Air quality by country
Air quality in Iraq today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 70 across 22 cities Worst now: Basrah (89); cleanest: Al-Kut (60).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Iraq, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 70 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Basrah AQI 89
- Cleanest now
- Al-Kut AQI 60
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Iraq today
Right now the modelled air quality in Iraq averages a US AQI of 70 (Moderate) across the 22 cities we track. By category: 22 Moderate (of 22).
That is 5 points worse than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Basrah has the worst air at 89 with PM2.5 at 88 µg/m³, while Al-Kut is cleanest at 60. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Iraq cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basrah | Basra | 89 | Moderate | 88 | 2 |
| Az Zubayr | Basra | 89 | Moderate | 88 | 2 |
| Karbala | Karbala | 77 | Moderate | 30.2 | 30 |
| Sulaymaniyah | Sulaymaniyah | 72 | Moderate | 23.9 | 55 |
| Najaf | Najaf | 71 | Moderate | 23.4 | 38 |
| Al Maḩmūdīyah | Baghdad | 71 | Moderate | 20.8 | 7 |
| Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah | Babil | 71 | Moderate | 20.8 | 7 |
| Baghdad | Baghdad | 70 | Moderate | 23.4 | 12 |
| Sadr City | Baghdad | 70 | Moderate | 23.4 | 12 |
| Al ‘Amārah | Maysan | 70 | Moderate | 21.9 | 56 |
| Abū al-Kahṣīb | Basra | 69 | Moderate | 38.8 | 10 |
| Erbil | Erbil | 68 | Moderate | 24.3 | 11 |
| Al Hillah | Babil | 68 | Moderate | 19.7 | 39 |
| Baḥarkah | Erbil | 68 | Moderate | 24.3 | 11 |
| Mosul | Nineveh | 65 | Moderate | 24.7 | 17 |
| Kirkuk | Kirkuk | 65 | Moderate | 21.6 | 62 |
| Abū Ghurayb | Baghdad | 64 | Moderate | 21 | 27 |
| Nasiriyah | Dhi Qar | 64 | Moderate | 12.1 | 70 |
| Al Diwaniyah | Al-Qadisiyah | 64 | Moderate | 13.5 | 54 |
| Dihok | Duhok | 62 | Moderate | 21.4 | 50 |
| Sīnah | Duhok | 62 | Moderate | 21.4 | 50 |
| Al-Kut | Wasit | 60 | Moderate | 17.2 | 61 |
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).