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Air quality in Saudi Arabia today
Updated
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: average US AQI 113 across 18 cities Worst now: Riyadh (500); cleanest: Jizan (53).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Saudi Arabia, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 113 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
- Most polluted now
- Riyadh AQI 500
- Cleanest now
- Jizan AQI 53
- Cities above 100
- 6 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Saudi Arabia today
Right now the modelled air quality in Saudi Arabia averages a US AQI of 113 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) across the 18 cities we track. By category: 12 Moderate, 5 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, 1 Hazardous (of 18).
That is 48 points worse than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Riyadh has the worst air at 500 with PM2.5 at 150 µg/m³, while Jizan is cleanest at 53. 6 cities are above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.
Saudi Arabia cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riyadh | Riyadh Region | 500 | Hazardous | 149.5 | 44 |
| Yanbu | Medina Region | 146 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 51.7 | 45 |
| Al Mubarraz | Eastern Province | 119 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 38.4 | 45 |
| Dammam | Eastern Province | 115 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 43.9 | 46 |
| Al Hufūf | Eastern Province | 113 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 35.6 | 53 |
| Hafar Al-Batin | Eastern Province | 101 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 37.7 | 82 |
| Madinah | Medina Region | 100 | Moderate | 29.3 | 35 |
| Sulţānah | Medina Region | 100 | Moderate | 29.3 | 35 |
| Ha'il | Ha'il Region | 92 | Moderate | 27.1 | 51 |
| Makkah | Mecca Region | 91 | Moderate | 17.6 | 37 |
| Jeddah | Mecca Region | 89 | Moderate | 22.5 | 8 |
| Buraydah | Al-Qassim Region | 78 | Moderate | 38.6 | 49 |
| Al Kharj | Riyadh Region | 77 | Moderate | 18 | 42 |
| Ta’if | Mecca Region | 70 | Moderate | 16 | 23 |
| Tabuk | Tabuk Region | 66 | Moderate | 16.9 | 36 |
| Khamis Mushait | 'Asir Region | 58 | Moderate | 13.9 | 45 |
| Najrān | Najran Region | 57 | Moderate | 9.9 | 52 |
| Jizan | Jazan Region | 53 | Moderate | 8.5 | 64 |
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).