City AQI Comparison

Delhi vs Beijing: AQI comparison and planning guide

Compare Delhi and Beijing by current-or-fallback AQI, cigarette-equivalent exposure, and practical next steps.

Uses live AirNow readings where supported and falls back to each city's planning baseline when the API is unavailable or unsupported.

Delhi

National Capital Region

Using fallback planning baseline

Current or fallback AQI

AQI 175

Category

Unhealthy

24-hour equivalent

4.64

Updated Mar 18, 3:48 PM UTC

Cancel outdoor workouts, long walks, and open-window ventilation.
Use a quality mask outdoors and keep trips short.
Prioritize clean indoor air with HEPA filtration and closed windows.
Open Delhi city guideCalculate Delhi at AQI 175

Beijing

North China Plain

Using fallback planning baseline

Current or fallback AQI

AQI 160

Category

Unhealthy

24-hour equivalent

3.32

Updated Mar 18, 3:48 PM UTC

Cancel outdoor workouts, long walks, and open-window ventilation.
Use a quality mask outdoors and keep trips short.
Prioritize clean indoor air with HEPA filtration and closed windows.
Open Beijing city guideCalculate Beijing at AQI 160

What changes for planning

Cleaner right now

Beijing

Heavier 24h exposure

Delhi

Daily cigarette-equivalent gap

1.3

Delhi: Forecast planning snapshot

No live forecast is available for this city right now, so use the planning baseline and local monitoring notes.

Beijing: Forecast planning snapshot

No live forecast is available for this city right now, so use the planning baseline and local monitoring notes.