Air Pollution in China

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Current Air Quality
190
Unhealthy
on Monday, Oct 12th 2026, 17:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
211
Juye
2
199
Renqiu
3
196
Dingtao
4
193
Baoding
5
190
Heze
6
189
Changqing
7
186
Gaomi
8
185
Liaocheng
9
185
Feicheng
10
179
Shengli
11
178
Linqu
12
178
Dingzhou
13
177
Pingyin
14
176
Xintai
15
176
Beijing
16
175
Jiehu
17
175
Daxing
18
174
Yanta
19
173
Yanzhou
20
172
Tongzhou
21
172
Wenshang
22
172
Mentougou
23
171
Fangshan
24
170
Langfang
25
170
Shouguang
26
170
Xindian
27
170
Qingzhou
28
170
Jining
29
170
Suozhen
30
169
Shancheng
31
168
Tai’an
32
168
Liangxiang
33
168
Shanting
34
167
Chengde
35
167
Cangzhou
36
166
Jinan
37
165
Shunyi
38
165
Boshan
39
164
Luancheng
40
164
Ningyang
41
163
Yanggu
42
163
Qufu
43
163
Dongdu
44
163
Zoucheng
45
161
Sishui
46
161
Changping
47
160
Pingyi
48
160
Weifang
49
159
Mingshui
50
159
Mengyin

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
34
Huayin
2
36
Zhangjiakou
3
37
Hanzhong
4
44
Taizhou
5
46
Tongchuanshi
6
49
Huai'an
7
50
Xianyang
8
53
Rizhao
9
53
Wenchang
10
53
Sanya
11
53
Wanning
12
53
Yangzhou
13
55
Suzhou
14
55
Jinjiang
15
55
Yancheng
16
57
Qingdao
17
59
Qionghai
18
59
Weinan
19
59
Lintong
20
59
Lincheng
21
61
Lianzhou
22
61
Qiongshan
23
62
Changzhou
24
62
Tianfu
25
63
Mudu
26
63
Nanping
27
63
Haikou
28
63
Shantou
29
63
Xiuying
30
63
Wuxi
31
64
Xucheng
32
64
Jimo
33
65
Chenghua
34
65
Sanming
35
65
Haimen
36
65
Dongcun
37
65
Jiashan
38
68
Hepo
39
68
Zhenjiang
40
68
Jiaozhou
41
68
Heyuan
42
69
Xinpu
43
70
Donghai
44
71
Quanzhou
45
71
Xiamen
46
72
Yongchuan
47
72
Jiangkou
48
72
Nanjing
49
72
Shanwei
50
72
Yangchun
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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 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
66
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
62
 🇰🇪 Kenya
57
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
42
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
73
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
42
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
55
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
49
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
111
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
41
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
41
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
86
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
17
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
9
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
79
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
60
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
76
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
130
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
66
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
15
 🇨🇳 China
190
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
54
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
47
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
25
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
72
 🇮🇳 India
154
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
98
 🇯🇵 Japan
75
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
105
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
40
 🇱🇦 Laos
80
 🇲🇴 Macao
76
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
161
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
74
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
51
 🇵🇭 Philippines
59
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
26
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
30
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
343
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
54
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
87
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
62
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
19
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
79
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
95
 🇸🇬 Singapore
182
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
63
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
64
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
69
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
101
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
78
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
50
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
96
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
72
 🇹🇷 Turkey
134
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
140
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
48
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
47
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
52
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
13
 🇫🇷 France
46
 🇩🇪 Germany
101
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
30
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
31
 🇬🇷 Greece
34
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
31
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
60
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
50
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
9
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
22
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
17
 🇱🇻 Latvia
10
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
30
 🇲🇹 Malta
33
 🇲🇨 Monaco
28
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
35
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
52
 🇵🇱 Poland
51
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
22
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
33
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
19
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
7
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
22
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
20
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
37
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
36
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
10
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
14
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
13
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
6
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
13
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
14
 🇷🇴 Romania
40
 🇷🇺 Russia
56
 🇸🇲 San Marino
57
 🇷🇸 Serbia
55
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
38
 🇪🇸 Spain
59
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
15
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
45
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
41
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
10
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
56
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
6
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
16
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
23
 🇲🇽 Mexico
75
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
21
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
34
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
16
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
24
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
17
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
61

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
58
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
15
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
17
 🇳🇺 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
6
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
43
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
11
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
53
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
43
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
31
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
1
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru 🇸🇷 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.