Air Pollution in Philippines
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI)

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Air Pollution in Philippines
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI)

Please note that Air Quality monitoring is now available for many cities in the Philippines: aqicn.org/city/philippines/

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(image attribution: wikipedia)

The Philippines, and especially its capital Metro Manilla, is just subjected to Air Pollution just like any other countries in Asia.

Quoted from this overview from the 'Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources', the Philippines ranks 5th (out of 11 countries) at the Environmental Performance Index in the ASEAN Region (which includes Japan, China and South Korea). This other articles explains that "Pollution levels in Metro Manila are still higher than acceptable levels ...".


Visible Air Pollution on Manilla Skyline (attribution).

So, like most of the countries in Asia, there is no reason why there should not be real-time Air Quality monitoring in the Philippines, at least for Metro Manilla. The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) (emb.gov.ph/portal/air) does provide a lot of useful information about the Air Quality. Unfortunately, the "Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring ... for PM10" page (emb.gov.ph/ambientair) is not working (and has actually not been working for a while now). The best solution for providing real-time Air Quality information in Philippines would be that the EMB starts providing the official readings again. But while this is happening, the aqicn.org team is starting the "Philippines Air Quality monitoring project". Updated on June 18th 2015: Air Quality is now official available from airquality-embdenr.com.

The aqicn.org R&D team is now developping a new affordable Particule Matter (PM2.5) outdoor Air Quality monitoring station, and we want to install a few of them in Metro Manilla (to start with). The station is simple to use, and requires almost no maintenance. It only requires a WIFI connection to operate (the power supply is provided by battery and solar panel).

So if you are living Metro Manilla, and you would like to help us, we are looking for people who can help us to host the stations. If this is you, the please fill in the form below with your contact information. Alternatively, if you are only interrested in getting the real-time data, or you would like to get more infomration about the project, you can also subscribe to our mailing list to get the updates about the project, using the same form below.

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Write few words about your request - eg: "", "I would like to help by hosting an air quality monitoring station", "I would like to know the average daily air quality for the past year", ..

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Our GAIA air quality monitors are very easy to set up: You only need a WIFI access point and a USB compatible power supply.

Once connected, your real time air pollution levels are instantaneously available on the maps and through the API.

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

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Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
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🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya
56
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
14
🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi
60
🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
3
🇾🇹 Mayotte
55
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
88
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
69
🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
92
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
80
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
13
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
35
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
85
🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
59

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
43
🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
6
🇰🇭 Cambodia
24
🇨🇳 China
154
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
34
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
41
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
18
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
21
🇮🇳 India
388
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
115
🇯🇵 Japan
55
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
103
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
29
🇱🇦 Laos
74
🇲🇴 Macao
21
🇲🇾 Malaysia
92
🇲🇳 Mongolia
44
🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
50
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
64
🇵🇭 Philippines
95
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
53
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
24
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
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🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
50
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
53
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
33
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
75
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
29
🇸🇬 Singapore
82
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
43
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
58
🇮🇱 State of Israel
52
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
69
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
57
🇹🇷 Turkey
110
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
146
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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🇨🇾 Cyprus
27
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
48
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
44
🇫🇷 France
44
🇩🇪 Germany
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🇬🇮 Gibraltar
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🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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🇬🇷 Greece
36
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
38
🇭🇺 Hungary
83
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
61
🇯🇪 Jersey
53
🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
27
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
18
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
19
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
18
🇱🇻 Latvia
24
🇲🇰 Macedonia
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🇲🇹 Malta
35
🇲🇨 Monaco
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🇲🇪 Montenegro
29
🇳🇱 Netherlands
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🇵🇱 Poland
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🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
24
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🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
12
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
19
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
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🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
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🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
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🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
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🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
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🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
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🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
30
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
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🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
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🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
10
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
22
🇷🇴 Romania
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🇷🇺 Russia
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🇸🇲 San Marino
32
🇷🇸 Serbia
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🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
58
🇪🇸 Spain
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🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
19
🇺🇦 Ukraine
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
18
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
5
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
57
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
27
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
27
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
35
🇲🇽 Mexico
69
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
22
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
27
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
47
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
24
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
3
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
65

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
52
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
21
🇳🇿 New Zealand
25
🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
22
🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
11
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
73
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
23
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay
22
🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
82
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
40
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
52
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
64
🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
57
🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air 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.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members 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.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active 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
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health 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+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone 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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