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Jaipur, Rajasthan · Live air quality

390
AQI · India scale
Very Poor

You're looking at Jaipur's air right now — AQI 390, very poor, driven by PM2.5.

Police Commissionerate, Jaipur - RSPCB · 6 stations · updated

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Jaipur Air Quality Index (AQI) Today

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

#60 most polluted of 298 live citiesDominant pollutant: PM2.5
Is it safe to go out in Jaipur today?

No — Jaipur's AQI is 390 (Very Poor). Avoid outdoor activity, keep windows closed, run a purifier and wear an N95 mask outdoors.

Breathing today's air is roughly like 11 cigarettes a dayA rough PM2.5 equivalence (Berkeley Earth: ~22 µg/m³ ≈ one cigarette) — a rule of thumb, not medical advice.
▼ 6 lower than yesterday

Where 390 sits on the India CPCB scale

390
0GoodModeratePoorSevere500

Jaipur air quality forecast

22°C · wind 9 km/h

Moderate 9 km/h winds are giving average dispersal today.

Today208Poorlow 94
Tomorrow255Poorlow 72
Wed220Poorlow 71
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Hourly AQI forecast for the next 24 hours (CPCB scale).

Cleanest air today is forecast around 20:00 (AQI 130) — 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

PM2.5237 µg/m³
Very Poor · index 390
O₃133 µg/m³
Moderate · index 149
PM10165 µg/m³
Moderate · index 144
NO₂52 µg/m³
Satisfactory · index 66
SO₂32 µg/m³
Good · index 40
NH₃11 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

10.8
cigarettes/day equivalent
Breathing today's PM2.5 (237 µg/m³) is roughly like smoking 10.8 cigarettes a day — Berkeley Earth's rule of thumb (22 µg/m³ ≈ 1 cigarette).
−22.7 yr
life-expectancy impact
If this level held all year, it would cut average life expectancy by about 22.7 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.

Where the air is cleanest and worst in Jaipur right now

A live comparison of Jaipur's monitoring areas — the cleaner areas are the better choice for outdoor time right now, while the worst are best avoided for exercise. Each figure is a real station reading, not an estimate.

Cleaner areas — where to go

Worst areas — where to avoid

Monitoring stations in Jaipur

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

StationAQICategoryPM2.5PM10
Police Commissionerate, Jaipur - RSPCB390Very Poor237144
Mansarovar Sector-12, Jaipur - RSPCB389Very Poor235159
Shastri Nagar, Jaipur - RSPCB377Very Poor220122
Sector-2 Murlipura, Jaipur - RSPCB349Very Poor183129
Adarsh Nagar, Jaipur - RSPCB343Very Poor175119
RIICO Sitapura, Jaipur - RSPCB287Poor116165

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 73 · max 412
01002003004009pm: AQI 412 (Severe)9pm10pm: AQI 409 (Severe)11pm: AQI 73 (Satisfactory)12am: AQI 408 (Severe)1am: AQI 405 (Severe)1am2am: AQI 402 (Severe)3am: AQI 398 (Very Poor)4am: AQI 395 (Very Poor)5am: AQI 391 (Very Poor)5am6am: AQI 391 (Very Poor)7am: AQI 391 (Very Poor)8am: AQI 385 (Very Poor)9am: AQI 385 (Very Poor)9am10am: AQI 387 (Very Poor)11am: AQI 387 (Very Poor)12pm: AQI 386 (Very Poor)1pm: AQI 386 (Very Poor)1pm2pm: AQI 388 (Very Poor)3pm: AQI 388 (Very Poor)4pm: AQI 388 (Very Poor)5pm: AQI 389 (Very Poor)5pm6pm: AQI 390 (Very Poor)7pm: AQI 391 (Very Poor)8pm: AQI 390 (Very Poor)8pm

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 Jaipur

This page tracks the Jaipur, Rajasthan Air Quality Index using measurements from 6 Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) monitoring stations, published through the Government of India's open-data portal. Right now Jaipur's AQI is 390 (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 Jaipur's air changes through the year

As a North Indian city, Jaipur sees the country's sharpest seasonal swing. From roughly late October to February, cool and still air with temperature inversions traps emissions close to the ground, and smoke from post-harvest crop-residue burning in Punjab and Haryana — together with festival-season activity around Diwali — pushes the AQI to its yearly peak. The monsoon (June to September) usually brings the cleanest air as rain washes particulates out, with spring and early autumn sitting in between.

What drives air pollution in Jaipur

The main contributors are vehicle exhaust, road and construction dust, industry and power generation, household cooking and heating fuel, and — in the cooler months — seasonal crop-residue burning across the surrounding farmland. Because the region is landlocked, there is little sea breeze to flush pollutants away, so they accumulate night after night during still winter spells.

Cleaner and worse areas within Jaipur

Air quality is not uniform across a city. Among Jaipur's monitoring areas right now, the air is cleanest around RIICO Sitapura, Jaipur and worst around Police Commissionerate, Jaipur — a reminder that local traffic, industry and construction can make a real difference over just a few kilometres. The live area-by-area comparison above shows where to go and where to avoid at this moment.

Best time to visit Jaipur for cleaner air

If cleaner air matters for your visit, the smog season from November to January has Jaipur's worst air of the year, while the monsoon and the weeks around it, along with spring, are usually far better. Whatever the month, check the live reading on this page before heading out, and pack a well-fitting N95 or FFP2 mask for high-pollution days.

Staying safe in Jaipur'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.

Air quality near Jaipur

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Frequently asked questions

What is the AQI in Jaipur today?

The current Air Quality Index in Jaipur is 390 (Very Poor) on the Indian CPCB scale, with PM2.5 as the dominant pollutant.

Is it safe to go outside in Jaipur today?

No — Jaipur's AQI is 390 (Very Poor). Avoid outdoor activity, keep windows closed, run a purifier and wear an N95 mask outdoors.

What is the main pollutant in Jaipur?

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

How is Jaipur'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 Jaipur tomorrow?

Air in Jaipur is forecast to worsen tomorrow to around AQI 255 (Poor), up from about 208 today. Forecasts are modelled estimates (Open-Meteo) and can change.