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Air Pollution in Nigeria
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI)

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Current Air Quality
46
Good
on Saturday, May 18th 2024, 23:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
81
Abuja
2
74
Benin City
3
50
Calabar
4
14
Ebute Ikorodu
5
13
Osogbo
6
-
Lagos
7
-
Ikeja
8
-
Port Harcourt

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
-
Auchi
2
-
Makoko
3
-
Ibadan
4
-
Maiduguri
5
-
Akure
6
-
Kaduna
7
-
Port Harcourt
8
-
Ikeja
Good
Moderate
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous

Air Pollution in Nigeria
Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI)

There is a good reason to worry about the Air Quality in Nigerai, as it ranks 152th (out of 180 countries) at the Environmental Performance Index for Air Quality.

Furthermore, according to the most recent World Health Organization air pollution database 2016 the air quality in several cities in Nigeria reaches PM2.5 concentrations from unhealthy to hazardous levels:

CityPM2.5 Conc.PM2.5 AQIHealth ImpactYearMeausrement
Aba373
416
Hazardous20091 station, NA
Abakaliki88
168
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Afikpo72
159
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Enugu115
182
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Ile-Ife103
175
Unhealthy20101 station, University campus
Kaduna423
449
Hazardous20132 stations, industrial area
Nnewi57
151
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Nsukka117
183
Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Onitsha594
500
Hazardous20091 station, NA
Orlu52
142
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups20091 station, NA
Owerri158
208
Very Unhealthy20091 station, NA
Umuahia274
324
Hazardous20091 station, N
(Source: WHO (World Health Organization) Ambient (outdoor) air pollution database 2016)

Public Air Quality Information availability

Unfortunately, there is not any kind of information available from the Federal Ministry of the Environment (www.environment.gov.ng) about Air Quality, whether it relates to a possible monitoring network, or to the actual values recorded by this monitoring network. To our current knowledge, there should most likely not be any kind of automated monitoring network avaiable.

There is unfortunatley, not any information either from the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.

Looking at other Environmental agencies in Nigeria (source),

A schoolboy walks through smoke and fumes emitted from a waste dump in the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt
(photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images, courtesy of WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health 2018)

Air Quality Forecast

Air quality historical data

NIMET, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria
Ministry of Science and tech, Abuja, Nigeria
University of Ilorin - CAR, Ilorin, Nigeria
UNILAG main gate area, lagos Nigeria
Ibadan Study OUTSIDE (SL052)
Benin Airport Nimet Office
Mariere Hall, unilag
Egbeda, Lagos, Nigeria
Bayero University, Kano - CAR
Ibadan 16outside
Space Environment Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, Abuja, Nigeria.
Ita Elewa Primary HealthCare Centre, Ikorodu
UNILAG AQMRG
EDOGIS
Iba Town Rd, Ojo 102101, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 9outside
Eric Maiduguri road
Banana Island, Lagos, Nigeria
FECA, Akure
Gadson, Akure
Oshodi lagos
LAMATA, Ikorodu Road, Ketu, Lagos
Ibadan 4outside
Agege, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 8outside
NIMR, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Makoko, Lagos Mainland
Ibadan 18 outside
Ojodu Berger
Ibadan 13outside
Shobayo Close, Araromi, Lagos
Ikorodu AQMRG
Ikeja General Hospital Road, Ikeja, Lagos
Ibadan 23outside
LASEPA Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 10outside
Akoka, lagos Nigeria
APAPA AQMRG
Rivers State University Port Harcourt - CAR
Ibadan 15oustide
Ikotun, Lagos, Nigeria
Ibadan 1outsidee
Space-Earth Environment Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Benin Campus, Benin City, Nigeria.
Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, Lagos Nigeria
Ibadan 12outside
Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria
Atmospheric & Space Weather Research Laboratory, Center for Atmospheric Research, Osun State University Campus, Osogbo, Nigeria.
Calabar
NIMET HQ ABUJA
Ibadan 20 outside
UNILAG Central Research Laboratory, Lagos
Ibadan 7outside
LSDPC housing estate, Ebute Meta, Lagos, Nigeria
EDO STATE SECRETARIAT (PALM HOUSE)
Lagos Island Health Center, Egbe, Lagos, Nigeria
University of Ibadan - CAR, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ibadan 19outside
Ibadan 6outside
Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun - CAR
CRUTECH,Calabar - CAR
Lagos
University of Maiduguri - CAR
Ibadan 11outside
Ibadan Outside Sensor (SL048)
General Hospital Rigasa
Ibadan 22 outside

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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of
76
 🇪🇬 Egypt
167
 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
97
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
61
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
30
 🇰🇪 Kenya
56
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
59
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia
16
 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
18
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
48
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
34
 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
22
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
124
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad
180
 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
76
 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
37
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
154
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
56
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
71
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
21
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
19
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic
61
 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
61
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
147
 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
14
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
21
 🇨🇳 China
182
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
142
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
31
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
34
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
67
 🇮🇳 India
327
 🇮🇷 Iran
166
 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
89
 🇯🇵 Japan
72
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
157
 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
135
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
62
 🇱🇦 Laos
113
 🇲🇴 Macao
63
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
71
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
77
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
80
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
45
 🇵🇭 Philippines
89
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
5
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
46
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
152
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq
76
 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
63
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
68
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
55
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
34
 🇸🇬 Singapore
40
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
54
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
41
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
57
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
215
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
74
 🇹🇷 Turkey
84
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
40
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
87
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
35
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
34
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
40
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
39
 🇫🇷 France
59
 🇩🇪 Germany
87
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
24
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
25
 🇬🇷 Greece
89
 🇬🇬 Guernsey
4
 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
25
 🇭🇺 Hungary
59
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
66
 🇯🇪 Jersey
10
 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
115
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
26
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
40
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
39
 🇱🇻 Latvia
22
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
54
 🇲🇹 Malta
85
 🇲🇨 Monaco
20
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
36
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
83
 🇵🇱 Poland
44
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
28
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
14
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
34
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
32
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
28
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
16
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
31
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
21
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
32
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
25
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
62
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
40
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
43
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
2
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
21
 🇷🇴 Romania
39
 🇷🇺 Russia
60
 🇸🇲 San Marino
53
 🇷🇸 Serbia
43
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
52
 🇪🇸 Spain
59
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
40
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
16
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
95
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba 🇧🇧 Barbados
25
 🇧🇿 Belize
146
 🇧🇲 Bermuda
11
 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
29
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands
11
 🇨🇦 Canada
60
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands
10
 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
37
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada
31
 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
40
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
63
 🇲🇽 Mexico
146
 🇲🇸 Montserrat
11
 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
10
 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
21
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
49
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
47
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
76
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama
31
 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
44
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas
51
 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
47
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands
6
 🇺🇸 United States
122

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
100
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia
5
 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
17
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
36
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga
11
 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
34
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of
58
 🇧🇷 Brazil
100
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
10
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
240
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
68
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
38
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
32
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
65
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela
1

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.



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