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The GAIA air quality monitor uses laser particle sensors to measure in real-time PM2.5 and PM10 particle pollution, which is one of the most harmful air pollutants.

It is very easy to set up: It only requires a WIFI access point and a USB compatible power supply. Once connected, your real time air pollution levels are instantaneously available in on our maps.

The station comes together with 10-meter water-proof power cables, a power supply, mounting equipment and an optional solar panel.

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1 Shanghai (上海) - 2 Beijing (北京) - 3 Tianjin (天津) - 4 Guangzhou (广州市) - 5 Shenzhen (深圳) - 6 Wuhan (武汉市) - 7 Dongguan (东莞) - 8 Chongqing (重庆市) - 9 Chengdu (成都) - 10 Nanjing (南京)
11 Taipei (Pan-ch’iao) - 12 Kaohsiung (高雄) - 13 Taichung (Taizhong Shi) - 14 tainan (臺南) - 15 banqiao (Fan-ch’iao) - 16 hsinchu (Xinzhu) - 17 taoyuan-city - 18 Keelung (Ke-lâng-chhī)
19 Hong Kong (香港)
20 Macao (澳門)
21 Hanyang (서울) - 22 Busan (부산) - 23 Incheon (인천) - 24 Daejeon (대전) - 25 Ulsan (울산) - 26 Daegu (대구) - 27 Gwangju (광주) - 28 Suwon (수원) - 29 Goyang (고양) - 30 Seongnam (성남)
31 Edo (東京) - 32 Yokohama (よこはまし) - 33 Osaka (大阪市) - 34 Nagoya (名古屋) - 35 Sapporo (さっぽろし) - 36 Kobe (こうべし) - 37 Kyoto (京都市) - 38 Fukuoka (ふくおかし) - 39 Kawasaki (川崎市) - 40 saitama
41 Moscow (Москва) - 42 Krasnoyarsk (Красноярск) - 43 Kaliningrad (Калининград) - 44 Leningrad (Ленинград) - 45 Novo-Nikolaevsk (Новониколаевск) - 46 Nizhniy Novgorod (Горький) - 47 Chelyabinsk (Челябинск) - 48 Ufa (Уфа)
49 Dhaka (ঢাকা)
50 Kathmandu (काठमाडौं) - 51 Pokhara (पोखरा) - 52 Patan - 53 biratnagar - 54 Birgunj - 55 dharan-bazar - 56 Bharatpur (भरतपुर)
57 Bombay (बम्बई) - 58 Delhi (दिल्ली) - 59 Bangalore (बंगलौर) - 60 Calcutta (Kolkata) - 61 Chennai (चेन्नई) - 62 Ahmedabad (अहमदाबाद) - 63 Hyderabad (हैदराबाद) - 64 Pune (पुणे) - 65 Kanpur (कानपुर)
66 Bangkok (กรุงเทพ) - 67 mueang-samut-prakan (สมุทรปราการ) - 68 Nonthaburi (เทศบาลนครนนทบุรี) - 69 chon-buri (ชลบุรี) - 70 Nakhon Ratchasima (นครราชสีมา) - 71 Chiangmai (แม่ริม เชียงใหม่) - 72 Hat Yai (หาดใหญ่) - 73 Pak Kret (ปากเกร็ด) - 74 si-racha (ศรีราชา) - 75 Amphoe Phra Pradaeng (พระประแดง) - 76 Lampang (ลำปาง) - 77 surin
78 Vientiane (ວຽງຈັນ)
79 Rangoon (Yangon)
80 Kota Bharu (哥打巴鲁) - 81 Kuala Lumpur (吉隆坡) - 82 klang - 83 kampung-baru-subang - 84 Johor Bahru (新山) - 85 Subang Jaya (梳邦再也) - 86 Ipoh (怡保) - 87 Kuching (古晉)
88 Ho Chi Minh City (Sài Gòn) - 89 Hanoi (Hà Nội) - 90 Da Nang (Đà Nẵng) - 91 Haiphong (Hải Phòng) - 92 bien-hoa - 93 Huế (Hué) - 94 Nha Trang (芽莊市)
95 Bandar Seri Begawan
96 City of Manila (Maynila)
97 Jakarta (Djakarta) - 98 Medan (Kota Medan) - 99 Bekasi (Kutha Bekasi) - 100 Palembang (Kota Palembang) - 101 Tangerang (Kota Tangerang) - 102 south-tangerang (Tangerang Selatan)
103 Colombo (කොළඹ) - 104 galkissa - 105 moratuwa - 106 Negombo (මීගමුව) - 107 pita-kotte - 108 Kotte (கோட்டே)
109 Astana - 110 Almaty
111 Dushanbe - 112 vahdat - 113 tursunzoda
114 Bishkek
115 Tashkent
116 Phnom Penh (ភ្នំកំពង់ត្រាច)
117 Montreal (Montréal) - 118 Toronto - 119 Vancouver - 120 Calgary - 121 Ottawa (ᐊᑐᕚ/atavaa) - 122 Edmonton - 123 Mississauga - 124 north-york - 125 Winnipeg - 126 scarborough
