Air Pollution in Uganda

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Current Air Quality
127
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Thursday, Jan 1st 2026, 19:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
155
Njeru
2
154
Mityana
3
153
Mubende
4
152
Bwizibwera
5
151
Jinja
6
150
Kireka

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
66
Fort Portal
2
74
Gulu
3
103
Kabale
4
108
Masaka
5
132
Mbarara
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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
85
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
81
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya
49
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
17
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
6
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
26
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
85
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
36
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
75
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
58
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
27
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
58
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
13
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
63
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
127
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
177
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
101
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
1
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
82
 🇨🇳 China
169
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
117
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
63
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
20
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
87
 🇮🇳 India
319
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
268
 🇯🇵 Japan
42
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
116
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
90
 🇲🇴 Macao
119
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
64
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
107
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
83
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
50
 🇵🇭 Philippines
78
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
53
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
140
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
76
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
54
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
25
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
109
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
170
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
33
 🇸🇬 Singapore
52
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
72
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
88
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
65
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
57
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
22
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
69
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
20
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
49
 🇹🇷 Turkey
97
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
74
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
82
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
31
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
50
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
45
 🇫🇷 France
126
 🇩🇪 Germany
143
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
17
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
45
 🇬🇷 Greece
38
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
68
 🇭🇺 Hungary
67
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
160
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
30
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
17
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
26
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
14
 🇱🇻 Latvia
25
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
84
 🇲🇹 Malta
28
 🇲🇨 Monaco
50
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
72
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
62
 🇵🇱 Poland
73
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
53
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
28
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
55
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
55
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
53
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
41
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
66
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
21
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
34
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
53
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
22
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
16
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
66
 🇷🇴 Romania
83
 🇷🇺 Russia
81
 🇸🇲 San Marino
26
 🇷🇸 Serbia
124
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
69
 🇪🇸 Spain
106
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
80
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
49
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
65
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
42
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
17
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
77
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
76
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
16
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
23
 🇲🇽 Mexico
293
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
22
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
1
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
15
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
56
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
16
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
5
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
254

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
27
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
14
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
20
 🇳🇺 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
10
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
42
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay
70
 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
104
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
124
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
3
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
124
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air 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.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members 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.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active 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
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health 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+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone 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.



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