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Air quality in United Arab Emirates

Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in United Arab Emirates • 10:14, Nov 02

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Environment Agency - ABU DHABICITIESJHAlexJulienNourantdxbelectricadiCaroThe Healthy HomeSORPMaxchris darnleyACS-SaadiyatVNwilatiDamianAnna HambitzerOM IQAirM XDedeDutchFrond GOKNational Center of MeteorologyBritish Embassy UAEGerritDeira International SchoolLycée Louis MassignonDESS Academic CityZayed UniversityAVI-SPLEnglish CollegeNarendra Reddy NelliVictory Heights Primary School, City of Arabia

Live most polluted city ranking

Real-time United Arab Emirates most polluted city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Al Fujayrah

159

2
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Dubai

157

3
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Ras Al-Khaimah

157

4
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Ajman

145

5
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

117

6
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Al Ain

81

2025 United Arab Emirates most polluted city

Ruwais, Abu Dhabi

120

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Real-time United Arab Emirates cleanest city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Al Ain

73

2
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Ajman

90

3
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

112

4
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Ras Al-Khaimah

152

5
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Dubai

154

6
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Al Fujayrah

159

2025 United Arab Emirates cleanest city

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi

88

2025 country air quality average

How polluted is United Arab Emirates?

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In 2025 in United Arab Emirates, the annual PM2.5 concentration was 7.3 times the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline.

2025 AQI⁺ country ranking

Which country had the worst air quality in 2025?

#CountryPopulationAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Pakistan

231,402,117

159

2
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Bangladesh

169,356,251

158

3
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Tajikistan

9,750,064

152

4
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Chad

17,179,740

146

5
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Democratic Republic of the Congo

95,894,118

137

6
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

India

1,407,563,842

134

7
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Kuwait

4,250,114

126

8
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Uganda

45,853,778

119

9
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Egypt

109,262,178

114

10
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

34,915,100

107

13
The national flag of United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

9,365,145

103

Worldwide PM2.5 ranking

2025 United Arab Emirates global rank in air pollution

13/143

Wildfires in United Arab Emirates

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