127 Auckland (Tāmaki-makau-rau) - 128 Wellington (Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara) - 129 Christchurch (Ōtautahi) - 130 Manukau - 131 waitakere - 132 North Shore - 133 Hamilton (Kirikiriroa) - 134 Dunedin (Ōtepoti) - 135 Lower Hutt (Awakairangi)
136 Syd - 137 Melbourne - 138 Brisbane - 139 Perth - 140 Adelaide - 141 Gold - 142 Canberra - 143 Newcastle - 144 Wollongong - 145 Logan
146 Big Apple (Nueva York) - 147 Big Apple (Nueva York) - 148 LA (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula) - 149 Chicago (Kikako) - 150 Borough of Brooklyn (Brooklyn) - 151 borough-of-queens - 152 houston (Houston) - 153 Philadelphia (Filadelfia) - 154 manhattan - 155 Phoenix (Pēniki) - 156 Borough of Bronx
157 Lima (Limaq) - 158 Callao (El Callao)
159 laventille
160 Santiago (Santiago de Chile) - 161 puente-alto - 162 Antofagasta - 163 Viña del Mar - 164 Valparaíso - 165 Talcahuano - 166 san-bernardo - 167 temuco (Temuco) - 168 Iquique - 169 Concepción
170 São Paulo (Sampa)
171 Mexico City (Ciudad de Méjico) - 172 iztapalapa - 173 Ecatepec de Morelos (Ecatepec) - 174 Guadalajara - 175 Puebla (Puebla de Zaragoza) - 176 Ciudad Juárez - 177 Tijuana - 178 Ciudad Neza (Cd. Neza)
179 Bogotá - 180 Santiago de Cali (Cali) - 181 Medellín
182 Willemstad - 183 sint-michiel-liber - 184 barber - 185 dorp-soto - 186 newport - 187 sabana-westpunt - 188 dorp-sint-willebrordus - 189 lagun
190 Quito - 191 Cuenca
192 Buenos Aires (Baires)
193 San Salvador
194 San Juan
195 Guatemala City (Ciudad de Guatemala)
196 San José
197 Paris (Lutèce) - 198 Marseille (Marselye) - 199 Lyon (Liyon) - 200 Toulouse (Tolosa) - 201 Nice (Nisa) - 202 Nantes (Naoned) - 203 Strasbourg (Strasbôrg) - 204 Montpellier (Montpelyiér) - 205 Bordeaux (Bordôx) - 206 Lille (Lila)
207 Tallinn (Таллин) - 208 Tartu (Тарту) - 209 Narva (Нарва) - 210 Kohtla-Järve (Кохтла-Ярве) - 211 rakvere (Rakvere_vald) - 212 Sillamäe (Силламяэ) - 213 Maardu (Маарду) - 214 Kuressaare (Курессааре)
215 Madrid (La Villa y Corte de Madrid) - 216 Barcelona - 217 Valencia (València) - 218 Seville (Sevilla) - 219 Saragossa (Zaragosa) - 220 Málaga (Màlaga) - 221 Murcia (Ciutat de Múrcia) - 222 Palma de Mallorca (Palma) - 223 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Las Palmas de G.C.) - 224 bilbao (Bilbao)
225 City of London (Llundain) - 226 city-of-london (Dinas Llundain)
227 Zurich (Zuerich) - 228 Geneva (Genf) - 229 Basel (Bâle) - 230 Bern (Berne) - 231 Lausanne (Losanna) - 232 Winterthur (Eulachstadt) - 233 St. Gallen (Saint-Gall) - 234 Lucerne (Luzern)
235 Prague (Praha) - 236 Brno - 237 Ostrava - 238 Pilsen (Plzeň) - 239 Olomouc - 240 Liberec - 241 Budweis (České Budějovice) - 242 Hradec Králové
243 Rome (Roma) - 244 Milan (Milano) - 245 Naples (Napoli) - 246 Turin (Torino) - 247 Genoa (Genova) - 248 Bologna (Bologne) - 249 Florence (Firenze)
250 Bratislava (Pozsony) - 251 Košice (Kassa) - 252 Prešov (Eperjes) - 253 Nitra (Nyitra) - 254 Žilina (Zsolna) - 255 Banská Bystrica (Besztercebánya) - 256 Trnava (Nagyszombat) - 257 martin (Turócszentmárton)
258 Oslo - 259 Bergen (Birgon) - 260 Trondheim (Troandin) - 261 Stavanger - 262 Drammen - 263 Fredrikstad - 264 Kristiansand - 265 Sandnes
