Air quality by country

Air quality in Nigeria today

Updated Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:30:53 GMT

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: average US AQI 106 across 69 cities Worst now: Kano (239); cleanest: Calabar (64).

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

Average US AQI: 106 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Most polluted now: Kano AQI 239
Cleanest now: Calabar AQI 64
Cities above 100: 34 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse

Air quality in Nigeria today

Right now the modelled air quality in Nigeria averages a US AQI of 106 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) across the 69 cities we track. By category: 35 Moderate, 25 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, 8 Unhealthy, 1 Very Unhealthy (of 69).

That is 41 points worse than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.

Kano has the worst air at 239 with PM2.5 at 121 µg/m³, while Calabar is cleanest at 64. 34 cities are above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.

Nigeria cities by AQI (most polluted first)

City	Region	US AQI	Category	PM2.5 µg/m³	Ozone µg/m³
Kano	Kano State	239	Very Unhealthy	121.1	61
Katsina	Katsina State	193	Unhealthy	105.9	51
Gaya, Kano State	Kano State	193	Unhealthy	89.4	63
Zaria	Kaduna State	182	Unhealthy	98	76
Bida	Niger State	166	Unhealthy	51.8	71
Sokoto	Sokoto	165	Unhealthy	74.5	67
Abuja	FCT	153	Unhealthy	55.3	58
Ilorin	Kwara State	153	Unhealthy	48.7	78
Kaduna	Kaduna State	151	Unhealthy	53.3	71
Ogbomoso	Oyo State	149	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	61.2	74
Jos	Plateau State	144	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	56.2	63
Enugu	Enugu State	142	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	47.5	80
Gboko	Benue State	134	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	55.5	69
Oyo	Oyo State	133	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	51.5	78
Ikare	Ondo State	133	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	42.1	72
Minna	Niger State	130	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	47.7	72
Ado-Ekiti	Ekiti State	129	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	59.8	64
Ikere-Ekiti	Ekiti State	129	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	59.8	64
Ilesa	Osun State	126	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	57.7	76
Efon-Alaaye	Ekiti State	126	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	57.7	76
Ijero-Ekiti	Ekiti State	126	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	57.7	76
Bauchi	Bauchi	122	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	40.3	60
Iseyin	Oyo State	120	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	44.2	74
Osogbo	Osun State	118	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	39.7	79
Ile-Ife	Osun State	118	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	39.7	79
Ede	Osun State	118	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	39.7	79
Ilobu	Osun State	118	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	39.7	79
Yola	Adamawa	115	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	41.2	84
Jimeta	Adamawa	115	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	41.2	84
Gombe	Gombe State	112	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	37.6	54
Owerri	Imo State	107	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	33.4	60
Onitsha	Anambra	106	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	34.5	73
Okene	Kogi State	106	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	32.2	88
Nkpor	Anambra	106	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	34.5	73
Akure	Ondo State	97	Moderate	26.7	68
Ondo	Ondo State	95	Moderate	26.7	74
Makurdi	Benue State	93	Moderate	30.7	89
Owo	Ondo State	91	Moderate	30	56
Ibadan	Oyo State	90	Moderate	24.2	63
Maiduguri	Borno State	85	Moderate	37.1	71
Abeokuta	Ogun State	85	Moderate	23.6	66
Aba	Abia State	81	Moderate	26.1	59
Umuahia	Abia State	80	Moderate	23.1	57
Ijebu Ode	Ogun State	79	Moderate	27.4	49
Agege	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Ajegunle	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Ikeja	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Akowonjo	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Alimosho	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Aliayabiagba	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Mushin	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Surulere	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Oshodi	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Shomolu	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Irewe	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Alasia	Lagos	75	Moderate	27.9	52
Uyo	Akwa Ibom State	73	Moderate	22.3	48
Sapele	Delta	73	Moderate	17.3	48
Port Harcourt	Rivers State	69	Moderate	17.5	52
Benin City	Edo State	69	Moderate	23.9	54
Okrika	Rivers State	69	Moderate	17.5	52
Ogbia	Bayelsa State	67	Moderate	16.6	48
Yenagoa	Bayelsa State	67	Moderate	16.6	48
Warri	Delta	66	Moderate	12.1	47
Lagos	Lagos	65	Moderate	18.2	42
Ebute Ikorodu	Lagos	65	Moderate	18.2	42
Lekki	Lagos	65	Moderate	18.2	42
Obalende	Lagos	65	Moderate	18.2	42
Calabar	Cross River State	64	Moderate	12.4	49

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 Nigeria today

Air quality in Nigeria today

Nigeria cities by AQI (most polluted first)

What the US AQI numbers mean

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