Kuwait City
2 km around Block 1
Air quality now
AQI 51
4.9%
tree cover
68.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Asia · air quality report · 4 cities
Kuwait air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now the 4 cities Airleaf measures in Kuwait average AQI 41 (good). The worst air is in Kuwait City, at AQI 51, and the cleanest in Al Jahrā’, at AQI 23.
At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 41 across 4 cities. None of the 4 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 75% have Good air.
Average right now
AQI 41
Good
US EPA index, across 4 cities
- cities measured
- 4
- worst air: Kuwait City
- 51
- cleanest air: Al Jahrā’
- 23
- average tree cover
- 3.0%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Kuwait · average AQI 41
Air quality right now in all 4 cities in Kuwait
Moderate
Al Aḩmadī
2 km around Block 6
Air quality now
AQI 41
1.8%
tree cover
88.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Al Jahrā’
2 km around Block 3
Air quality now
AQI 23
1.2%
tree cover
90.5K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Şabāḩ as Sālim
2 km around Block 5
Air quality now
AQI 48
4.2%
tree cover
81.1K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Across the country
How clean is the air across Kuwait today?
None of the 4 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 75% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
4 measured cities
- Good3 (75%)
- Moderate1 (25%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How does Kuwait compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of Kuwait average cleaner air than 70% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 6%.
Cleaner air than…
- Kuwait
- Beats 70%
More tree cover than…
- Kuwait
- Beats 6%
See the most polluted and cleanest air rankings for every country.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kuwait lost?
There was almost no forest in Kuwait in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
Kuwait as a whole
0.4% of Kuwait was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 528.3M trees across 528K hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Frequently asked
Air quality in Kuwait: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Kuwait today?
Right now the 4 cities Airleaf measures in Kuwait average AQI 41 (good). The worst air is in Kuwait City, at AQI 51, and the cleanest in Al Jahrā’, at AQI 23. At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 41 across 4 cities. None of the 4 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 75% have Good air.
Which city in Kuwait has the worst air right now?
Kuwait City, at AQI 51 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Which city in Kuwait has the cleanest air right now?
Al Jahrā’, at AQI 23 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Kuwait has at least three cities with one.
Is the air in Kuwait safe to breathe today?
It depends on the city. 3 cities are Good, 1 city is Moderate. At the national average of AQI 41: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Kuwait?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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