Global Air Quality Update - Week of June 15, 2026

Live data snapshot for June 15, 2026. 217 cities tracked. Global average AQI: 60.

This week's most polluted city is Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at AQI 264. The cleanest air right now is in Quito, Ecuador at AQI 13.

Biggest changes this week

Worsening

• Kanpur, India: 178 → 248 AQI (+70)
• Delhi, India: 162 → 213 AQI (+51)
• Wuhan, China: 114 → 157 AQI (+43)
• Lucknow, India: 150 → 185 AQI (+35)
• Beijing, China: 133 → 147 AQI (+14)

Improving

• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 861 → 264 AQI (-597)
• Kuwait City, Kuwait: 531 → 158 AQI (-373)
• Johannesburg, South Africa: 173 → 138 AQI (-35)
• Jakarta, Indonesia: 167 → 160 AQI (-7)
• Quito, Ecuador: 20 → 13 AQI (-7)

Global average shifted from 65 to 60 (-5).

Top 10 most polluted cities right now

1. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - AQI 264 (PM2.5 83.1 μg/m³)
2. Kanpur, India - AQI 248 (PM2.5 64.3 μg/m³)
3. Delhi, India - AQI 213 (PM2.5 112.5 μg/m³)
4. Seoul, South Korea - AQI 190 (PM2.5 33.1 μg/m³)
5. Lucknow, India - AQI 185 (PM2.5 77.1 μg/m³)
6. Santiago, Chile - AQI 174 (PM2.5 70.3 μg/m³)
7. Incheon, South Korea - AQI 173 (PM2.5 33.2 μg/m³)
8. Bandung, Indonesia - AQI 171 (PM2.5 42.5 μg/m³)
9. Jakarta, Indonesia - AQI 160 (PM2.5 53.3 μg/m³)
10. Chengdu, China - AQI 159 (PM2.5 46.9 μg/m³)

Top 10 cleanest cities right now

1. Quito, Ecuador - AQI 13 (PM2.5 3.4 μg/m³)
2. Adelaide, Australia - AQI 15 (PM2.5 4.1 μg/m³)
3. La Paz, Bolivia - AQI 18 (PM2.5 3.6 μg/m³)
4. Cali, Colombia - AQI 19 (PM2.5 5.3 μg/m³)
5. Manaus, Brazil - AQI 19 (PM2.5 2.6 μg/m³)
6. Vilnius, Lithuania - AQI 20 (PM2.5 3.3 μg/m³)
7. Tallinn, Estonia - AQI 20 (PM2.5 4.3 μg/m³)
8. Minsk, Belarus - AQI 20 (PM2.5 3.6 μg/m³)
9. Antananarivo, Madagascar - AQI 21 (PM2.5 2.6 μg/m³)
10. Christchurch, New Zealand - AQI 21 (PM2.5 2.8 μg/m³)

What is AQI?

AQI (Air Quality Index) is a 0-500 scale used by the US EPA. Below 50 is good, above 150 unhealthy, above 300 hazardous. Most damage comes from PM2.5 - fine particles that enter the bloodstream. Learn more: PM2.5 explained.

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Data: live readings refreshed every 30 minutes by atmos.today. See methodology and attribution.