Kuwait City - Post Report Question and Answers
What is the air quality like at post (good/moderate/bad)? Are there seasonal air quality issues? Does the air quality have an impact on health?
There are dust storms in the summer. My wife and I didn't have any issues. - May 2023
Air quality is moderate, somedays could be bad. I think during sand storm season (May-June) and sometimes in the fall there are days with bad air quality. - May 2023
Poor air quality many days of the year. It is mostly sand but some pollution as well. If you are sensitive to pollution, you will have a hard time. - Apr 2022
Air quality can be bad and is a major concern for most. The Embassy has an air quality monitor. Some days the air quality is great (60 AQI), some days it's horrible (160+ AQI). - Feb 2020
See above. - Nov 2018
See the above comments. - Mar 2017
Bad. It is often dusty throughout the year. Yes, many people have respiratory problems, colds linger. - Aug 2016
It's the desert and as such it's dusty. Especially during the summer. - Jun 2015
Blowing dust and sand - generally unhealthy. - Mar 2015
Rotten egg smell near the refineries. You can catch a bad wind occasionally depending on where you live. 5 or 6 sandstorms stir up allergies. Usually the fine dust settles by about the 2nd or 3rd day. Pretty decent otherwise (however I don't live or work anywhere near a refinery). - Dec 2013
Very unhealthy during dust storms, but okay the rest of the time. - May 2013
The dust storms March - May were undersold in previous descriptions that I read about Kuwait. They will alter your lifestyle when they occur. There may be some outside of these months, but they are few. - Feb 2013
Good, except during the dust storms, when it it BAD. - Jan 2013
Moderate. Dust season (approx Feb to April) can be difficult, particularly if you have allergies or asthma. There is very little industrial air pollution though. It is much cleaner air than many major world cities. No burning trash, etc. - May 2012
The dusty, hazy air has been a concern, but neither I nor my husband, nor our two children have had any infections or illnesses due to the dust. Occasionally we get allergy symptoms if a particularly bad storm comes through. - May 2012
We lived in Fahaheel, where the air quality is often terrible because the oil refineries are nearby and oil is in the air. Add that to the dust that has many people on nebulizers one a month. - Jan 2012
Unhealthy air quaility due to random dust storms. - Jul 2010
It can range from moderate on a clear day to very unhealthy during one of the frequent sand storms. - Jul 2010
