Sanaa
2 km around Harat Bustan Al-Khair
Air quality now
AQI 42
2.5%
tree cover
86.4K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Asia · air quality report · 7 cities
Yemen air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now the 7 cities Airleaf measures in Yemen average AQI 47 (good). The worst air is in Aden, at AQI 69, and the cleanest in Taiz, at AQI 32.
None of the 7 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 57% have Good air.
Average right now
AQI 47
Good
US EPA index, across 7 cities
- cities measured
- 7
- worst air: Aden
- 69
- cleanest air: Taiz
- 32
- average tree cover
- 2.6%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Yemen · average AQI 47
Air quality right now in all 7 cities in Yemen
Good
Aden
2 km around Crater
Air quality now
AQI 69
0.3%
tree cover
61.1K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Taiz
2 km around Taizz
Air quality now
AQI 32
6.7%
tree cover
73.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Ibb
2 km around Ibb
Air quality now
AQI 38
7.3%
tree cover
71.3K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Al Ḩudaydah
2 km around Al Hudaydah
Air quality now
AQI 56
1.2%
tree cover
83.7K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Mukalla
2 km around Al Mukalla
Air quality now
AQI 55
0.2%
tree cover
87.4K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Dhamār
2 km around حارة حق باز، ذمار، Yemen
Air quality now
AQI 39
0.3%
tree cover
93.3K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Across the country
How clean is the air across Yemen today?
None of the 7 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 57% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
7 measured cities
- Good4 (57%)
- Moderate3 (43%)
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
Against everywhere else
How does Yemen compare with other countries?
Right now the cities of Yemen average cleaner air than 59% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 5%.
Cleaner air than…
- Yemen
- Beats 59%
More tree cover than…
- Yemen
- Beats 5%
See the most polluted and cleanest air rankings for every country.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yemen lost?
Almost no forest has been lost in Yemen since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 127 hectares there in 2000.
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
Yemen as a whole
1.0% of Yemen was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 15.3B trees across 15.3M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Frequently asked
Air quality in Yemen: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Yemen today?
Right now the 7 cities Airleaf measures in Yemen average AQI 47 (good). The worst air is in Aden, at AQI 69, and the cleanest in Taiz, at AQI 32. None of the 7 measured cities is over AQI 100 today, and 57% have Good air.
Which city in Yemen has the worst air right now?
Aden, at AQI 69 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Which city in Yemen has the cleanest air right now?
Taiz, at AQI 32 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Yemen has at least three cities with one.
Is the air in Yemen safe to breathe today?
It depends on the city. 4 cities are Good, 3 cities are Moderate. At the national average of AQI 47: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Yemen?
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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