Laayoune
2 km around Laayoune
Air quality now
AQI 19
0.1%
tree cover
93.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Africa · air quality report · 3 cities
Western Sahara air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now the 3 cities Airleaf measures in Western Sahara average AQI 26 (good). The worst air is in Dakhla, at AQI 29, and the cleanest in Laayoune, at AQI 19.
None of the 3 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air.
Average right now
AQI 26
Good
US EPA index, across 3 cities
- cities measured
- 3
- worst air: Dakhla
- 29
- cleanest air: Laayoune
- 19
- average tree cover
- 0.033%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Western Sahara · average AQI 26
Air quality right now in all 3 cities in Western Sahara
Across the country
How clean is the air across Western Sahara today?
None of the 3 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
3 measured cities
- Good3 (100%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How does Western Sahara compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of Western Sahara average cleaner air than 91% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 0%.
Cleaner air than…
- Western Sahara
- Beats 91%
More tree cover than…
- Western Sahara
- Beats 0%
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Western Sahara lost?
There was almost no forest in Western Sahara 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
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Frequently asked
Air quality in Western Sahara: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Western Sahara today?
Right now the 3 cities Airleaf measures in Western Sahara average AQI 26 (good). The worst air is in Dakhla, at AQI 29, and the cleanest in Laayoune, at AQI 19. None of the 3 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 100% have Good air.
Which city in Western Sahara has the worst air right now?
Dakhla, at AQI 29 (Good) on the US EPA index. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Which city in Western Sahara has the cleanest air right now?
Laayoune, at AQI 19 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Western Sahara has at least three cities with one.
Is the air in Western Sahara safe to breathe today?
It depends on the city. 3 cities are Good. At the national average of AQI 26: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Western Sahara?
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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