathing today's air is roughly like 6 cigarettes a dayA rough PM2.5 equivalence (Berkeley Earth: ~22 µg/m³ ≈ one cigarette) — a rule of thumb, not medical advice.
▼ 15 lower than yesterday

Where 302 sits on the India CPCB scale

302
0GoodModeratePoorSevere500

Dhule air quality forecast

30°C · wind 11 km/h

Moderate 11 km/h winds are giving average dispersal today.

Today143Moderatelow 95
Tomorrow113Moderatelow 69
Fri70Satisfactorylow 52
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Hourly AQI forecast for the next 24 hours (CPCB scale).

Cleanest air today is forecast around 13:00 (AQI 95) — 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
Avoid — train indoors
Windows
Keep them closed
Mask outdoors
Wear an N95
Kids’ outdoor play
Keep them indoors
Air purifier
Run it now
Commute
Mask + windows up

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

Live pollutant levels

PM2.5121 µg/m³
Very Poor · index 302
PM10126 µg/m³
Moderate · index 118
NO₂32 µg/m³
Good · index 40
O₃14 µg/m³
Good · index 14
SO₂2 µg/m³
Good · index 3
NH₃1 µg/m³
Good · index 0

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

5.5
cigarettes/day equivalent
Breathing today's PM2.5 (121 µg/m³) is roughly like smoking 5.5 cigarettes a day — Berkeley Earth's rule of thumb (22 µg/m³ ≈ 1 cigarette).
−11.4 yr
life-expectancy impact
If this level held all year, it would cut average life expectancy by about 11.4 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 157 · max 304
010020030012pm: AQI 157 (Moderate)12pm1pm: AQI 167 (Moderate)2pm: AQI 174 (Moderate)3pm: AQI 184 (Moderate)4pm: AQI 193 (Moderate)4pm5pm: AQI 204 (Poor)6pm: AQI 214 (Poor)7pm: AQI 224 (Poor)8pm: AQI 234 (Poor)8pm9pm: AQI 244 (Poor)10pm: AQI 257 (Poor)11pm: AQI 260 (Poor)12am: AQI 267 (Poor)12am1am: AQI 270 (Poor)2am: AQI 274 (Poor)3am: AQI 277 (Poor)4am: AQI 277 (Poor)4am5am: AQI 284 (Poor)6am: AQI 284 (Poor)7am: AQI 284 (Poor)8am: AQI 284 (Poor)8am9am: AQI 303 (Very Poor)10am: AQI 304 (Very Poor)11am: AQI 302 (Very Poor)11am

Hourly AQI recorded each hour by DailyAQI (local time). Fills to a rolling 24 hours.

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What Very Poor air means for you

May cause respiratory illness on prolonged exposure; effects more pronounced for people with lung and heart disease.

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 Dhule

This page tracks the Dhule 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 Dhule's AQI is 302 (Very Poor), 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 Dhule's air changes through the year

Air quality in Dhule 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 Dhule

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 Dhule for cleaner air

For the cleanest air, the monsoon and the months just after it are usually best in Dhule, 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 Dhule'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 Dhule today?

The current Air Quality Index in Dhule is 302 (Very Poor) on the Indian CPCB scale, with PM2.5 as the dominant pollutant.

Is it safe to go outside in Dhule today?

No — Dhule's AQI is 302 (Very Poor). Avoid outdoor activity, keep windows closed, run a purifier and wear an N95 mask outdoors.

What is the main pollutant in Dhule?

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

How is Dhule'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 Dhule tomorrow?

Air in Dhule is forecast to improve tomorrow to around AQI 113 (Moderate), down from about 143 today. Forecasts are modelled estimates (Open-Meteo) and can change.