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. 2021 Jul 14;74:103170. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103170

Table 4.

Averages of AQI, PM2.5 (μg/m3), and NO2 (1E15 molecules/cm2) before, during, and after the month of Ramadan 2020 (24 April to 23 May).

City, Country One month before Ramadan During Ramadan One month after Ramadan
PM2.5 NO2 AQI PM2.5 NO2 AQI PM2.5 NO2 AQI
Algiers, Algeria 18.57 1.72 64.35 16.64 1.66 60.30 17.99 1.87 63.34
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 18.77 0.52 61.86 17.82 0.54 62.03 23.47 0.45 74.71
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 22.24 2.53 68.27 23.03 2.15 72.13 34.07 2.43 97.25
Kuwait City, Kuwait 26.95 4.43 82.00 41.70 4.53 106.55 41.99 4.86 108.65
Baghdad, Iraq 34.26 2.30 95.29 23.73 3.16 74.03 80.71 3.28 80.71
Manama, Bahrain 41.56 n.a. 111.13 44.08 n.a. 117.59 39.30 n.a. 107.47
Khartoum, Sudan 78.31 0.89 149.09 53.31 1.01 121.79 60.90 1.12 130.54
Islamabad, Pakistan 28.08 1.99 84.98 27.15 2.36 83.01 31.58 2.77 92.73
Jakarta, Indonesia 48.05 1.74 122.85 51.10 1.53 128.95 54.90 1.91 97.14