Air Pollution in Turkey

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Current Air Quality
150
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Friday, Oct 23rd 2026, 11:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
759
Turhal
2
157
Bahçelievler
3
157
Çankaya
4
157
Bağcılar
5
155
Konya
6
151
Ataşehir
7
151
Lüleburgaz
8
150
İskenderun
9
147
Edirne
10
142
Bolu
11
140
Torbalı
12
138
Karabağlar
13
132
Balıkesir
14
131
Çerkezköy
15
130
Adapazarı
16
127
Sultangazi
17
127
Başakşehir
18
126
Tekirdağ
19
122
Sandıklı
20
118
Aksaray
21
115
Elbistan
22
113
Istanbul
23
112
Esenler
24
111
Arnavutköy
25
110
Derince
26
110
Ereğli
27
109
Akyazı
28
107
Keşan
29
105
Eminönü
30
102
Düzce
31
101
Ankara
32
100
Körfez
33
100
Merzifon
34
100
Amasya
35
100
Suluova
36
99
İzmit
37
98
Çorlu
38
98
Gölcük
39
96
Kırklareli
40
96
Çorum
41
95
Şişli
42
94
Üsküdar
43
93
Silivri
44
93
Uşak
45
93
Turgutlu
46
92
Bozüyük
47
91
Denizciler
48
90
Esenyurt
49
90
Kütahya
50
89
Diyarbakır

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
5
Kemer
2
11
Osmaniye
3
17
Bayburt
4
17
Ardahan
5
19
Alaşehir
6
22
Silifke
7
25
İncirliova
8
25
Mardin
9
25
Ermenek
10
25
Bingöl
11
26
Alanya
12
26
Fatsa
13
27
Gazipaşa
14
29
Artvin
15
29
Gumushkhane
16
33
Bitlis
17
34
Muş
18
36
Ağrı
19
36
Tunceli
20
36
Merkezefendi
21
37
Şanlıurfa
22
38
Nazilli
23
39
Çeşme
24
40
Aliağa
25
41
Rize
26
41
Salihli
27
41
Ardeşen
28
42
Yatağan
29
42
Manavgat
30
44
Siirt
31
45
Didim
32
45
Karabük
33
47
Fethiye
34
49
Boyabat
35
50
Patnos
36
51
Aydın
37
51
Erzincan
38
51
Giresun
39
54
Nevşehir
40
54
Denizli
41
54
Hakkâri
42
54
Gürsu
43
55
Yozgat
44
55
Tavşanlı
45
55
Sinop
46
56
Ödemiş
47
56
Edremit
48
56
Polatlı
49
56
Muğla
50
59
Tarsus
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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
51
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
53
 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
20
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
14
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
75
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
36
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
39
 🇹🇩 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
35
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
74
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
85
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
17
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
58
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
142
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
45
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
98

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
149
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
70
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
26
 🇨🇳 China
153
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
107
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
31
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
21
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
55
 🇮🇳 India
207
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
375
 🇯🇵 Japan
59
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
104
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
22
 🇱🇦 Laos
47
 🇲🇴 Macao
61
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
154
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
91
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
65
 🇵🇭 Philippines
66
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
27
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
52
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
269
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
47
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
73
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
57
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
76
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
123
 🇸🇬 Singapore
127
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
52
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
22
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
81
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
112
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
115
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
59
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
82
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
45
 🇹🇷 Turkey
150
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
46
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
98
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
15
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
50
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
62
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
40
 🇫🇷 France
55
 🇩🇪 Germany
221
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
10
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
21
 🇬🇷 Greece
61
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
38
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
44
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
21
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
15
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
19
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
36
 🇱🇻 Latvia
30
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
28
 🇲🇹 Malta
18
 🇲🇨 Monaco
12
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
16
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
45
 🇵🇱 Poland
78
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
29
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
12
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
20
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
5
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
30
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
31
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
70
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
50
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
11
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
25
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
27
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
59
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
20
 🇷🇴 Romania
60
 🇷🇺 Russia
72
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
46
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
35
 🇪🇸 Spain
55
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
16
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
44
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
48
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
22
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
14
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
65
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
8
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
10
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
12
 🇲🇽 Mexico
77
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
21
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
39
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
19
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
64
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
30
 🇵🇦 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
25
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
100

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
45
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
17
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
17
 🇳🇺 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
24
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
61
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
12
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
8
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
54
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
87
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
24
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
60
 🇸🇷 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.