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June 22, 2026

Global Air Quality Update - Week of June 22, 2026

Live data snapshot for June 22, 2026. 217 cities tracked. Global average AQI: 61.

This week's most polluted city is Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at AQI 480. The cleanest air right now is in Quito, Ecuador at AQI 16.

Biggest changes this week

Worsening

Improving

Global average shifted from 60 to 61 (+1).

Top 10 most polluted cities right now

  1. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - AQI 480 (PM2.5 107.1 μg/m³)
  2. Kuwait City, Kuwait - AQI 390 (PM2.5 85.2 μg/m³)
  3. Delhi, India - AQI 367 (PM2.5 65.2 μg/m³)
  4. Kanpur, India - AQI 184 (PM2.5 60.8 μg/m³)
  5. Lucknow, India - AQI 169 (PM2.5 68.5 μg/m³)
  6. Bandung, Indonesia - AQI 166 (PM2.5 55.3 μg/m³)
  7. Jakarta, Indonesia - AQI 164 (PM2.5 57.7 μg/m³)
  8. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - AQI 157 (PM2.5 34.6 μg/m³)
  9. Qingdao, China - AQI 152 (PM2.5 34.8 μg/m³)
  10. Novosibirsk, Russia - AQI 152 (PM2.5 48.1 μg/m³)

Top 10 cleanest cities right now

  1. Quito, Ecuador - AQI 16 (PM2.5 5.3 μg/m³)
  2. Hamburg, Germany - AQI 18 (PM2.5 4 μg/m³)
  3. La Paz, Bolivia - AQI 18 (PM2.5 3.9 μg/m³)
  4. Accra, Ghana - AQI 20 (PM2.5 2.9 μg/m³)
  5. Auckland, New Zealand - AQI 20 (PM2.5 8.4 μg/m³)
  6. Kharkiv, Ukraine - AQI 20 (PM2.5 3.9 μg/m³)
  7. Amsterdam, Netherlands - AQI 21 (PM2.5 4.3 μg/m³)
  8. Hua Hin, Thailand - AQI 21 (PM2.5 9.7 μg/m³)
  9. Stockholm, Sweden - AQI 22 (PM2.5 3 μg/m³)
  10. Copenhagen, Denmark - AQI 22 (PM2.5 4.1 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.