Air quality by country
Air quality in Democratic Republic of the Congo today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 66 across 18 cities Worst now: Kinshasa (86); cleanest: Mbandaka (37).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Democratic Republic of the Congo, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 66 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Kinshasa AQI 86
- Cleanest now
- Mbandaka AQI 37
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Democratic Republic of the Congo today
Right now the modelled air quality in Democratic Republic of the Congo averages a US AQI of 66 (Moderate) across the 18 cities we track. By category: 1 Good, 17 Moderate (of 18).
That is close to the worldwide average of 66 across 3,556 cities.
Kinshasa has the worst air at 86 with PM2.5 at 23 µg/m³, while Mbandaka is cleanest at 37. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Democratic Republic of the Congo cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa | Kinshasa | 86 | Moderate | 23.3 | 62 |
| Masina | Kinshasa | 86 | Moderate | 23.3 | 62 |
| Mwene | Lualaba | 84 | Moderate | 22.6 | 76 |
| Kolwezi | Lualaba | 81 | Moderate | 24.3 | 82 |
| Likasi | Haut-Katanga | 81 | Moderate | 18.9 | 94 |
| Lubumbashi | Haut-Katanga | 75 | Moderate | 17.3 | 82 |
| Mbuji-Mayi | East Kasai | 67 | Moderate | 23.9 | 20 |
| Tshikapa | Kasai | 66 | Moderate | 19.4 | 41 |
| Kananga | Kasai-Central | 65 | Moderate | 23.1 | 30 |
| Uvira | South Kivu | 62 | Moderate | 15.7 | 57 |
| Boma | Bas-Congo | 61 | Moderate | 11.5 | 42 |
| Kikwit | Kwilu | 60 | Moderate | 20.6 | 32 |
| Bukavu | South Kivu | 59 | Moderate | 12.8 | 84 |
| Bunia | Ituri | 59 | Moderate | 16.1 | 51 |
| Kisangani | Tshopo | 58 | Moderate | 19.7 | 30 |
| Matadi | Bas-Congo | 56 | Moderate | 11 | 48 |
| Butembo | North Kivu | 52 | Moderate | 14.5 | 30 |
| Mbandaka | Équateur | 37 | Good | 6.5 | 13 |
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).