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Air quality in Egypt today

Updated Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:43:35 GMT

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: average US AQI 118 across 37 cities Worst now: Minya (500); cleanest: Rosetta (40).

Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Egypt, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.

Average US AQI: 118 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Most polluted now: Minya AQI 500
Cleanest now: Rosetta AQI 40
Cities above 100: 9 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse

Air quality in Egypt today

Right now the modelled air quality in Egypt averages a US AQI of 118 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) across the 37 cities we track. By category: 2 Good, 26 Moderate, 3 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, 2 Unhealthy, 4 Hazardous (of 37).

That is 53 points worse than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.

Minya has the worst air at 500 with PM2.5 at 163 µg/m³, while Rosetta is cleanest at 40. 9 cities are above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.

Egypt cities by AQI (most polluted first)

City	Region	US AQI	Category	PM2.5 µg/m³	Ozone µg/m³
Minya	Minya	500	Hazardous	163.4	83
Assiut	Asyut	494	Hazardous	191.4	86
Abnūb	Asyut	494	Hazardous	191.4	86
Banī Suwayf	Beni Suweif	488	Hazardous	68.5	55
Al Fayyum	Faiyum	170	Unhealthy	54.6	77
Esna	Qena	153	Unhealthy	56.6	70
Kom Ombo	Aswan	126	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	23.2	57
Luxor	Luxor	122	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	33.1	60
Aswān	Aswan	115	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	20.4	59
Hurghada	Red Sea	77	Moderate	30	93
Cairo	Cairo	74	Moderate	17.6	40
Giza	Giza	74	Moderate	17.6	40
Al Ḩawāmidīyah	Giza	74	Moderate	17.6	40
Shubrā al Khaymah	Qalyubia	71	Moderate	14.4	50
Al Khuşūş	Qalyubia	71	Moderate	14.4	50
Qalyub	Qalyubia	71	Moderate	14.4	50
6th of October City	Giza	67	Moderate	14.3	53
New Cairo	Cairo	65	Moderate	12.2	51
Zagazig	Sharqia	62	Moderate	11.8	43
Bilbeis	Sharqia	62	Moderate	11.8	43
Suez	Suez	60	Moderate	12.3	61
Shibīn al Kawm	Monufia	60	Moderate	12.3	47
Munūf	Monufia	60	Moderate	12.3	47
Ismailia	Ismailia	58	Moderate	12.1	52
Tanta	Gharbia	57	Moderate	11.4	43
Al Mansurah	Dakahlia	56	Moderate	12.7	45
As Sinbillāwayn	Dakahlia	56	Moderate	12.7	45
Ţalkhā	Dakahlia	56	Moderate	12.7	45
Dikirnis	Dakahlia	56	Moderate	12.7	45
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá	Gharbia	55	Moderate	10.7	50
Port Said	Port Said	53	Moderate	10.6	69
Damanhur	Beheira	53	Moderate	10	49
Az-Zuhūr	Port Said	53	Moderate	10.6	69
Aḍ-Ḍawāḥy	Port Said	53	Moderate	10.6	69
Damietta	Damietta	51	Moderate	8	69
Alexandria	Alexandria	50	Good	6.7	65
Rosetta	Beheira	40	Good	4.3	85

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.

Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).

Air quality in Egypt today

Air quality in Egypt today

Egypt cities by AQI (most polluted first)

What the US AQI numbers mean

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