266 Vienna (Wien) - 267 Graz (Grác) - 268 Linz - 269 Salzburg - 270 Innsbruck - 271 Klagenfurt (Celovec) - 272 Villach (Beljak) - 273 Wels
274 Nicosia (Lefkosía) - 275 Limassol (Lemesós) - 276 Larnaca (Lárnaka) - 277 Famagusta (Ammóchostos) - 278 Paphos (Παφος) - 279 Keryneia (Kerýneia) - 280 Protaras - 281 pergamos
282 Warsaw (Warszawa) - 283 Łódź - 284 Krakow (Kraków) - 285 Wrocław - 286 poznan - 287 Gdańsk - 288 Szczecin - 289 Bydgoszcz - 290 Lublin - 291 Katowice
292 Brussels (Brussel) - 293 Antwerp (Antwerpen) - 294 Ghent (Gent) - 295 Charleroi - 296 Liège (Luik) - 297 Bruges (Brugge) - 298 Namur (Namen) - 299 Leuven (Louvain)
300 Amsterdam - 301 Rotterdam - 302 Hague (Den Haag) - 303 Utrecht (Utert) - 304 Eindhoven - 305 Tilburg (Tilburch) - 306 Groningen (Grins) - 307 Almere - 308 Breda - 309 Nijmegen (Nymwegen)
310 Copenhagen (København) - 311 frederiksberg (Frederiksberg Kommune)
312 Vilnius (Vilniaus miestas) - 313 Kaunas (Каунас) - 314 Klaipėda (Клайпеда) - 315 Šiauliai (Шяуляй) - 316 dainava-kaunas - 317 eiguliai
318 Budapest - 319 Debrecen - 320 Miskolc - 321 szeged - 322 Pécs - 323 budapest-xi.-kerulet - 324 budapest-iii.-kerulet - 325 budapest-xiv.-kerulet - 326 nyiregyhaza
327 Bucharest (București) - 328 Iași (Jászvásár) - 329 Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) - 330 Timişoara (Timișoara) - 331 Craiova - 332 Braşov (Brașov) - 333 Ploieşti (Ploiești) - 334 Brăila
335 Dublin (Baile Átha Cliath)
336 zagreb---centar - 337 Zagreb (Загреб) - 338 Split (Сплит) - 339 Rijeka (Ријека) - 340 Osijek (Осијек) - 341 Zadar (Задар) - 342 Slavonski Brod (Славонски Брод) - 343 Pula (Пула)
344 Ljubljana - 345 Maribor - 346 Celje - 347 Kranj - 348 Velenje (Mestna občina Velenje) - 349 Koper - 350 Novo Mesto (Novo mesto) - 351 Ptuj (Mestna občina Ptuj)
352 Birkirkara - 353 qormi - 354 Mosta - 355 zabbar - 356 Saint John - 357 fgura - 358 zejtun
359 Berlin - 360 Hamburg - 361 Munich (München) - 362 Cologne (Köln) - 363 Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main) - 364 Essen - 365 Stuttgart - 366 Dortmund - 367 Duesseldorf (Düsseldorf) - 368 Bremen
369 Helsinki (Helsingfors) - 370 Espoo (Esbo) - 371 Tampere (Tammerfors) - 372 Vantaa (Vanda) - 373 Turku (Åbo) - 374 Oulu (Uleåborg) - 375 Lahti (Lahtis) - 376 Kuopio - 377 Jyvaskyla (Jyväskylä) - 378 Pori (Björneborg)
379 Noumea
380 Stockholm (Stockholbma) - 381 Goteborg (Göteborg) - 382 Malmo (Malmö) - 383 Uppsala - 384 Västerås - 385 Linköping - 386 Helsingborg (Hälsingborg)
387 Sofia (София) - 388 Plovdiv (Пловдив) - 389 Varna (Варна) - 390 Burgas (Бургас) - 391 Rousse (Русе) - 392 Stara Zagora (Стара Загора) - 393 Pleven (Плевен) - 394 Sliven (Сливен)
395 Belgrade (Београд) - 396 Niš - 397 Novi Sad (Нови Сад) - 398 zemun (Zemun) - 399 Kragujevac - 400 Čačak - 401 Subotica (Szabadka) - 402 Leskovac
403 Sarajevo (Сарајево) - 404 Banja Luka (Бања Лука) - 405 Zenica (Зеница) - 406 Tuzla (Тузла) - 407 Mostar (Мостар) - 408 Bugojno (Бугојно) - 409 brcko
410 Prishtina (Приштина) - 411 Prizren (Përzeren) - 412 Kosovska Mitrovica (Mitrovicë) - 413 gjakove (Gjakova) - 414 Peć (Peja) - 415 Suva Reka (Lumthatë) - 416 ferizaj (Ferezaj) - 417 glogovac (Drenas)
