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Air quality in Egypt

Capital: CairoArabic, English, FrenchUpdated October 2026
43µg/m³ national average

Air quality in Egypt

People in Egypt breathe an average of 43 µg/m³ of PM2.5 (2023), 9× the WHO guideline. Severely polluted.

Air quality by place in Egypt

Measured annual averages from the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database.

PlacePM2.5YearLevel
Aswan313 µg/m³2016Severely polluted

Air quality by place

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