Air Pollution in Turkey

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Current Air Quality
105
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Sunday, Nov 1st 2026, 08:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
343
Iğdır
2
142
Çankaya
3
120
Lüleburgaz
4
111
Konya
5
106
Doğubayazıt
6
100
Torbalı
7
100
Karabağlar
8
98
Şırnak
9
98
Silopi
10
96
Sandıklı
11
87
Ankara
12
86
Bor
13
85
Niğde
14
83
Elbistan
15
81
Uşak
16
78
İskenderun
17
74
Turhal
18
73
Amasya
19
73
Balıkesir
20
73
Merzifon
21
73
Yalova
22
73
Suluova
23
72
Kemalpaşa
24
72
Arnavutköy
25
71
Bursa
26
70
İzmit
27
70
Aksaray
28
70
Sultangazi
29
70
Gölcük
30
70
Tekirdağ
31
70
Diyarbakır
32
69
Başakşehir
33
69
Kırıkkale
34
69
Adapazarı
35
69
Keşan
36
68
Derince
37
68
Çorum
38
68
Gürsu
39
68
İnegol
40
68
Kestel
41
66
Bozüyük
42
66
Bağcılar
43
66
Bahçelievler
44
66
Edirne
45
65
Eminönü
46
64
Gaziantep
47
64
Kilis
48
64
Körfez
49
63
Kırşehir
50
63
Turgutlu

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
9
Kemer
2
10
Mardin
3
13
Alaşehir
4
14
Fatsa
5
15
Bayburt
6
15
İncirliova
7
17
Osmaniye
8
19
Gumushkhane
9
19
Ermenek
10
20
Karabük
11
23
Ardahan
12
23
Manavgat
13
24
Polatlı
14
24
Bingöl
15
25
Silifke
16
25
Şanlıurfa
17
26
Isparta
18
27
Muş
19
28
Gazipaşa
20
28
Alanya
21
29
Burdur
22
29
Bitlis
23
29
Siirt
24
29
Boyabat
25
29
Tunceli
26
29
Çaycuma
27
29
Afyonkarahisar
28
29
Bartın
29
30
Erzincan
30
30
Nazilli
31
30
Salihli
32
32
Didim
33
32
Edremit
34
35
Mersin
35
35
Nizip
36
36
Hakkâri
37
36
Bucak
38
37
Bafra
39
37
Nevşehir
40
37
Bandırma
41
37
Karaman
42
38
Muğla
43
38
Giresun
44
38
Tavşanlı
45
38
Tarsus
46
39
Ödemiş
47
39
Yatağan
48
40
Rize
49
40
Düzce
50
42
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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
60
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
61
 🇰🇪 Kenya
56
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
60
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
43
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
9
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
43
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
53
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
50
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
52
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
39
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
74
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
110
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
29
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
71
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
3
 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
75
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
78
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
143
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
69
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
12
 🇨🇳 China
319
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
134
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
35
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
31
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
59
 🇮🇳 India
244
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
265
 🇯🇵 Japan
67
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
81
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
17
 🇱🇦 Laos
65
 🇲🇴 Macao
59
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
84
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
83
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
37
 🇵🇭 Philippines
66
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
32
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
51
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
177
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
100
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
68
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
72
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
121
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
91
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
168
 🇸🇬 Singapore
93
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
44
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
103
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
43
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
343
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
112
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
41
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
135
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
74
 🇹🇷 Turkey
105
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
107
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
105
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
56
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
43
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
55
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
23
 🇫🇷 France
108
 🇩🇪 Germany
97
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
20
 🇬🇷 Greece
61
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
45
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
91
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
117
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
22
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
42
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
43
 🇱🇻 Latvia
11
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
54
 🇲🇹 Malta
32
 🇲🇨 Monaco
72
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
30
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
91
 🇵🇱 Poland
67
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
52
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
22
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
38
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
15
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
35
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
26
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
52
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
26
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
16
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
14
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
70
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
9
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
58
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
45
 🇷🇴 Romania
41
 🇷🇺 Russia
93
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
92
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
43
 🇪🇸 Spain
71
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
56
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
48
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
150
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
26
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
20
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
57
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
7
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
15
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
76
 🇲🇽 Mexico
81
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
24
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
106
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
29
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
63
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
24
 🇵🇦 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
42
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
76

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
53
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
20
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
18
 🇳🇺 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
28
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
63
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
15
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
40
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
51
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
48
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
121
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
49
 🇸🇷 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.