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Air quality in Denmark

Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in Denmark • 01:28, Oct 02

Institut for MiljøvidenskabDepartment of Environmental ScienceDanish Air Quality Monitoring ProgrammeTorben JakobsenMorten BuusLuis Alberto Pérez GarcíaBjarniNiels Erik ClausenRaduDanish Background Monitoring NetworkJan Ryssel PaulsenchristiansenKenneth PetersenAnonymous contributor
Institut for MiljøvidenskabDepartment of Environmental ScienceDanish Air Quality Monitoring ProgrammeTorben JakobsenMorten BuusLuis Alberto Pérez GarcíaBjarniNiels Erik ClausenRaduDanish Background Monitoring NetworkJan Ryssel PaulsenchristiansenKenneth PetersenAnonymous contributor

Live most polluted city ranking

Real-time Denmark most polluted city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
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The national flag of Denmark

Hillerød

61

2
The national flag of Denmark

Aarhus

31

2025 Denmark most polluted city

Lystrup, Central Denmark

48

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Real-time Denmark cleanest city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
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The national flag of Denmark

Aarhus

31

2
The national flag of Denmark

Hillerød

61

2025 Denmark cleanest city

Pedersker, Capital Region

30

2025 country air quality average

How polluted is Denmark?

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In 2025 in Denmark, the annual PM2.5 concentration was 1.6 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 Denmark

Pakistan

231,402,117

159

2
The national flag of Denmark

Bangladesh

169,356,251

158

3
The national flag of Denmark

Tajikistan

9,750,064

152

4
The national flag of Denmark

Chad

17,179,740

146

5
The national flag of Denmark

Democratic Republic of the Congo

95,894,118

137

6
The national flag of Denmark

India

1,407,563,842

134

7
The national flag of Denmark

Kuwait

4,250,114

126

8
The national flag of Denmark

Uganda

45,853,778

119

9
The national flag of Denmark

Egypt

109,262,178

114

10
The national flag of Denmark

Uzbekistan

34,915,100

107

112
The national flag of Denmark

Denmark

5,856,733

46

Worldwide PM2.5 ranking

2025 Denmark global rank in air pollution

112/143

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