Weather, environment, and disasters

WAQI / AQICN Thailand.

Air-quality station feeds including Bangkok and Thailand stations.

Free registration API Free registration/token Near real time Open source
Runtime role

Catalog only

Access class

Free registration

Access type

API

Free status

Free registration/token

Cadence

Near real time

Last verified

2026-05-11

Access class note

Publicly reachable, but account creation, an API key, or registration flow may be required.

Used in layers

page reference only

Useful fields

station, AQI, PM2.5, PM10, timestamp, coordinates, pollutant driver, health bucket

Reliability rating

High for official context; validate endpoint availability before automation.

Runtime truth

Runtime role

Catalog only

Production ready

Not yet

Entity scope

No runtime entity scope yet.

Observation scope

No live observation ingestion yet.

Decision scope

Not wired into active decisions yet.

Runtime note

Profiled in the atlas and public pages, but not yet connected to live graph computation.

How this helps travel recommendations

Adjusts outdoor comfort, smoke risk, northern-route viability, Bangkok temple-day quality, and whether a destination should be downgraded or avoided.

Developer reference

Best endpoint

Use the station-level AQI/PM endpoint or official feed when available; store observation time, coordinates, pollutant driver, and nearest destination.

Recommended refresh

Refresh every 15-60 minutes, with caching and backoff when the upstream fails.

Travel scoring role

Adjusts outdoor comfort, smoke risk, northern-route viability, Bangkok temple-day quality, and whether a destination should be downgraded or avoided.

Comparable / backup source

Air4Thai, OpenAQ, WAQI/AQICN, nearby stations, or Pollution Control Department reports.

Example request

# Verify the documented aqi endpoint before production use.
curl -L "https://aqicn.org/api/" -H "Accept: application/json"

Failure modes

  • Stations can go offline or report stale timestamps.
  • Coverage can be sparse outside major cities.
  • Different feeds can bucket AQI/PM values differently.
  • Free registration, keys, or rate limits can interrupt automated refresh.

Last checked and source confidence

Last checked: 2026-05-11.

Source confidence: Treat this profile as strongest for the exact role named above. It is weaker when the source is stretched into live availability, legal proof, or traveler-fit decisions it does not directly prove.