Havashahr launches: weather forecasts and air quality for Iranian cities on one page

On 7 October 2026 Qalam Media Group launched Havashahr, a weather and air-quality service for Iranian cities. Search for a city and one page shows today’s conditions, the forecast for the coming hours and tomorrow, and the air quality index.

Why it was built

In a note on Zoomit, Havashahr’s creator Masoud Yousefnejad wrote that the Iranian services he used to check pollution and the forecast were often slow, poorly designed and at times unavailable, especially on polluted days, when the index matters most. Finding an hourly forecast usually meant going through several pages. Havashahr is meant to give the same information in one place within a few seconds.

Where each number comes from

Havashahr marks the source and time of every figure it shows:

• Official report or model estimate: in the air quality section, an index published by an official source carries a different label from one produced by a model.
• Forecast time: a forecast is always shown with the time and period it was produced for, so it is not mistaken for current conditions.

The Tehran air quality page shows how this works. It displays the “current index” from the Tehran Air Quality Control Company as the official report, but the company does not say when that figure was measured. The time next to the index is therefore labelled as the time it was fetched, and the latest figure on the official page that does carry a publication time is shown separately. The time data reached Havashahr is not presented as the time it was measured.

Mobile and the app

Havashahr was designed for mobile from the start and already works in a phone’s browser. An app is in development and is due to be released soon.

Feedback

Havashahr is at an early stage. Its creator has asked readers to post missing cities, figures that look wrong and features they would like in the comments on the Zoomit article.

The full introduction is published on Zoomit (in Persian).