418 Skopje (Shkupi) - 419 Bitola (Битола) - 420 Kumanovo (Куманово) - 421 Prilep (Прилеп) - 422 Tetovo (Тетово) - 423 cair (Чаир) - 424 kisela-voda (Кисела Вода) - 425 Veles (Велес)
426 Podgorica (Titograd) - 427 niksic (Никшић) - 428 Herceg Novi (Херцег Нови) - 429 Pljevlja (Пљевља) - 430 Budva (Будва) - 431 Bar (Бар) - 432 Bijelo Polje (Oпштина Бијело Поље) - 433 Cetinje (Цетиње)
434 Reykjavik (Reykjavík) - 435 Kopavogur (Kópavog) - 436 Hafnarfirdi (Hafnarfirði) - 437 Akureyri (Akureyrar) - 438 Garðabaer (Garðabæ) - 439 Mosfellsbaer (Mosfellsbæ) - 440 Akranes (Akraneskaupstaður) - 441 selfoss (Selfoss)
442 Lisbon (Lisboa) - 443 Porto - 444 Amadora - 445 Braga - 446 Setúbal - 447 Queluz - 448 Funchal
449 Athens (Athínai)
450 Kiev (Київ) - 451 Dnipro (Jekatierinosław) - 452 Odesa (Одеса) - 453 Alexandrovsk (Zaporižžja) - 454 Lviv (Львів) - 455 Kryvyi Rih (Кривий Ріг) - 456 Mariupol (Маріуполь) - 457 ivano-frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ)
458 Tbilisi - 459 Kutaisi - 460 Batumi - 461 Rustavi
462 Haifa (H̱efa) - 463 Tel Aviv (תל אביב-יפו) - 464 Ariel (אֵילִיָּה קַפִּיטוֹלִינָה) - 465 West Jerusalem (מערב ירושלים) - 466 Ashdod (אשדוד) - 467 Rishon LeZion (ראשון לציון) - 468 Petach Tikva (פתח תקוה) - 469 Beersheba (באר שבע)
470 Ankara (Enqere) - 471 Byzantium (İstanbul) - 472 Izmir (İzmir) - 473 Bursa - 474 Adana (Edene) - 475 Gaziantep (Dîlok) - 476 Konya (Qonye) - 477 cankaya - 478 Antalya
479 Tehran (تِهران) - 480 Mashhad (مشهد) - 481 Isfahan (Eşfahān) - 482 Karaj (قَصَبِهِ كَرَج) - 483 Tabriz (Tabrīz) - 484 Shiraz (Shīrāz) - 485 Qom (غُم) - 486 Ahvaz (Ahvāz)
487 Dubai (دبي)
488 al-sohar (Şuḩār) - 489 Saham
490 Manama (اَلْمَنَامَة) - 491 Al Muharraq (اَلْمُحَرَّق) - 492 dar-kulayb (دَار كُلَيْب) - 493 sitrah (سِتْرَة)
494 Al Ahmadi (اَلأَحْمَدِي) - 495 Kuwait (اَلْكُوَيْت)
496 Amman (`Ammān) - 497 Zarqa (الزرقاء) - 498 Irbid (إربد) - 499 russeifa - 500 Wadi Al Seer - 501 Adjlun (‘Ajlūn) - 502 Aqaba (العقبة) - 503 Madaba (مادبا)
504 Baghdad (بغداد) - 505 Basra (البصرة) - 506 Abu Ghraib (أبو غريب)
507 Jeddah (جدة) - 508 Medina (المدينة) - 509 Riyadh (Ar Riyāḑ) - 510 Mecca (مكة) - 511 sultanah - 512 Dammam (الدمام) - 513 Taif (Aţ Ţā’if) - 514 tabuk (تبوك)
515 Karachi (کراچی) - 516 Lahore (لاھور) - 517 Rawalpindi (راولپنڈی) - 518 Peshawar (پشاور)
519 Kabul (كابل)
520 Ashgabat (Aşgabat)
521 Cape Town (iKapa) - 522 Durban (ITheku) - 523 Jo'anna (EGoli) - 524 Soweto - 525 Pretoria (IPitoli) - 526 Port Elizabeth (Ibhayi) - 527 Pietermaritzburg - 528 benoni
529 Addis Ababa (አዲስ አበባ)
530 Nairobi
531 Kampala (كامبالا)
532 Algiers (الجزائر)
533 Bamako (Bamakɔ)

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQIAir Pollution LevelHealth ImplicationsCautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no riskNone
51 -100ModerateAir quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsMembers of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effectsActive children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+HazardousHealth alert: everyone may experience more serious health effectsEveryone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.



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