Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Air Quality

As of 2:40 AM
Air quality index175Unhealthy

Everyone may feel effects. Limit long or intense activity outdoors; sensitive groups should stay indoors.

Next 24 hours

US AQI
  1. 173Now
  2. 175
  3. 177
  4. 1715 AM
  5. 165
  6. 159
  7. 1228 AM
  8. 84
  9. 47
  10. 4111 AM
  11. 35
  12. 29
  13. 302 PM
  14. 31
  15. 31
  16. 315 PM
  17. 30
  18. 29
  19. 298 PM
  20. 28
  21. 28
  22. 3111 PM
  23. 35
  24. 39

Air quality outlook

Worst hour each day
  • Today177Unhealthy
  • Sun 1878Moderate
  • Mon 1935Good
  • Tue 2051Moderate
  • Wed 2159Moderate

From our air-quality forecast models (GEOS-CF / GEFS aerosols). AQI uses the US EPA scale.

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About Rio de Janeiro weather

Rio de Janeiro is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at -22.91°, -43.18°. Right now it’s 25° and mostly cloudy; today’s high is 25° with a 85% chance of rain.

Brazil's vast territory encompasses nearly every climate type found in the Southern Hemisphere. The Amazon basin dominates the north with equatorial heat and humidity, receiving over 2,000mm of rainfall annually in a climate where thunderstorms can occur on more than 200 days per year. This immense rainforest generates its own weather patterns, recycling moisture through transpiration and creating atmospheric rivers that influence weather across the entire continent.

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