Air quality by country
Air quality in Dominican Republic today
Updated
Good: average US AQI 43 across 7 cities Worst now: Santiago de los Caballeros (56); cleanest: Boca Chica (40).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Dominican Republic, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 43 Good
- Most polluted now
- Santiago de los Caballeros AQI 56
- Cleanest now
- Boca Chica AQI 40
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Dominican Republic today
Right now the modelled air quality in Dominican Republic averages a US AQI of 43 (Good) across the 7 cities we track. By category: 6 Good, 1 Moderate (of 7).
That is 23 points better than the worldwide average of 66 across 3,556 cities.
Santiago de los Caballeros has the worst air at 56 with PM2.5 at 14 µg/m³, while Boca Chica is cleanest at 40. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Dominican Republic cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago de los Caballeros | Santiago Province | 56 | Moderate | 14.3 | 58 |
| Punta Cana | La Altagracia Province | 43 | Good | 7.9 | 38 |
| Santo Domingo | Nacional | 40 | Good | 6.2 | 28 |
| Santo Domingo Oeste | Santo Domingo Province | 40 | Good | 6.2 | 28 |
| Santo Domingo Este | Santo Domingo Province | 40 | Good | 6.2 | 28 |
| San Cristóbal, San Cristóbal | San Cristóbal | 40 | Good | 6.2 | 28 |
| Boca Chica | Santo Domingo Province | 40 | Good | 5.9 | 32 |
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).