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Moderate Pollution
Pollutant: pm2.5 = 23.0 µg/m³
Pollutant: pm2.5 = 23.0 µg/m³
There may be a slight impact on people sensitive to pollution.
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Over the past 24 hours, the average PM2.5 level exceeded the WHO recommendations by 1.3 times: 20.1 µg/m³ compared to the standard of 15 µg/m³.
The yearly average PM2.5 level exceeds the WHO recommendations 3.7 times: 18.4 µg/m³ compared to the standard of 5 µg/m³.
Over the past year, there were 194 days exceeding the daily PM2.5 limit (15 µg/m³). Up to 4 days per year are allowed.
The health impact of air pollution over the past month is equivalent to smoking 21.8 cigarettes.
Walking, outdoor activity, and ventilation are acceptable unless you are highly sensitive to pollution.
You can use an air purifier if you are highly sensitive to pollution or dust.
AirQuality.am tracks air quality in Vanadzor using data from 6 active monitoring stations. Check the current AQI and PM2.5, station locations and historical air pollution trends.
Vanadzor lies in the Pambak River valley between the Bazum and Pambak mountain ranges. The city extends along the valley, so the surrounding mountains and wind direction strongly affect ventilation in different neighbourhoods.
Vanadzor combines central residential districts, private housing, green areas and the former sites of large chemical industries. The central square, the Pambak valley and the surrounding forested slopes are its main landmarks; heating, traffic and industrial sites can affect air locally.
In Vanadzor, the more persistent periods of elevated pollution occur during the cold part of the year, roughly from November through March. On calm days the mountain valley can retain pollutants, while stronger circulation in spring and summer usually improves conditions.
Vanadzor has a moderately humid mountain climate with cool summers and cold, snowy winters. It receives more precipitation than the Ararat Plain, and its weather is shaped by air flows along the valley and across the surrounding passes.