Air Pollution in Mexico

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Current Air Quality
95
Moderate
on Monday, Sep 21st 2026, 03:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
884
Piedras Negras
2
165
Cadereyta Jiménez
3
112
Tlalnepantla
4
104
Mexico City
5
101
Santa Teresa
6
98
Colonia Nativitas
7
93
Tláhuac
8
93
Venustiano Carranza
9
89
Colonia del Valle
10
87
Iztapalapa
11
86
El Pueblito
12
82
Álvaro Obregón
13
78
Benito Juárez
14
76
Xochimilco
15
74
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
16
74
Irapuato
17
73
Coyoacán
18
69
Ecatepec de Morelos
19
67
Guadalupe
20
66
Medina
21
65
San Pedro Garza Garcia
22
63
Hacienda Santa Fe
23
63
San Nicolás de los Garza
24
62
San Miguel Ajusco
25
62
Silao
26
55
Parque Industrial Ciudad Mitras
27
52
León de los Aldama
28
52
Buenavista
29
51
Monterrey
30
51
Nuevo Laredo
31
51
San Sebastián el Grande
32
51
Ciudad Benito Juárez
33
50
Zapopan
34
50
Las Pintas de Arriba
35
49
Ciudad General Escobedo
36
49
Coyotepec
37
49
San Juan del Río
38
48
Cuautlancingo
39
48
San Luis Potosí
40
47
Tres de Mayo

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
3
Cuautla
2
11
San Miguel de Allende
3
11
Purísima de Bustos
4
16
San Jose de los Olvera
5
17
Tepic
6
20
Santiago de Querétaro
7
21
Yautepec
8
22
Moyotzingo
9
22
Ciudad López Mateos
10
22
Heroica Matamoros
11
23
Santa Rosa Jauregui
12
24
Saltillo
13
24
Celaya
14
25
Victoria de Durango
15
26
Gustavo Adolfo Madero
16
26
Naucalpan de Juárez
17
27
Mérida
18
27
Rioverde
19
28
Zacatepec
20
30
San Luis de la Paz
21
32
Guadalajara
22
32
El Quince
23
33
Aguascalientes
24
33
Reynosa
25
34
Miguel Hidalgo
26
34
Valle de Santiago
27
34
Salamanca
28
36
Tulancingo
29
38
Guanajuato
30
40
San Pedro Garza García
31
41
San Pablo de las Salinas
32
41
Juárez
33
42
García
34
42
Tlaquepaque
35
43
Tehuacán
36
45
San Salvador Tizatlalli
37
45
Benito Juarez
38
46
Tijuana
39
46
Ciudad Apodaca
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Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
65
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
61
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
44
 🇰🇪 Kenya
64
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
56
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
90
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
58
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
72
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
42
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
54
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
15
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
140
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
18
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
41
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
29
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
77
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
80
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
96

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
87
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
73
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
7
 🇨🇳 China
175
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
64
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
25
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
19
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
60
 🇮🇳 India
174
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
174
 🇯🇵 Japan
42
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
86
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
39
 🇱🇦 Laos
29
 🇲🇴 Macao
63
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
157
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
57
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
44
 🇵🇭 Philippines
59
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
30
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
60
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
268
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
70
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
70
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
50
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
73
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
101
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
104
 🇸🇬 Singapore
74
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
37
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
52
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
46
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
73
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
114
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
35
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
54
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
56
 🇹🇷 Turkey
76
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
139
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
44
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
50
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
45
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
23
 🇫🇷 France
44
 🇩🇪 Germany
55
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
34
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
22
 🇬🇷 Greece
45
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
42
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
60
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
33
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
17
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
21
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
21
 🇱🇻 Latvia
9
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
56
 🇲🇹 Malta
41
 🇲🇨 Monaco
23
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
38
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
33
 🇵🇱 Poland
39
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
38
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
27
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
26
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
19
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
25
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
13
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
41
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
40
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
17
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
20
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
36
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
11
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
26
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
23
 🇷🇴 Romania
43
 🇷🇺 Russia
64
 🇸🇲 San Marino
30
 🇷🇸 Serbia
92
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
37
 🇪🇸 Spain
62
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
28
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
75
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
42
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
52
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
13
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
48
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
14
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
17
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
31
 🇲🇽 Mexico
90
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
35
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
28
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
30
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
20
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
67
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
39
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
68

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
52
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
16
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
27
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
16
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
49
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
30
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
54
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
66
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
82
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
40
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
36
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQIAir Pollution LevelHealth ImplicationsCautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no riskNone
51 -100ModerateAir quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsMembers of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effectsActive children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+HazardousHealth alert: everyone may experience more serious health effectsEveryone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.