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Aurangabad234Poor

Aurangabad, · Live air quality

234
AQI · India scale
Poor

You're looking at Aurangabad's air right now — AQI 234, poor, driven by PM2.5.

MIDC Chilkalthana, Aurangabad - MPCB · 3 stations · updated

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Aurangabad Air Quality Index (AQI) Today

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

#48 most polluted of 244 live citiesDominant pollutant: PM2.5
Is it safe to go out in Aurangabad today?

Caution — Aurangabad's AQI is 234 (Poor). Limit outdoor exertion; sensitive groups should stay indoors and consider an N95 mask.

▲ 97 higher than yesterday

Where 234 sits on the India CPCB scale

234
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

PM2.5100 µg/m³
Poor · index 234
PM1091 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 91
O₃31 µg/m³
Good · index 31
NO₂15 µg/m³
Good · index 19
SO₂5 µg/m³
Good · index 6
NH₃7 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

4.5
cigarettes/day equivalent
Breathing today's PM2.5 (100 µg/m³) is roughly like smoking 4.5 cigarettes a day — Berkeley Earth's rule of thumb (22 µg/m³ ≈ 1 cigarette).
−9.3 yr
life-expectancy impact
If this level held all year, it would cut average life expectancy by about 9.3 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 Aurangabad

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

StationAQICategoryPM2.5PM10
MIDC Chilkalthana, Aurangabad - MPCB234Poor10091
Rachnakar Colony, Aurangabad - MPCB154Moderate7674
More Chowk Waluj, Aurangabad - MPCB64Satisfactory3840

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 104 · max 234
010020010am: AQI 104 (Moderate)10am11am: AQI 108 (Moderate)12pm: AQI 108 (Moderate)1pm: AQI 108 (Moderate)2pm: AQI 111 (Moderate)2pm3pm: AQI 111 (Moderate)4pm: AQI 114 (Moderate)5pm: AQI 118 (Moderate)6pm: AQI 124 (Moderate)6pm7pm: AQI 127 (Moderate)8pm: AQI 131 (Moderate)9pm: AQI 134 (Moderate)10pm: AQI 134 (Moderate)10pm11pm: AQI 137 (Moderate)12am: AQI 141 (Moderate)1am: AQI 144 (Moderate)2am: AQI 167 (Moderate)2am3am: AQI 193 (Moderate)4am: AQI 234 (Poor)4am

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

7-day AQI trend

01002002026-09-23: AQI 137 (Moderate)13709-232026-09-24: AQI 234 (Poor)23409-24

Daily peak AQI recorded by DailyAQI since tracking began, coloured by category. History grows to a rolling 30 days.

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 Poor air means for you

May cause breathing discomfort to most people on prolonged exposure.

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 Aurangabad

This page tracks the Aurangabad 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 Aurangabad 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 Aurangabad today?

The current Air Quality Index in Aurangabad is 234 (Poor) on the Indian CPCB scale, with PM2.5 as the dominant pollutant.

Is it safe to go outside in Aurangabad today?

Caution — Aurangabad's AQI is 234 (Poor). Limit outdoor exertion; sensitive groups should stay indoors and consider an N95 mask.

What is the main pollutant in Aurangabad?

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

How is Aurangabad'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.