Air quality by country
Air quality in Jamaica today
Updated
Good: average US AQI 35 across 3 cities Worst now: Kingston (44); cleanest: Montego Bay (30).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Jamaica, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 35 Good
- Most polluted now
- Kingston AQI 44
- Cleanest now
- Montego Bay AQI 30
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Jamaica today
Right now the modelled air quality in Jamaica averages a US AQI of 35 (Good) across the 3 cities we track. By category: 3 Good (of 3).
That is 30 points better than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Kingston has the worst air at 44 with PM2.5 at 7.6 µg/m³, while Montego Bay is cleanest at 30. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Jamaica cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | Kingston | 44 | Good | 7.6 | 104 |
| Ocho Rios | Saint Ann Parish | 31 | Good | 3.2 | 64 |
| Montego Bay | Saint James Parish | 30 | Good | 3.8 | 72 |
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).