Live · 22 Oct 2026

Air quality in Nepal today

US Air Quality Index and fine-particle (PM2.5) pollution at the main town of each of Nepal's 77 districts, refreshed every 30 minutes. Winter and spring smog from fires, brick kilns, traffic and temperature inversions makes Nepal's air among the most polluted in South Asia from November to April.

All districts, most polluted first

Place	US AQI	Category	PM2.5	PM10
Gaur, Rautahat	180	Unhealthy	139	148
Biratnagar, Morang	166	Unhealthy	122	129
Malangawa, Sarlahi	160	Unhealthy	112	121
Rajbiraj, Saptari	158	Unhealthy	99	105
Dhanusa	155	Unhealthy	92	97
Mahottari	155	Unhealthy	92	97
Bhadrapur, Jhapa	152	Unhealthy	79	83
Birgunj, Parsa	143	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	70	75
Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur	139	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	56	66
Lahan, Siraha	134	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	71	75
Nawalparasi West	123	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	70	74
Siddharthanagar, Rupandehi	123	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	70	74
Dhankuta	122	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	67	72
Dharan, Sunsari	122	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	67	72
Bardiya	119	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	60	70
Dhangadhi, Kailali	114	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	46	51
Nepalgunj, Banke	113	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	66	75
Bara	106	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	50	54
Ilam	105	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	46	51
Triyuga, Udayapur	105	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	59	64
Bhaktapur	97	Moderate	58	62
Kapilbastu	97	Moderate	50	55
Banepa, Kavrepalanchok	97	Moderate	58	62
Kathmandu	93	Moderate	52	56
Patan, Lalitpur	93	Moderate	52	56
Hetauda, Makwanpur	93	Moderate	52	56
Ramechhap	89	Moderate	48	50
Sindhuli	89	Moderate	48	50
Bharatpur, Chitawan	88	Moderate	54	59
Tansen, Palpa	87	Moderate	48	52
Parbat	87	Moderate	48	52
Walin, Syangja	87	Moderate	48	52
Nawalparasi East	86	Moderate	41	44
Arghakhanchi	82	Moderate	40	43
Amargadhi, Dadeldhura	82	Moderate	35	40
Gulmi	82	Moderate	40	43
Okhaldhunga	82	Moderate	40	42
Dolakha	81	Moderate	46	51
Birendranagar, Surkhet	81	Moderate	37	41
Khotang	78	Moderate	33	36
Ghorahi, Dang	76	Moderate	36	41
Pyuthan	76	Moderate	37	40
Dipayal, Doti	75	Moderate	35	39
Salyan	74	Moderate	34	37
Tanahu	74	Moderate	41	44
Bhojpur	73	Moderate	30	35
Panchthar	73	Moderate	27	33
Taplejung	73	Moderate	27	33
Terhathum	73	Moderate	27	33
Dailekh	69	Moderate	28	31
Achham	68	Moderate	28	31
Bajura	68	Moderate	28	31
Baitadi	66	Moderate	32	36
Dhading	64	Moderate	30	35
Gorkha	64	Moderate	30	35
Baglun, Baglung	63	Moderate	22	27
Nuwakot	62	Moderate	18	23
Kalikot	61	Moderate	24	27
Jajarkot	60	Moderate	23	25
Sindhupalchok	57	Moderate	16	21
Rolpa	56	Moderate	19	23
Jumla	54	Moderate	20	23
Lamjung	53	Moderate	10	13
Chame, Manang	53	Moderate	10	13
Rukum West	53	Moderate	18	22
Pokhara, Kaski	52	Moderate	14	19
Rasuwa	49	Good	2	5
Mustang	46	Good	2	7
Humla	41	Good	4	10
Bajhang	38	Good	7	8
Dolpa	38	Good	3	9
Mugu	37	Good	7	12
Rukum East	34	Good	7	13
Myagdi	32	Good	3	8
Sankhuwasabha	30	Good	4	9
Solukhumbu	29	Good	2	3
Darchula	27	Good	3	4

What the AQI numbers mean

US AQI	Category	Advice
0–50	Good	Air quality is satisfactory; enjoy outdoor activities.
51–100	Moderate	Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
101–150	Unhealthy for sensitive groups	Children, older adults and people with heart or lung disease should reduce long or heavy outdoor exertion.
151–200	Unhealthy	Everyone should reduce long or heavy outdoor exertion; sensitive groups should avoid it. Consider an N95 mask outdoors.
201–300	Very unhealthy	Everyone should avoid long or heavy outdoor exertion; sensitive groups should stay indoors.
301–500	Hazardous	Health warning of emergency conditions: everyone should stay indoors and keep activity low.

Source: Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) via Open-Meteo; modelled values at each district's main town.