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Air quality in Turkey today

Updated Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:43:35 GMT

Moderate: average US AQI 68 across 57 cities Worst now: İzmir (98); cleanest: Alanya (42).

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

Average US AQI: 68 Moderate
Most polluted now: İzmir AQI 98
Cleanest now: Alanya AQI 42
Cities above 100: 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse

Air quality in Turkey today

Right now the modelled air quality in Turkey averages a US AQI of 68 (Moderate) across the 57 cities we track. By category: 3 Good, 54 Moderate (of 57).

That is close to the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.

İzmir has the worst air at 98 with PM2.5 at 27 µg/m³, while Alanya is cleanest at 42. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.

Turkey cities by AQI (most polluted first)

City	Region	US AQI	Category	PM2.5 µg/m³	Ozone µg/m³
İzmir	İzmir Province	98	Moderate	27.4	22
Karabağlar	İzmir Province	98	Moderate	27.4	22
Bornova	İzmir Province	98	Moderate	27.4	22
Karşıyaka	İzmir Province	98	Moderate	27.4	22
Konak	İzmir Province	98	Moderate	27.4	22
Çiğli	İzmir Province	98	Moderate	27.4	22
Bursa	Bursa Province	94	Moderate	22.2	38
Adana	Adana	94	Moderate	39.1	31
Nilüfer	Bursa Province	94	Moderate	22.2	38
Adapazarı	Sakarya	83	Moderate	44.3	38
Antakya	Hatay	80	Moderate	27.3	55
Gebze	Kocaeli	78	Moderate	25.6	40
Gaziantep	Gaziantep	75	Moderate	25.6	37
Diyarbakır	Diyarbakır Province	73	Moderate	29.3	30
Kahramanmaraş	Kahramanmaraş	72	Moderate	22.2	45
Ankara	Ankara	71	Moderate	18.2	31
Çankaya	Ankara	71	Moderate	18.2	31
Mersin	Mersin	71	Moderate	24.7	43
Batman	Batman	71	Moderate	27.9	41
Şanlıurfa	Şanlıurfa	71	Moderate	23.7	47
Elazığ	Elazığ	71	Moderate	23.5	35
Malatya	Malatya	70	Moderate	20.8	56
Adıyaman	Adıyaman Province	70	Moderate	21.4	51
Tire	İzmir Province	70	Moderate	15.1	64
Eskişehir	Eskişehir	68	Moderate	15.8	34
Tarsus	Mersin	68	Moderate	20.1	48
Kayseri	Kayseri	66	Moderate	21.5	44
Samsun	Samsun	62	Moderate	19.5	40
Denizli	Denizli	61	Moderate	9	53
Merkezefendi	Denizli	61	Moderate	9	53
Istanbul	Istanbul	60	Moderate	17.2	44
Erzurum	Erzurum	60	Moderate	19.1	43
Ümraniye	Istanbul	60	Moderate	17.2	44
Üsküdar	Istanbul	60	Moderate	17.2	44
Esenler	Istanbul	60	Moderate	17.2	44
Ataşehir	Istanbul	60	Moderate	17.2	44
Fatih	Istanbul	60	Moderate	17.2	44
Şişli	Istanbul	60	Moderate	17.2	44
Zeytinburnu	Istanbul	60	Moderate	17.2	44
Çorum	Çorum	59	Moderate	15.4	45
Van	Van	57	Moderate	12.9	52
Uşak	Uşak	57	Moderate	14.6	47
Konya	Konya	55	Moderate	8.1	41
Esenyurt	Istanbul	55	Moderate	19.1	50
Küçükçekmece	Istanbul	55	Moderate	19.1	50
Bağcılar	Istanbul	55	Moderate	19.1	50
Bahçelievler	Istanbul	55	Moderate	19.1	50
Sultangazi	Istanbul	55	Moderate	19.1	50
Beylikdüzü	Istanbul	55	Moderate	19.1	50
Başakşehir	Istanbul	55	Moderate	19.1	50
Sancaktepe	Istanbul	52	Moderate	8.9	63
Maltepe	Istanbul	52	Moderate	8.9	63
Sultanbeyli	Istanbul	52	Moderate	8.9	63
Aksaray	Aksaray	52	Moderate	11.1	48
Antalya	Antalya	50	Good	9.7	53
Muratpaşa	Antalya	50	Good	9.7	53
Alanya	Antalya	42	Good	8.6	50

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 Turkey today

Air quality in Turkey today

Turkey cities by AQI (most polluted first)

What the US AQI numbers mean

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