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Air quality in Iran

Capital: TehranPersian, KurdishUpdated October 2026
40µg/m³ national average

Air quality in Iran

People in Iran breathe an average of 40 µg/m³ of PM2.5 (2023), 8× the WHO guideline. Severely polluted.

Air quality by place in Iran

Measured annual averages from the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database.

PlacePM2.5YearLevel
Tabriz20 µg/m³2020Polluted
Shiraz25 µg/m³2020Polluted
Yazd29 µg/m³2020Very polluted
Mashhad29 µg/m³2020Very polluted
Isfahan29.9 µg/m³2016Very polluted
Tehran31 µg/m³2020Very polluted

Air quality by place

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