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Gwalior, · Live air quality

111
AQI · India scale
Moderate

You're looking at Gwalior's air right now — AQI 111, moderate, driven by PM2.5.

Maharaj Bada, Gwalior - MPPCB · 3 stations · updated

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Gwalior Air Quality Index (AQI) Today

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

#108 most polluted of 245 live citiesDominant pollutant: PM2.5
Is it safe to go out in Gwalior today?

Mostly — Gwalior's AQI is 111 (Moderate). Sensitive groups (asthma, children, older adults) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

▼ 97 lower than yesterday

Where 111 sits on the India CPCB scale

111
0GoodModeratePoorSevere500

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

PM2.563 µg/m³
Moderate · index 111
PM1086 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 86
NO₂61 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 77
O₃42 µg/m³
Good · index 42
SO₂19 µg/m³
Good · index 24
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

2.9
cigarettes/day equivalent
Breathing today's PM2.5 (63 µg/m³) is roughly like smoking 2.9 cigarettes a day — Berkeley Earth's rule of thumb (22 µg/m³ ≈ 1 cigarette).
−5.7 yr
life-expectancy impact
If this level held all year, it would cut average life expectancy by about 5.7 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 Gwalior

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

StationAQICategoryPM2.5PM10
Maharaj Bada, Gwalior - MPPCB111Moderate6362
Deen Dayal Nagar, Gwalior - MPPCB86Satisfactory4186
City Center, Gwalior - MPPCB74Satisfactory4450

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 111 · max 315
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Hourly AQI recorded each hour by DailyAQI (local time). Fills to a rolling 24 hours.

7-day AQI trend

01002003002026-09-23: AQI 324 (Very Poor)32409-232026-09-24: AQI 227 (Poor)22709-24

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

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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 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 Gwalior

This page tracks the Gwalior 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 Gwalior 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 Gwalior today?

The current Air Quality Index in Gwalior is 111 (Moderate) on the Indian CPCB scale, with PM2.5 as the dominant pollutant.

Is it safe to go outside in Gwalior today?

Mostly — Gwalior's AQI is 111 (Moderate). Sensitive groups (asthma, children, older adults) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

What is the main pollutant in Gwalior?

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

How is Gwalior'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.