A day after slipping to the &lsquo;poor&rsquo; category, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai</a>&rsquo;s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) improved to &lsquo;moderate&rsquo; category on Friday. &nbsp;
According to the System of Air Quality Forecast and Research (SAFAR), the city recorded an AQI of 173 at 10:30 am.
On Thursday, the city recorded an AQI of 204, which falls in the &lsquo;poor&rsquo; category.&nbsp;
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An AQI between 201 and 300 is considered `poor`, 301-400 `very poor` and 401-500 `severe`, while the AQI between zero and 50 is considered &lsquo;good&rsquo;, 51 and 100 &lsquo;satisfactory&rsquo; and 101 and 200 &lsquo;moderate&rsquo;.
The SAFAR dashboard on Friday showed Worli&rsquo;s AQI as 61 and BKC`s AQI as 63. Colaba&rsquo;s AQI and Malad&rsquo;s AQI continued to stay in the &lsquo;poor&rsquo; category at 252 and 235, respectively.&nbsp;
Meanwhile, the city recorded a minimum temperature of 21 degrees Celsius.&nbsp;
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the day will remain clear and maximum temperature on Friday will hover around 34 degrees Celsius.`

According to the System of Air Quality Forecast and Research (SAFAR), the city recorded an AQI of 173 at 10:30 am

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