Air quality by country
Air quality in Senegal today
Updated
Unhealthy: average US AQI 160 across 10 cities Worst now: Mbour (169); cleanest: Kaolack (153).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Senegal, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 160 Unhealthy
- Most polluted now
- Mbour AQI 169
- Cleanest now
- Kaolack AQI 153
- Cities above 100
- 10 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Senegal today
Right now the modelled air quality in Senegal averages a US AQI of 160 (Unhealthy) across the 10 cities we track. By category: 10 Unhealthy (of 10).
That is 95 points worse than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Mbour has the worst air at 169 with PM2.5 at 58 µg/m³, while Kaolack is cleanest at 153. 10 cities are above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.
Senegal cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mbour | Thies | 169 | Unhealthy | 57.9 | 38 |
| Dakar | Dakar | 162 | Unhealthy | 62.4 | 45 |
| Pikine | Dakar | 162 | Unhealthy | 62.4 | 45 |
| Guédiawaye | Dakar | 162 | Unhealthy | 62.4 | 45 |
| Rufisque | Dakar | 162 | Unhealthy | 62.9 | 45 |
| Thiès | Thies | 160 | Unhealthy | 55.6 | 35 |
| Thiès Nones | Thies | 160 | Unhealthy | 55.6 | 35 |
| Touba | Diourbel Region | 154 | Unhealthy | 54.9 | 36 |
| Mbaké | Diourbel Region | 154 | Unhealthy | 54.9 | 36 |
| Kaolack | Kaolack | 153 | Unhealthy | 57.9 | 56 |
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).