PM2.5 stands for particulate matter 2.5 microns or smaller. These particles are 30 times thinner than a human hair and come from car exhaust, power plants, wildfires, and burning fuel. They are small enough to bypass your body's natural defenses and enter your bloodstream.

How does air pollution affect the body?

Air pollution affects virtually every organ in the body. PM2.5 particles enter your lungs, pass into your bloodstream, and travel to your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and other organs. This causes chronic inflammation, increasing risks of heart disease, stroke, lung cancer, dementia, and many other conditions.

How many people are affected by air pollution?

99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds WHO safety guidelines. Air pollution kills approximately 8 million people every year—more than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Algeria's Aïn Témouchent Air Pollution Report

Overview

Air Pollution in Aïn Témouchent

Aïn Témouchent faces significant air pollution challenges. 0% of districts exceed the WHO guideline for clean air. This is putting 495 thousand across 28 districts at risk.

The average PM2.5 over 2023 was 4.2µg/m³. That's 0.8 times the WHO guideline for clean air of 5µg/m³.

This is equivalent of everybody, including children, smoking about 70 cigarettes in a year.

Trends

Air Quality Trend

Annual PM2.5 levels from 2014 to 2023. The WHO guideline for safe air is 5 µg/m³.

Health Impact

Life Expectancy Impact

If Aïn Témouchent met the WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³, the average person would live 0 years longer.

That's 0 years of life stolen from 495 thousand people. Years of watching children grow up. Years of building a career. Years of quiet mornings and celebrations.

Lives cut short. Breathing kills.

Most Polluted

Districts with Highest Pollution

The top 10 most polluted districts in Aïn Témouchent. These areas face the greatest health burden from air pollution.

1.Tamzoura
0 years lost
2.Beni Saf
0 years lost
3.Oued Sebbah
0 years lost
4.Oued Berkeche
0 years lost
5.Aoubellil
0 years lost
6.Bou Zedjar
0 years lost
7.Ain Temouchent
0 years lost
8.Hassasna
0 years lost
9.Aghlal
0 years lost
10.Sidi Safi
0 years lost

Exposure

Population Exposure by Pollution Level

Distribution of population across different PM2.5 pollution levels. The WHO guideline is 5 µg/m³—only populations below this threshold are breathing safe air.

< 5 µg/m³

100%

495K

5-10 µg/m³

10-15 µg/m³

15-25 µg/m³

25-35 µg/m³

> 35 µg/m³

Districts

All 28 Districts in Aïn Témouchent

Complete air quality data for every district in Aïn Témouchent, sorted by population.

District	Population	PM2.5 µg/m³
Ain Temouchent	86K	4.3
Beni Saf	57K	4.7
Hammam Bouhadjar	46K	3.9
El Amria	30K	3.9
El Malah	28K	3.9
Oulhaca El Gheraba	24K	4.2
Sidi Ben Adda	19K	4.1
Chaabet El Ham	19K	4.0
Ain El Arbaa	19K	4.2
Ain Tolba	17K	4.1
Hassi El Ghella	16K	3.8
Oued Sebbah	15K	4.5
Tamzoura	13K	4.8
Ain Kihel	13K	4.2
Terga	11K	4.0
Sidi Safi	10K	4.3
Aghlal	10K	4.3
Ouled Boudjemaa	9K	4.1
Sidi Ouriache\|Tadmaya	8K	3.9
Aoubellil	6K	4.4
El Messaid	6K	4.0
Oued Berkeche	6K	4.5
Emir Abdelkader	6K	4.1
Hassasna	5K	4.3
Bou Zedjar	5K	4.4
Ouled Kihel	4K	4.1
Sidi Boumediene	4K	3.9
Chentouf	4K	4.0

Showing 28 districts, sorted by population (largest first). PM2.5 values are for 2023. Years lost calculated against WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

Breathing in Aïn Témouchent is Injurious to Health.