Air quality by country
Air quality in Nepal today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 95 across 5 cities Worst now: Birgañj (125); cleanest: Pokhara (67).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Nepal, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 95 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Birgañj AQI 125
- Cleanest now
- Pokhara AQI 67
- Cities above 100
- 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Nepal today
Right now the modelled air quality in Nepal averages a US AQI of 95 (Moderate) across the 5 cities we track. By category: 4 Moderate, 1 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (of 5).
That is 30 points worse than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Birgañj has the worst air at 125 with PM2.5 at 55 µg/m³, while Pokhara is cleanest at 67. 1 city is above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.
Nepal cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birgañj | Madhesh | 125 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 54.6 | 73 |
| Kathmandu | Bagmati Province | 96 | Moderate | 44.8 | 82 |
| Pātan | Bagmati Province | 96 | Moderate | 44.8 | 82 |
| Bharatpur | Bagmati Province | 90 | Moderate | 55.4 | 87 |
| Pokhara | Gandaki Pradesh | 67 | Moderate | 22 | 87 |
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).