Air quality by country
Air quality in Tunisia today
Updated
Good: average US AQI 37 across 7 cities Worst now: Korba, Nabeul Governorate (38); cleanest: Sakiet ez Zit (36).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Tunisia, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 37 Good
- Most polluted now
- Korba, Nabeul Governorate AQI 38
- Cleanest now
- Sakiet ez Zit AQI 36
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Tunisia today
Right now the modelled air quality in Tunisia averages a US AQI of 37 (Good) across the 7 cities we track. By category: 7 Good (of 7).
That is 28 points better than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Korba, Nabeul Governorate has the worst air at 38 with PM2.5 at 3.5 µg/m³, while Sakiet ez Zit is cleanest at 36. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Tunisia cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korba, Nabeul Governorate | Nabeul Governorate | 38 | Good | 3.5 | 77 |
| Tunis | Tunis Governorate | 37 | Good | 4.5 | 70 |
| El Mourouj | Ben Arous Governorate | 37 | Good | 4.5 | 70 |
| Aryanah | Ariana Governorate | 37 | Good | 4.5 | 70 |
| Sfax | Sfax Governorate | 36 | Good | 4.5 | 69 |
| Sakiet ed Daier | Sfax Governorate | 36 | Good | 4.5 | 69 |
| Sakiet ez Zit | Sfax Governorate | 36 | Good | 4.5 | 69 |
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).