Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
132
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Sunday, Nov 9th 2025, 10:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
158
Yateley
2
153
Dartford
3
151
London
4
139
Morden
5
132
Bath
6
132
Bayswater
7
131
Hounslow
8
124
Holloway
9
122
Battersea
10
116
Eccles
11
114
Chesterfield
12
114
Rayleigh
13
99
Earlsfield
14
99
East Molesey
15
97
Leeds
16
97
City of Westminster
17
97
Tonbridge
18
94
Bolton
19
93
Poulton-le-Fylde
20
92
Chapeltown
21
88
Ramsgate
22
87
Christchurch
23
84
Brixton
24
82
Haywards Heath
25
80
Beckenham
26
78
Longsight
27
78
Fareham
28
74
Rotherham
29
74
Coventry
30
72
Westbury
31
71
Kidlington
32
70
Norwich
33
69
Royal Tunbridge Wells
34
68
Burngreave
35
68
Welling
36
67
Loughborough
37
67
Leighton Buzzard
38
66
Dinnington
39
65
Sheffield
40
64
Aston
41
64
Bexley
42
63
Royston
43
63
Gillingham
44
63
Newbury
45
63
Hailsham
46
63
Acton
47
62
Pontypridd
48
62
Windsor
49
61
Woking
50
61
Cheadle Hulme

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
4
Heavitree
2
5
Basingstoke
3
6
Rhosllanerchrugog
4
6
Ballymena
5
10
Cheltenham
6
11
Radcliffe
7
11
Dunstable
8
12
Stretford
9
12
Hazel Grove
10
13
Walkden
11
13
Exmouth
12
13
Brighton
13
16
Inverness
14
16
Kingswood
15
16
Salisbury
16
17
Leek
17
18
Nailsea
18
18
Gloucester
19
18
Newton Mearns
20
18
Swindon
21
19
Penicuik
22
19
Saltash
23
19
East Kilbride
24
21
Hayes
25
21
Swansea
26
21
Orpington
27
21
Seaford
28
21
Derry
29
21
Ayr
30
22
Guildford
31
23
Edinburgh
32
23
Briton Ferry
33
24
Swanscombe
34
24
Kirkcaldy
35
25
Middlesbrough
36
25
Newtownabbey
37
26
Barnstaple
38
26
Chislehurst
39
26
Portishead
40
27
Hamilton
41
27
Peacehaven
42
28
Cumbernauld
43
28
Bearsden
44
29
Devizes
45
29
Perth
46
30
Oxford
47
30
Hampton
48
30
Stockton-on-Tees
49
30
Bathgate
50
30
Lisburn
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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
74
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya
50
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
15
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
17
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
39
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
52
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
56
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
29
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
88
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
12
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
170
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
70
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
5
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
48
 🇨🇳 China
171
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
106
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
79
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
42
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
61
 🇮🇳 India
457
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
309
 🇯🇵 Japan
65
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
106
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
59
 🇲🇴 Macao
112
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
71
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
51
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
35
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
78
 🇵🇭 Philippines
62
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
73
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
97
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
121
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
77
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
85
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
23
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
133
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
13
 🇸🇬 Singapore
79
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
49
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
114
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
78
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
76
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
61
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
84
 🇹🇷 Turkey
150
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
121
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
81
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
39
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
133
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
53
 🇫🇷 France
114
 🇩🇪 Germany
147
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
27
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
61
 🇬🇷 Greece
194
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
76
 🇭🇺 Hungary
105
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
129
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
74
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
40
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
41
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
62
 🇱🇻 Latvia
54
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
120
 🇲🇹 Malta
48
 🇲🇨 Monaco
53
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
44
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
118
 🇵🇱 Poland
164
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
34
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
11
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
54
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
47
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
64
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
32
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
102
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
113
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
31
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
25
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
36
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
45
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
10
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
17
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
68
 🇷🇴 Romania
67
 🇷🇺 Russia
67
 🇸🇲 San Marino
104
 🇷🇸 Serbia
143
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
105
 🇪🇸 Spain
75
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
77
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
70
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
143
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
24
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
13
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
38
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
45
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
21
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
35
 🇲🇽 Mexico
115
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
28
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
62
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
36
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
44
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
38
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
12
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
9
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
92

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
44
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
28
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
25
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
6
 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
50
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
38
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
44
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay
48
 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
53
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
61
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
54
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
61
 🇸🇷 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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