Air Pollution in Australia

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Current Air Quality
70
Moderate
on Thursday, Aug 20th 2026, 01:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
151
Brisbane
2
105
Forest Lake
3
100
Coorparoo
4
72
Armidale
5
59
Gawler
6
56
Darwin
7
53
Bracken Ridge
8
53
Westmead
9
43
Traralgon
10
42
Goulburn
11
40
Hornsby
12
39
Bathurst
13
39
Adelaide
14
35
Mackay
15
35
Toowoomba
16
34
Quakers Hill
17
34
Bunbury
18
33
Tamworth
19
31
Palmerston
20
29
Casula
21
27
Busselton
22
27
Cranebrook
23
25
Morphett Vale
24
22
Cairns
25
21
Orange
26
21
Wodonga
27
20
Mount Isa
28
20
Kew
29
20
Punchbowl
30
19
Umina Beach
31
19
Sydney Central Business District
32
18
Rochedale South
33
17
Townsville
34
17
Hobart
35
16
Gladstone
36
15
Newcastle
37
15
Springfield Lakes
38
15
Wollongong
39
15
Cabramatta
40
15
Coogee
41
15
Werribee
42
15
Carlton
43
14
Wollongong city centre
44
13
Broken Hill
45
13
Maroochydore

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
1
Dubbo
2
1
Griffith
3
3
Canberra
4
3
Melton West
5
6
Willetton
6
6
Albany
7
6
Adelaide city centre
8
6
Port Macquarie
9
7
Carlingford
10
7
Bendigo
11
7
Mascot
12
7
Nerang
13
8
Brighton
14
8
Seven Hills
15
8
Ellenbrook
16
8
Hurstville
17
8
Coffs Harbour
18
9
Carindale
19
9
Launceston
20
9
Sunshine West
21
10
Earlwood
22
10
Mandurah
23
10
Boronia
24
10
Geelong
25
10
Southport
26
10
Saint Ives
27
10
Mosman
28
11
Balwyn North
29
11
St Clair
30
11
Mooroolbark
31
12
Mildura
32
12
Marrickville
33
12
Upper Coomera
34
12
Scarborough
35
12
Caroline Springs
36
12
Sydney
37
12
Point Cook
38
12
Doncaster
39
12
Ballarat
40
12
Hoppers Crossing
41
12
Bundoora
42
13
Geraldton
43
13
Dandenong
44
13
Maryborough
45
13
Burnie
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Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
62
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
58
 🇰🇪 Kenya
65
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
19
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
57
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
24
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
72
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
47
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
45
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar
53
 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
38
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
153
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
40
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
131
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
23
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
28
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
36
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
107
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
61
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
51

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
88
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
73
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
20
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
 🇨🇳 China
151
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
75
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
34
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
17
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
38
 🇮🇳 India
140
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
131
 🇯🇵 Japan
55
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
80
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
32
 🇱🇦 Laos
11
 🇲🇴 Macao
25
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
118
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
50
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
40
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
100
 🇵🇭 Philippines
98
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
78
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
53
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
149
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
67
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
86
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
38
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
108
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
118
 🇸🇬 Singapore
87
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
32
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
14
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
63
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
157
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
47
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
95
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
26
 🇹🇷 Turkey
93
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
152
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
44
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
50
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
36
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
18
 🇫🇷 France
56
 🇩🇪 Germany
83
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
30
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
22
 🇬🇷 Greece
59
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
39
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
61
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
28
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
14
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
20
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
17
 🇱🇻 Latvia
6
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
36
 🇲🇹 Malta
37
 🇲🇨 Monaco
55
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
40
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
36
 🇵🇱 Poland
40
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
39
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
50
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
38
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
28
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
20
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
21
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
45
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
46
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
18
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
24
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
19
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
18
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
22
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
42
 🇷🇴 Romania
44
 🇷🇺 Russia
64
 🇸🇲 San Marino
54
 🇷🇸 Serbia
51
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
34
 🇪🇸 Spain
104
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
42
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
21
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
41
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
53
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
26
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
83
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
20
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
20
 🇲🇽 Mexico
85
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
24
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
23
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
29
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
29
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
3
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
25
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
41
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
95

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
70
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
13
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
31
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
27
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
74
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
29
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
88
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
46
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
57
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
69
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.



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