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Breathe Before You Go

When is it safe to breathe? Seasonal air quality for 15 Asian cities — pick one to explore.

Historical — last pipeline update was over 24h ago

Using historical seasonal trends because the latest pipeline run is older than 24 hours.

Seasonal data — IQAir ↗ for today's readings · Methodology ↗

Asia Breathing Map

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15 Cities

sorted by tier · click to explore

T1 Deep — full storyT2 Standard — data + summaryT3 Dashboard — data only

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: November (250.6 µg/m³)

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: January (38 µg/m³)

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: March (54.4 µg/m³)

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: January (232.1 µg/m³)

Unhealthy for Sensitive

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: August (55.4 µg/m³)

Unhealthy for Sensitive

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: January (90 µg/m³)

Unhealthy for Sensitive

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: March (43.9 µg/m³)

Unhealthy for Sensitive

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: January (60 µg/m³)

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: January (99.5 µg/m³)

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: March (25.6 µg/m³)

Unhealthy for Sensitive

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: December (74 µg/m³)

Ho Chi Minh City

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: December (34 µg/m³)

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: October (21 µg/m³)

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: July (23.6 µg/m³)

µg/m³ annual median

Worst: April (16 µg/m³)

Source: OpenAQ API v3 · WHO 2021 PM2.5 guidelines · 5-year historical daily data

Data: OpenAQ API v3 · WHO 2021 AQI Guidelines · Berkeley Earth Cig. Equivalence

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15 cities · years of seasonal data