Air quality · United Arab Emirates
Air quality in Dubai today
The air in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) now and over the next 48 hours: the US AQI and the European AQI, fine particles (PM2.5, PM10), ozone and nitrogen dioxide, compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines, with what it means for outdoor sport, children, older people and open windows.
These numbers are more than 7 hours old, so they are hidden. Open the live map for the current air. Open the air map centred on Dubai
AQI right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups. Main pollutant: PM2.5, 2.7× the WHO guideline.
What to do today
- Outdoor sport Shorten long or intense efforts; train when the AQI is lowest.
- Children, older people, asthma Limit long or intense activity outdoors; keep reliever inhalers at hand.
- Windows Air briefly at the cleanest hour, otherwise keep closed.
AQI in Dubai hour by hour, next 48 hours
- Good
- Moderate
- Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- Unhealthy
- Very unhealthy
- Hazardous
Cleanest hour in the next 24 h: Sun 13:00 (AQI 103). Worst hour: Sun 01:00 (AQI 128).
US AQI per hour, local time. Bars coloured by category.
Compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines
| Pollutant | Next 24 h | WHO guideline | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 41 µg/m³ | 15 µg/m³ | 2.7× |
| PM10 | 78 µg/m³ | 45 µg/m³ | 1.7× |
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 35 µg/m³ | 25 µg/m³ | 1.4× |
| Ozone (O₃) | 97 µg/m³ | 100 µg/m³ | within |
PM2.5, PM10 and NO₂: 24-hour mean of the forecast against the 24-hour guideline; ozone: highest 8-hour mean against the 8-hour guideline.
Forecast for Sun 01:00 local time · updated 2026-10-24 21:41 UTC
Air quality map around Dubai
Live PM2.5 field (NOAA GEFS-Aerosols): a different model, so it can disagree with the numbers above by a few units.
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Questions
- What is the AQI in Dubai right now?
- US AQI 128 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), European AQI 52; PM2.5 35 µg/m³ (Sun 01:00).
- Is it safe to exercise outdoors in Dubai today?
- Shorten long or intense efforts; train when the AQI is lowest.
- What is the main pollutant in Dubai?
- PM2.5, 2.7× the WHO guideline.
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The CAMS global air-quality forecast of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, read through Open-Meteo: a model on a ~40 km grid, not a monitoring station. Where a nearby monitor disagrees, the monitor is right.
Nearby cities
Sharjah · Ras Al Khaimah · Abu Dhabi · Muscat · Doha · Manama
How it is computed
Hourly CAMS forecast (Copernicus) for the coordinates of Dubai via Open-Meteo; US AQI per the US EPA breakpoints, European AQI per the EEA bands, WHO 2021 air-quality guidelines. The page is rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.