Air Pollution in Australia

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Current Air Quality
73
Moderate
on Tuesday, Sep 8th 2026, 02:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
160
Brisbane
2
138
Coorparoo
3
122
Gladstone
4
60
Quakers Hill
5
57
Armidale
6
53
Toowoomba
7
52
Westmead
8
51
Mooroolbark
9
47
Tamworth
10
46
Cranebrook
11
46
Launceston
12
46
Kew
13
42
Geelong
14
40
Earlwood
15
39
Dandenong
16
37
Balwyn North
17
36
Traralgon
18
36
Doncaster
19
36
Brighton
20
36
Wollongong city centre
21
34
Mackay
22
33
Hornsby
23
33
Rochedale South
24
32
Bundoora
25
31
St Clair
26
30
Bracken Ridge
27
30
Maroochydore
28
30
Melton West
29
29
Palmerston
30
28
Nerang
31
27
Boronia
32
27
Newcastle
33
27
Southport
34
27
Adelaide
35
26
Carlton
36
26
Marrickville
37
26
Sunshine West
38
26
Upper Coomera
39
25
Coogee
40
25
Punchbowl
41
24
Carindale
42
23
Casula
43
23
Maryborough
44
23
Sydney
45
23
Seven Hills

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
1
Mildura
2
2
Ellenbrook
3
2
Willetton
4
4
Scarborough
5
4
Bunbury
6
4
Busselton
7
5
Adelaide city centre
8
5
Cabramatta
9
5
Albany
10
5
Dubbo
11
5
Griffith
12
6
Mascot
13
7
Geraldton
14
7
Carlingford
15
8
Townsville
16
9
Burnie
17
9
Gawler
18
9
Canberra
19
10
Bendigo
20
10
Hobart
21
11
Umina Beach
22
13
Sydney Central Business District
23
13
Footscray
24
14
Mosman
25
15
Coffs Harbour
26
15
Bathurst
27
17
Orange
28
18
Caroline Springs
29
18
Mount Isa
30
18
Wodonga
31
19
Hoppers Crossing
32
19
Springfield Lakes
33
19
Thornbury
34
20
Werribee
35
20
Goulburn
36
20
Ballarat
37
20
Darwin
38
21
Cairns
39
22
Saint Ives
40
22
Forest Lake
41
22
Point Cook
42
22
Morphett Vale
43
22
Wollongong
44
23
Port Macquarie
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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
49
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
57
 🇰🇪 Kenya
84
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
22
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
52
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
61
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
71
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
67
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
128
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
82
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
27
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
79
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
25
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
52
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
67
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
104
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
94
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
66

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
129
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
85
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
119
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
7
 🇨🇳 China
158
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
121
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
28
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
28
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
63
 🇮🇳 India
163
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
163
 🇯🇵 Japan
50
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
86
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
32
 🇱🇦 Laos
28
 🇲🇴 Macao
41
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
174
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
55
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
41
 🇵🇭 Philippines
61
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
17
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
30
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
168
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
33
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
64
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
22
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
112
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
151
 🇸🇬 Singapore
70
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
36
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
43
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
68
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
109
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
69
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
62
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
55
 🇹🇷 Turkey
75
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
131
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
38
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
55
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
53
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
17
 🇫🇷 France
57
 🇩🇪 Germany
87
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
28
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
31
 🇬🇷 Greece
33
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
38
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
69
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
37
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
18
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
36
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
22
 🇱🇻 Latvia
8
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
46
 🇲🇹 Malta
40
 🇲🇨 Monaco
40
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
49
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
50
 🇵🇱 Poland
43
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
22
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
43
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
20
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
36
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
30
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
33
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
37
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
25
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
13
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
10
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
20
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
14
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
16
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
30
 🇷🇴 Romania
36
 🇷🇺 Russia
65
 🇸🇲 San Marino
59
 🇷🇸 Serbia
54
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
40
 🇪🇸 Spain
77
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
40
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
22
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
38
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
25
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
19
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
33
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
50
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
71
 🇲🇽 Mexico
79
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
24
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
9
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
33
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
34
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
10
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
51
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
55

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
72
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
22
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
16
 🇳🇺 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
18
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
34
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
29
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
77
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
56
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
74
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
79
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQIAir Pollution LevelHealth ImplicationsCautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no riskNone
51 -100ModerateAir 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.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsMembers 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.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effectsActive 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
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth 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+HazardousHealth alert: everyone may experience more serious health effectsEveryone 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.