Air Quality Statistics - The Kathmandu Post

The Post uses data from World Air Quality Index and updates the page every 15 minutes. Data for some cities may not update regularly.

AQI	Air Pollution Level	Health Implications
0-50	Good	Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
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.
101-150	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.
151-200	Unhealthy	Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
201-300	Very Unhealthy	Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.
301+	Hazardous	Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects.

Snowfall disrupts life across country, bad weather causes flight cancellations

Farmers in mountain districts, however, are happy as snowfall will give a boost to apple, barley and wheat production—the key winter crops in the region.

Open waste burning rife across country for lack of management mechanisms

Little has been done to stop persistent organic pollutants reaching air, which are hazardous to life and environment.

Officials hope for rise in tiger numbers amid new and emerging threats

As count of the wild cats begins, new action plan is needed to sustain them by conserving habitats, increasing prey density and mitigating conflict with humans, experts say.

Preparations underway to conduct nationwide tiger census from Sunday

The tiger count is conducted in several conservation areas across Nepal every four years.

As winter sets in, Kathmandu is as usual doomed to breathe in toxic air

The bowl-shaped structure of the valleys, which are surrounded by high hills, traps the heavily polluted air brought by winds from north India.

COP26 and Nepal’s climate commitments

The pledges are ambitious yet achievable but implementation will be key, experts say.

Blackbuck population declines in Bardiya’s Blackbuck Conservation Area

Attacks from leopards and hyenas threaten the survival of the near-threatened species.

Ornithologists hint at slight rise in endangered vulture numbers over past two years

Give credits to awareness campaigns, youths’ involvement in conservation and coordination among community forest stakeholders for the increase.

What new global climate report that paints a bleak picture means for Nepal

While poor nations should press rich countries to scale up aid, they should also try to be part of the solution, experts say.

Country continues to receive above-normal rain three months into monsoon

The amount of rain received between June 1 and August 6 is 69.9 percent of the rainfall the country gets in the whole monsoon season, meteorologists say.