Abstract: Embodiments relate to a system comprising a sensor module configured to detect and measure one or more air pollutants at a geographic location and generate air quality data, a cloud based application comprising a data processing module configured to receive, via a communication module, the air quality data and derive a first air quality index, a user device comprising an application program configured to receive, via the communication module, the first air quality index, the application program configured to suggest an alternate location having a second air quality index, and wherein the air quality data comprises one or more air quality parameters, the geographic location data corresponding to the one or more air quality parameters, and a time stamp; and wherein the system is configured to provide real-time air quality of the geographic location and the alternate location.