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Accra ranks among top 10 most polluted major cities in Africa today: See rank
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Air pollution from vehicle exhaust pipe on roadToa55/Getty Images Accra traffic Global rankMajor city, country/regionAQI⁺ US30Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo8633Cairo, Egypt8156Accra, Ghana6462Addis Ababa, Ethiopia5964Nairobi, Kenya5870Algiers, Algeria5372Dakar, Senegal5380Kampala, Uganda5084Johannesburg, SouthAccra has been ranked among the top 10 most polluted major cities in Africa in IQAir’s latest live air quality ranking, recording a US AQI of 64 in the October 7, 2026 snapshot.
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