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Moradabad, · Live air quality

313
AQI · India scale
Very Poor

You're looking at Moradabad's air right now — AQI 313, very poor, driven by PM2.5.

Transport Nagar, Moradabad - UPPCB · 6 stations · updated

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Moradabad Air Quality Index (AQI) Today

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

#28 most polluted of 241 live citiesDominant pollutant: PM2.5
Is it safe to go out in Moradabad today?

No — Moradabad's AQI is 313 (Very Poor). Avoid outdoor activity, keep windows closed, run a purifier and wear an N95 mask outdoors.

Where 313 sits on the India CPCB scale

313
0GoodModeratePoorSevere500

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

PM2.5136 µg/m³
Very Poor · index 313
PM10140 µg/m³
Moderate · index 127
SO₂56 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 71
O₃50 µg/m³
Good · index 50
NO₂29 µg/m³
Good · index 36
NH₃13 µg/m³
Good · index 3

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

6.2
cigarettes/day equivalent
Breathing today's PM2.5 (136 µg/m³) is roughly like smoking 6.2 cigarettes a day — Berkeley Earth's rule of thumb (22 µg/m³ ≈ 1 cigarette).
−12.8 yr
life-expectancy impact
If this level held all year, it would cut average life expectancy by about 12.8 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.

Monitoring stations in Moradabad

6 live CPCB stations, ranked worst air first. Each station's AQI is its own highest pollutant sub-index.

Source: CPCB continuous ambient air-quality monitoring stations via data.gov.in. Station-level values are the latest hourly averages.

24-hour AQI graph

min 312 · max 316
010020030010am: AQI 312 (Very Poor)10am11am: AQI 316 (Very Poor)11am12pm: AQI 313 (Very Poor)12pm1pm: AQI 313 (Very Poor)1pm2pm: AQI 313 (Very Poor)2pm

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

7-day AQI trend

We're recording daily readings for this city — the 7-day trend chart fills in over the coming days as history accumulates.

Air quality calendar

A colour-coded calendar of daily air quality builds here as we record each day — check back as the month fills in.

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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 Moradabad

This page tracks the Moradabad Air Quality Index using measurements from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) monitoring stations, published through the Government of India's open-data portal. The AQI is a single number from 0 to 500 that summarises how polluted the air is and what it means for health, based on the concentrations of key pollutants — fine particulate matter (PM2.5), coarse particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), ground-level ozone (O₃), carbon monoxide (CO) and sulphur dioxide (SO₂).

Air quality in Moradabad changes through the day and across seasons. Levels are typically worse in the early morning and late evening when cooler, calmer air traps pollutants near the ground, and across North India they rise sharply in winter (roughly October to February) when temperature inversions, crop-residue burning and festival activity combine. Summer and the monsoon usually bring cleaner air as rain washes out particulates and stronger winds disperse them. Checking the current reading before outdoor exercise, a school run or a commute helps you decide whether to adjust timing, wear a mask, or keep windows closed.

We only display a number when a recent station reading exists — if you see "data updating", it means we are waiting on a fresh value rather than showing an estimate.

Frequently asked questions

What is the AQI in Moradabad today?

The current Air Quality Index in Moradabad is 313 (Very Poor) on the Indian CPCB scale, with PM2.5 as the dominant pollutant.

Is it safe to go outside in Moradabad today?

No — Moradabad's AQI is 313 (Very Poor). Avoid outdoor activity, keep windows closed, run a purifier and wear an N95 mask outdoors.

What is the main pollutant in Moradabad?

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

How is Moradabad'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.