SmogRank / World / Asia / Afghanistan
Air quality in Afghanistan
No monitor here publishes data we're allowed to use, so Afghanistan has no measured ranking yet. Model estimates below.
Estimated: cities without a monitor
Afghanistan cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Kabul | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
| Herāt | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Mazār-e Sharīf | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Kandahār | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Jalālābād | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Kunduz | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Ghazni | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Balkh | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Bagrām | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Baghlān | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Gardez | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Khōst | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Maymana | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Khanabad | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Bāzārak | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Khulm | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Taloqan | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Bāmyān | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Pul-e Khumrī | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Shibirghān | ≈ 16 µg/m³ |
| Charikar | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Sar-e Pul | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Zaranj | ≈ 28 µg/m³ |
| Paghmān | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Asadābād | ≈ 14 µg/m³ |
| Aībak | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Fayzabad | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Lashkar Gāh | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Gereshk | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Farah | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Istālif | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Andkhoy | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Bahārak | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Nīlī | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Ghormach | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Shīnḏanḏ | ≈ 3 µg/m³ |
| Rustāq | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Khān Neshīn | ≈ 87 µg/m³ |
| Qarāwul | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Jurm | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
Estimates contain modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2026.