Doha
2 km around Doha
Air quality now
AQI 77
5.2%
tree cover
66.0K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Asia · air quality report · 5 cities
Qatar air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now the 5 cities Airleaf measures in Qatar average AQI 71 (moderate). The worst air is in Doha, at AQI 77, and the cleanest in Umm Ghuwaylīnah, at AQI 66.
None of the 5 measured cities is over AQI 100 today.
Average right now
AQI 71
Moderate
US EPA index, across 5 cities
- cities measured
- 5
- worst air: Doha
- 77
- cleanest air: Umm Ghuwaylīnah
- 66
- average tree cover
- 2.7%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Qatar · average AQI 71
Air quality right now in all 5 cities in Qatar
Moderate
Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin
2 km around Sumaysimah
Air quality now
AQI 74
0.7%
tree cover
72.5K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Umm Ghuwaylīnah
2 km around Doha
Air quality now
AQI 66
1.6%
tree cover
85.1K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Ar Rayyān
2 km around Al-Rayyan
Air quality now
AQI 67
5.6%
tree cover
76.7K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Lusail
2 km around Lusail
Air quality now
AQI 73
0.2%
tree cover
90.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Across the country
How clean is the air across Qatar today?
None of the 5 measured cities is over AQI 100 today. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
5 measured cities
- Moderate5 (100%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How does Qatar compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of Qatar average cleaner air than 26% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 5%.
Cleaner air than…
- Qatar
- Beats 26%
More tree cover than…
- Qatar
- Beats 5%
See the most polluted and cleanest air rankings for every country.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qatar lost?
There was almost no forest in Qatar 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
Qatar as a whole
0.1% of Qatar was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 343.3M trees across 343K hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Frequently asked
Air quality in Qatar: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Qatar today?
Right now the 5 cities Airleaf measures in Qatar average AQI 71 (moderate). The worst air is in Doha, at AQI 77, and the cleanest in Umm Ghuwaylīnah, at AQI 66. None of the 5 measured cities is over AQI 100 today.
Which city in Qatar has the worst air right now?
Doha, at AQI 77 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Which city in Qatar has the cleanest air right now?
Umm Ghuwaylīnah, at AQI 66 (Moderate). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Qatar has at least three cities with one.
Is the air in Qatar safe to breathe today?
It depends on the city. 5 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 71: Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Qatar?
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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