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Air Quality in Brazil

Air quality can vary considerably across Brazil because weather, local emissions, geography and regional transport can change from place to place and from day to day. AirQualityIndex.org monitors air-quality information from more than 25,000 monitoring locations worldwide. This country comparison page currently lists 70 major cities and locations across Brazil, including Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte. Each listed location links to its own detailed air-quality page, while locations outside this comparison catalogue can be explored through Air Quality Near Me.

Use the search and filters to focus on a city type or AQI category, then sort the table by AQI, PM2.5, PM10, ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), data source or update time. Select any city to open its detailed air-quality page. Current values may include model-derived estimates and, where enabled, monitoring-station information; the displayed source should be considered when interpreting the results. The comparison catalogue is intentionally smaller than the wider AirQualityIndex.org monitoring-location database so the page remains fast and easy to use.

MONITORING COVERAGE

70 monitoring locations represented across Brazil

The markers show the geographic spread of locations in this country comparison catalogue. The wider AirQualityIndex.org data system covers more than 25,000 monitoring locations globally.

Brasilia · CapitalSao Paulo · Major cityRio de Janeiro · Major cityBelo Horizonte · Major citySalvador · Major cityFortaleza · Major cityManaus · Major cityCuritiba · Major cityRecife · Major cityGoiânia · Major cityBelém · Major cityPorto Alegre · Major cityGuarulhos · Major cityMaceió · Major cityCampinas · Major citySão Luís · Major cityCampo Grande · Major cityNatal · Major cityTeresina · Major cityDuque de Caxias · Major cityNova Iguaçu · Major citySão Bernardo do Campo · Major cityJoão Pessoa · Major citySorocaba · Major cityUberlândia · Major cityOsasco · Major citySão José dos Campos · Major cityRibeirão Preto · Major cityAracaju · Major cityJoinville · Major citySanto André · Major cityJaboatão dos Guararapes · Major cityContagem · Major cityCuiabá · Major cityFeira de Santana · Major cityLondrina · Major cityPorto Velho · Major cityJuiz de Fora · Major cityAnanindeua · Major cityAparecida de Goiânia · Major citySerra · Major cityBelford Roxo · Major cityNiterói · Major cityMacapá · Major cityFlorianópolis · Major cityCampos dos Goytacazes · Major citySão José do Rio Preto · Major cityCaxias do Sul · Major citySão João de Meriti · Major cityCampina Grande · Major cityJundiaí · Major cityPiracicaba · Major cityMontes Claros · Major cityBarra da Tijuca · Major cityBoa Vista · Major cityRio Branco · Major citySantos · Major cityPetrolina · Major cityMauá · Major cityMaringá · Major cityDiadema · Major cityCaruaru · Major cityVitória da Conquista · Major cityVila Velha · Major cityBauru · Major cityCarapicuíba · Major cityGrajaú · Major cityBetim · Major cityCaucaia · Major cityCariacica · Major city
PAST 12 MONTHS

Historical & seasonal air-quality pattern

Monthly values summarize US AQI model estimates across up to four representative locations in Brazil. They show broad seasonal movement rather than a regulatory national average.

54Lowest month · Jan5912-month average63Highest month · Aug
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Average 59
59
Oct
63
Nov
62
Dec
54
Jan
56
Feb
63
Mar
62
Apr
57
May
57
Jun
58
Jul
63
Aug
59
Sep
Sources: Open-Meteo Air Quality API / Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
LATEST COVERAGE

Related air-quality news and articles

Recent external headlines are retrieved from Google News RSS and filtered for Brazil plus AQI, air quality or air pollution. Results are cached and linked to the news result/publisher.
LIVE CITY COMPARISON

Compare air quality across Brazil

The table below brings current AQI and major pollutant indicators together for the locations in this country comparison catalogue. Search for a city, filter by location type or AQI category, or select any column heading to rank the results. Each city name opens its detailed air-quality page for additional context, source information and related resources.

70listed locations
—with current AQI
Livecached comparison
50rows per page
Click a column heading to sort
Location ↕AQI ↕Status ↕PM2.5 ↕PM10 ↕O₃ ↕NO₂ ↕Data ↕Updated ↕
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Data sources and methods are identified within the relevant sections of this page. AirQualityIndex.org gratefully acknowledges OpenAQ for supporting broad access to air-quality information.