Powai air quality · Mumbai, Maharashtra
Breathing through your nose filters more particles than your mouth
US AQI 97 (Moderate) at the MPCB monitor in Powai, Mumbai, the 23rd highest of 24 Mumbai monitors reporting. India's official NAQI (CPCB) 93 (Satisfactory). Main pollutant: PM2.5.
Updated
Last 24 hours: worst 219 at midnight yesterday, best 66 at 5 pm yesterday (US AQI)
Pollutants at Powai
- PM2.5 · µg/m³33.62.2× WHO limit
- PM10 · µg/m³93.42.1× WHO limit
- SO₂ · µg/m³14.5Under WHO limit
This hour's readings at this monitor. WHO multiples use the 2021 24-hour guidelines.
Where Powai ranks in Mumbai
- 23rdmost polluted of 24 Mumbai monitors right now
- 106average US AQI, last 30 days
- 195Mumbai's city figure now
Most polluted right now: Deonar 503 · Kandivali West 355 · Shivaji Nagar 313 · Malad West 287 · Mulund West 265.
Is it safe outside in Powai right now?
Air quality is acceptable. People who are unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel effects with long or heavy exertion outdoors.
Walking and commuting
Go aheadFine for everyone.
Running and jogging
Take careFine for most; unusually sensitive people should ease the pace.
Cycling
Go aheadFine for everyone.
Children playing outside
Go aheadNo limits for most children.
Older adults and heart or lung conditions
Take careWatch for symptoms such as coughing or breathlessness.
Open windows
Go aheadFine to ventilate.
Mask outdoors
Not neededNot needed.
Air purifier indoors
Not neededOptional.
Based on the US EPA Air Quality Guide, applied to the current US AQI category. If you have symptoms, follow your doctor's advice.
When the air is worst in Powai
Last 7 days, India timeOver the last 7 days, the air at this monitor was worst from 8 am to 11 am (average US AQI 129) and cleanest from noon to 3 pm (94). Plan walks, runs and open windows for the cleaner hours.
Powai air quality, last 24 hours
Hourly US AQI, 23 of 24 hours, India timeIn the last 24 hours the US AQI at this monitor was highest at midnight yesterday (219, Very Unhealthy) and lowest at 5 pm yesterday (66, Moderate).
Powai air quality, last 30 days
Daily average, 17 days- 106average US AQI
- 137worst day, 4 November
- 90cleanest day, 30 October
- 0days above 150 (Unhealthy or worse)
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Powai air quality: common questions
What is the AQI in Powai right now?
The US AQI at the MPCB monitor in Powai, Mumbai is 97 (Moderate), the 23rd highest of 24 Mumbai monitors reporting. Over the last 24 hours it ranged from 66 (5 pm yesterday) to 219 (midnight yesterday). The main pollutant is PM2.5. The same air reads India's official NAQI (CPCB) 93 (Satisfactory).
What time is the air worst in Powai?
Over the last 7 days, from 8 am to 11 am India time, when the monitor averaged 129. The cleanest stretch was noon to 3 pm, at 94.
How has Powai's air been over the last 30 days?
The monitor averaged a US AQI of 106 over 17 days with data. The worst day was 4 November at 137 and the cleanest 30 October at 90. 0 days were above 150 (Unhealthy or worse).
Where does Powai's air quality data come from?
From the continuous monitoring station run by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) in CPCB's national network. Good Air shows the US EPA AQI worked out from those readings, and CPCB's own National Air Quality Index (NAQI) beside it. Good Air does not estimate or adjust the readings.
Source: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), via CPCB's national monitoring network. One monitor shows the air around it, which can differ from a few streets away. Readings are published by the monitoring agency and may be revised.