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Air quality in Luxor today

The air in Luxor (Egypt) now and over the next 48 hours: the US AQI and the European AQI, fine particles (PM2.5, PM10), ozone and nitrogen dioxide, compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines, with what it means for outdoor sport, children, older people and open windows.

AQI right now

US AQI131Unhealthy for sensitive groups
European AQI76poor
PM2.558µg/m³
PM10182µg/m³
Ozone (O₃)47µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)7.3µg/m³

Unhealthy for sensitive groups. Main pollutant: PM2.5, 2.5× the WHO guideline.

What to do today

  • Outdoor sport Shorten long or intense efforts; train when the AQI is lowest.
  • Children, older people, asthma Limit long or intense activity outdoors; keep reliever inhalers at hand.
  • Windows Air briefly at the cleanest hour, otherwise keep closed.

AQI in Luxor hour by hour, next 48 hours

  • Good
  • Moderate
  • Unhealthy for sensitive groups
  • Unhealthy
  • Very unhealthy
  • Hazardous

Cleanest hour in the next 24 h: Mon 02:00 (AQI 107). Worst hour: Sun 03:00 (AQI 131).

US AQI per hour, local time. Bars coloured by category.

Compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines

PollutantNext 24 hWHO guidelineRatio
PM2.537 µg/m³15 µg/m³2.5×
PM1099 µg/m³45 µg/m³2.2×
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)8 µg/m³25 µg/m³within
Ozone (O₃)99 µg/m³100 µg/m³within

PM2.5, PM10 and NO₂: 24-hour mean of the forecast against the 24-hour guideline; ozone: highest 8-hour mean against the 8-hour guideline.

Forecast for Sun 03:00 local time · updated 2026-10-25 00:41 UTC

Air quality map around Luxor

Live PM2.5 field (NOAA GEFS-Aerosols): a different model, so it can disagree with the numbers above by a few units.

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Questions

What is the AQI in Luxor right now?
US AQI 131 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), European AQI 76; PM2.5 58 µg/m³ (Sun 03:00).
Is it safe to exercise outdoors in Luxor today?
Shorten long or intense efforts; train when the AQI is lowest.
What is the main pollutant in Luxor?
PM2.5, 2.5× the WHO guideline.
Where do the numbers come from?
The CAMS global air-quality forecast of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, read through Open-Meteo: a model on a ~40 km grid, not a monitoring station. Where a nearby monitor disagrees, the monitor is right.

Nearby cities

Aswan · Hurghada · Marsa Alam · Sharm El Sheikh · Aqaba · Eilat

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How it is computed

Hourly CAMS forecast (Copernicus) for the coordinates of Luxor via Open-Meteo; US AQI per the US EPA breakpoints, European AQI per the EEA bands, WHO 2021 air-quality guidelines. The page is rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.