SmogRank / United Arab Emirates / Dubai / Dubai

Dubai, month by month

Dubai has a measured daily mean on 690 days since 9 October 2024. Its worst month was November 2024, at 135 US AQI (49.3 µg/m³), 29th of 2,624 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was March 2026, at 76 US AQI (22.5 µg/m³).

Every month since 2024

202699 so far284 days measured129th of 2,791 in the world
Jan95#144Feb118#143Mar76#515Apr81#300May90#177Jun101#107Jul111#65Aug109#52Sep131#33Oct103#23
2025109 for the year328 days measured89th of 2,681 in the world
Jan9 daysFeb17 daysMar104#197Apr102#119May121#53Jun122#59Jul119#45Aug92#78Sep103#49Oct123#111Nov119#199Dec103#265
2024too few days for a mean (a year needs 257)78 days measured
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct19 daysNov135#29Dec109#46
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Dubai's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Dubai marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Months without a mean, and why

3 months
MonthWhy
Feb 202517 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 20259 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202419 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 4 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Dubai's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rank
November 2024 13549.3 µg/m³30 of 3029thof 2,624
September 2026 13147.5 µg/m³30 of 3033rdof 2,981
October 2025 12344.4 µg/m³31 of 31111thof 2,614
June 2025 12244.2 µg/m³28 of 3059thof 2,508
May 2025 12143.8 µg/m³31 of 3153rdof 2,826
July 2025 11943.0 µg/m³31 of 3145thof 2,889

Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.

Dubai's worst days

DayUS AQI
27 Sept 2026 184102.0 µg/m³
3 Dec 2025 183101.0 µg/m³
21 May 2025 18096.7 µg/m³
26 Sept 2026 17995.4 µg/m³
19 Nov 2025 17386.5 µg/m³
20 May 2025 17285.2 µg/m³
2 Jul 2025 17184.3 µg/m³
2 Dec 2025 17183.7 µg/m³
1 Sept 2026 16981.5 µg/m³
10 May 2025 16880.1 µg/m³

Daily means, the highest since 9 Oct 2024; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 9 Oct 2024 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirGradient via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ae/dubai/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Dubai now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).