Air Pollution in China

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Current Air Quality
170
Unhealthy
on Tuesday, Sep 22nd 2026, 07:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
187
Kaifeng
2
185
Suixi
3
182
Shancheng
4
177
Bozhou
5
170
Baoding
6
168
Anyang
7
165
Xinji
8
164
Dingzhou
9
163
Langfang
10
163
Yigou
11
163
Hengshui
12
163
Pingxiang
13
162
Luohe
14
160
Huaibei
15
158
Lengshuitan
16
157
Xiazhen
17
156
Dingtao
18
156
Handan
19
156
Heze
20
155
Hangzhou
21
155
Chenzhou
22
154
Juye
23
154
Zhoukou
24
153
Jinhua
25
152
Yanggu
26
152
Xuchang
27
151
Jining
28
151
Qingnian
29
151
Pingyi
30
151
Renqiu
31
149
Linfen
32
147
Yangcun
33
147
Zhengzhou
34
144
Yanta
35
142
Songling
36
142
Pingdingshan
37
139
Yichun
38
137
Bengbu
39
137
Wusong
40
137
Xuanzhou
41
137
Yangliuqing
42
137
Taiyuan
43
137
Qufu
44
137
Shanhaiguan
45
134
Daxing
46
132
Fuyang
47
132
Huai'an
48
132
Sanshui
49
129
Tongzhou
50
129
Tianjin

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
10
Yichang
2
16
Wulingyuan
3
18
Dazhou
4
19
Hulan
5
20
Wanxian
6
21
Shangri-La
7
23
Zhaotong
8
25
Hanzhong
9
25
Ezhou
10
25
Fuling
11
27
Altay
12
29
Rizhao
13
30
Changde
14
30
Guangyuan
15
30
Huicheng
16
31
Shihezi
17
31
Huanggang
18
33
Jiayuguan
19
34
Nagqu
20
34
Zunyi
21
34
Qingdao
22
34
Pingdu
23
34
Dali
24
34
Yueyang
25
34
Linyi
26
34
Dandong
27
34
Anbu
28
35
Dalian
29
36
Liaoyuan
30
38
Longgang
31
38
Baicheng
32
38
Suining
33
38
Huangshi
34
38
Lhasa
35
39
Karamay
36
39
Puning
37
39
Tongliao
38
40
Jieyang
39
42
Ninghai
40
42
Siping
41
42
Yibin
42
42
Jiamusi
43
42
Xilin Hot
44
42
Huaihua
45
42
Wuchuan
46
42
Qingyang
47
42
Jimo
48
42
Benxi
49
42
Xianning
50
42
Mingshui
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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
68
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
55
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
65
 🇰🇪 Kenya
122
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
34
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
78
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
54
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
67
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
55
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
122
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
18
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
115
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
12
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
30
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
57
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
72
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
98
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
70

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
141
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
72
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
8
 🇨🇳 China
170
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
52
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
30
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
14
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
51
 🇮🇳 India
164
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
186
 🇯🇵 Japan
54
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
82
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
38
 🇲🇴 Macao
63
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
156
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
60
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
34
 🇵🇭 Philippines
67
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
39
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
66
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
234
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
50
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
75
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
80
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
21
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
95
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
94
 🇸🇬 Singapore
87
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
38
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
20
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
43
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
65
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
117
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
41
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
84
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
59
 🇹🇷 Turkey
81
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
120
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
34
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
40
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
27
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
20
 🇫🇷 France
52
 🇩🇪 Germany
53
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
21
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
19
 🇬🇷 Greece
60
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
40
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
62
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
69
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
14
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
17
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
10
 🇱🇻 Latvia
5
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
43
 🇲🇹 Malta
61
 🇲🇨 Monaco
20
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
26
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
31
 🇵🇱 Poland
31
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
40
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
17
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
23
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
29
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
19
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
11
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
33
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
34
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
19
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
14
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
17
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
6
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
22
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
26
 🇷🇴 Romania
28
 🇷🇺 Russia
91
 🇸🇲 San Marino
39
 🇷🇸 Serbia
66
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
11
 🇪🇸 Spain
70
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
26
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
22
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
66
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
67
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
27
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
51
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
7
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
16
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
21
 🇲🇽 Mexico
81
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
26
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
31
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
26
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
38
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
59
 🇵🇦 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
65
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
70

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
61
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
23
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
18
 🇳🇺 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
13
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
66
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
28
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
49
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
56
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
127
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
47
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
33
 🇸🇷 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.