Air quality by country
Air quality in United Arab Emirates today
Updated
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: average US AQI 101 across 9 cities Worst now: Ajman (124); cleanest: Al Ain City (82).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across United Arab Emirates, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 101 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
- Most polluted now
- Ajman AQI 124
- Cleanest now
- Al Ain City AQI 82
- Cities above 100
- 3 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in United Arab Emirates today
Right now the modelled air quality in United Arab Emirates averages a US AQI of 101 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups) across the 9 cities we track. By category: 6 Moderate, 3 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (of 9).
That is 36 points worse than the worldwide average of 65 across 3,909 cities.
Ajman has the worst air at 124 with PM2.5 at 65 µg/m³, while Al Ain City is cleanest at 82. 3 cities are above 100, where sensitive groups should limit time outdoors.
United Arab Emirates cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajman | Ajman | 124 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 65 | 47 |
| Sharjah | Sharjah | 118 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 58.2 | 8 |
| Warīsān | Dubai | 118 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | 58.2 | 8 |
| Dubai | Dubai | 100 | Moderate | 50.5 | 59 |
| Jebel Ali | Dubai | 100 | Moderate | 50.5 | 59 |
| Fujairah | Fujairah | 92 | Moderate | 35.9 | 88 |
| Ras Al Khaimah | Ras Al Khaimah | 90 | Moderate | 32.4 | 72 |
| Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | 85 | Moderate | 27.8 | 81 |
| Al Ain City | Abu Dhabi | 82 | Moderate | 47.7 | 41 |
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).