Air quality by country
Air quality in Chile today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 59 across 17 cities Worst now: Santiago (85); cleanest: Victoria, Araucania (24).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Chile, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 59 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Santiago AQI 85
- Cleanest now
- Victoria, Araucania AQI 24
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Chile today
Right now the modelled air quality in Chile averages a US AQI of 59 (Moderate) across the 17 cities we track. By category: 10 Good, 7 Moderate (of 17).
That is 6 points better than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Santiago has the worst air at 85 with PM2.5 at 13 µg/m³, while Victoria, Araucania is cleanest at 24. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Chile cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago | Santiago Metropolitan | 85 | Moderate | 12.6 | 117 |
| Maipú | Santiago Metropolitan | 85 | Moderate | 12.6 | 117 |
| San Bernardo | Santiago Metropolitan | 85 | Moderate | 12.6 | 117 |
| La Pintana | Santiago Metropolitan | 85 | Moderate | 12.6 | 117 |
| Renca | Santiago Metropolitan | 85 | Moderate | 12.6 | 117 |
| Lo Prado | Santiago Metropolitan | 85 | Moderate | 12.6 | 117 |
| Antofagasta | Antofagasta | 53 | Moderate | 12.2 | 67 |
| San Antonio, Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 50 | Good | 9.2 | 69 |
| San Clemente, Maule Region | Maule Region | 50 | Good | 5.3 | 67 |
| Viña del Mar | Valparaiso | 49 | Good | 9.3 | 72 |
| Valparaíso | Valparaiso | 49 | Good | 9.3 | 72 |
| Quilpué | Valparaiso | 49 | Good | 9.3 | 72 |
| Casablanca, Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 49 | Good | 9.3 | 72 |
| Puente Alto | Santiago Metropolitan | 48 | Good | 9.4 | 136 |
| Peñalolén | Santiago Metropolitan | 48 | Good | 9.4 | 136 |
| Los Ángeles, Biobio | Biobio | 25 | Good | 7 | 64 |
| Victoria, Araucania | Araucania | 24 | Good | 6.1 | 59 |
What the US AQI numbers mean
| US AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500. |
Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).