Air quality by country
Air quality in North Korea today
Updated
Moderate: average US AQI 64 across 12 cities Worst now: Namp’o (75); cleanest: Chongjin (53).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across North Korea, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 64 Moderate
- Most polluted now
- Namp’o AQI 75
- Cleanest now
- Chongjin AQI 53
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in North Korea today
Right now the modelled air quality in North Korea averages a US AQI of 64 (Moderate) across the 12 cities we track. By category: 12 Moderate (of 12).
That is close to the worldwide average of 66 across 3,556 cities.
Namp’o has the worst air at 75 with PM2.5 at 9.7 µg/m³, while Chongjin is cleanest at 53. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
North Korea cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namp’o | Nampo | 75 | Moderate | 9.7 | 46 |
| Sariwŏn-si | North Hwanghae | 74 | Moderate | 8.7 | 45 |
| Pyongyang | Pyongyang | 73 | Moderate | 9.7 | 51 |
| Man’gyŏngdae-ri | Pyongyang | 73 | Moderate | 9.7 | 51 |
| Sunch’ŏn | South Pyongan | 62 | Moderate | 12.6 | 47 |
| Kaech’ŏn | South Pyongan | 62 | Moderate | 12.6 | 47 |
| Kaesŏng | Kaesong | 61 | Moderate | 8.4 | 67 |
| Hamhŭng | South Hamgyong | 60 | Moderate | 14.5 | 35 |
| Hŭngnam | South Hamgyong | 60 | Moderate | 14.5 | 35 |
| Wŏnsan | Kangwŏn-do | 58 | Moderate | 11.8 | 47 |
| Sinŭiju | P'yŏngan-bukto | 56 | Moderate | 17.3 | 12 |
| Chongjin | North Hamgyong | 53 | Moderate | 6.8 | 52 |
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).