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Air quality in Tripoli today

The air in Tripoli (Libya) 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.

AQI right now

US AQI38Good
European AQI28fair
PM2.53.3µg/m³
PM105.3µg/m³
Ozone (O₃)75µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)7.5µg/m³

Good. Main pollutant: Ozone (O₃) (all pollutants within the WHO guidelines).

What to do today

  • Outdoor sport Go ahead: running, cycling and play outside carry no air-quality risk.
  • Children, older people, asthma No restrictions.
  • Windows Open them and air the rooms.

AQI in Tripoli hour by hour, next 48 hours

  • Good
  • Moderate
  • Unhealthy for sensitive groups
  • Unhealthy
  • Very unhealthy
  • Hazardous

Cleanest hour in the next 24 h: Sun 01:00 (AQI 36). Worst hour: Sat 23:00 (AQI 38).

US AQI per hour, local time. Bars coloured by category.

Compared with the WHO 2021 guidelines

PollutantNext 24 hWHO guidelineRatio
PM2.54 µg/m³15 µg/m³within
PM1010 µg/m³45 µg/m³within
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)5.9 µg/m³25 µg/m³within
Ozone (O₃)83 µg/m³100 µg/m³within

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 Sat 23:00 local time · updated 2026-10-24 21:41 UTC

Air quality map around Tripoli

Live PM2.5 field (NOAA GEFS-Aerosols): a different model, so it can disagree with the numbers above by a few units.

Open the air map centred on Tripoli

More about Tripoli

Tripoli: all live layers · UV index in Tripoli today · Pollen in Tripoli

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Questions

What is the AQI in Tripoli right now?
US AQI 38 (Good), European AQI 28; PM2.5 3.3 µg/m³ (Sat 23:00).
Is it safe to exercise outdoors in Tripoli today?
Go ahead: running, cycling and play outside carry no air-quality risk.
What is the main pollutant in Tripoli?
Ozone (O₃) (all pollutants within the WHO guidelines).
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

Djerba (Houmt Souk) · Valletta · Sousse · Hammamet · Tunis · Catania

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How it is computed

Hourly CAMS forecast (Copernicus) for the coordinates of Tripoli 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.