Air quality by country
Air quality in Israel today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 69 across 8 cities Worst now: Jerusalem (91); cleanest: Bat Yam (66).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Israel, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 69 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Jerusalem AQI 91
- Cleanest now
- Bat Yam AQI 66
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Israel today
Right now the modelled air quality in Israel averages a US AQI of 69 (Moderate) across the 8 cities we track. By category: 8 Moderate (of 8).
That is close to the worldwide average of 66 across 3,556 cities.
Jerusalem has the worst air at 91 with PM2.5 at 35 µg/m³, while Bat Yam is cleanest at 66. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Israel cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem | Jerusalem | 91 | Moderate | 35 | 52 |
| Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | 66 | Moderate | 16.2 | 54 |
| Rishon LeTsiyyon | Central District | 66 | Moderate | 16.2 | 54 |
| Bnei Brak | Tel Aviv | 66 | Moderate | 16.2 | 54 |
| H̱olon | Tel Aviv | 66 | Moderate | 16.2 | 54 |
| Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv | 66 | Moderate | 16.2 | 54 |
| Reẖovot | Central District | 66 | Moderate | 16.2 | 54 |
| Bat Yam | Tel Aviv | 66 | Moderate | 16.2 | 54 |
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).