SmogRank / Cleaner or dirtier / Nepal
Nepal: cleaner or dirtier, 2025
In Nepal, 1 city has enough days in both years to compare 2025 with the same days of 2024: 0 got dirtier and 1 cleaner.
The one city that got cleaner
| # | City | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KathmanduBagmati Province, Nepal | 152 | 135 | −7.7 µg/m³−14% |
Means in US AQI over the days a city was measured in both years, the same calendar days each year; a city needs 55% of the days paired, and at least 30. The change is in µg/m³ and per cent. How we compare.
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
Updated 2026-10-07 12:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.