Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Monitoring Network
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About 16 stations in one of the world's most polluted capitals publish their readings openly, with a health-based index since 2018. The winter smog stopped being an argument and became a number.
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The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ Ulaanbaatar city profile · 🌫️ Air quality guide · 📡 Data & IoT projects
In one of the world's most polluted capitals, national agency NAMEM and the city's Air Pollution Reduction Department run about 16 monitoring sites measuring PM2.5, PM10, SO2 and NO2. Real-time readings and, since 2018, a health-based air quality index are published publicly on agaar.mn.
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Continuous, openly published readings turned the city's winter smog from an argument into a measurable, accountable number.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Ulaanbaatar Air Quality Monitoring Network” — Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/ulaanbaatar-air-monitoring/ (last verified 2026-07-19). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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