Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
125
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Sunday, Nov 9th 2025, 11:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
139
Stanford-le-Hope
2
132
Morden
3
129
London
4
128
Fareham
5
127
Hounslow
6
126
Tonbridge
7
124
Bayswater
8
123
Holloway
9
122
Bath
10
118
Chapeltown
11
114
Leeds
12
101
Chesterfield
13
99
Battersea
14
99
Earlsfield
15
97
Yateley
16
97
Ramsgate
17
96
East Molesey
18
94
Dinnington
19
94
Bolton
20
91
Yarm
21
87
City of Westminster
22
86
High Wycombe
23
85
Dartford
24
84
Brixton
25
84
Haywards Heath
26
83
Rotherham
27
80
Beckenham
28
74
Burngreave
29
73
Irlam
30
70
York
31
70
Sheffield
32
70
Christchurch
33
70
Norwich
34
69
Windsor
35
68
Welling
36
68
Chepstow
37
67
Rayleigh
38
66
Westbury
39
65
Camden Town
40
65
Cheadle Hulme
41
64
Congleton
42
64
Leighton Buzzard
43
63
Burgess Hill
44
62
Bexley
45
62
Pontypridd
46
61
Poulton-le-Fylde
47
61
Southampton
48
60
Eccles
49
60
Aberdeen
50
60
King's Lynn

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
4
Bournemouth
2
6
Basingstoke
3
6
Rhosllanerchrugog
4
7
Ballymena
5
8
Taunton
6
8
Cheltenham
7
10
Newtownabbey
8
10
Exmouth
9
11
Radcliffe
10
12
Inverness
11
12
Hazel Grove
12
12
Dunstable
13
12
Stretford
14
13
Walkden
15
13
Brighton
16
14
Guildford
17
14
Kenilworth
18
14
Middlesbrough
19
15
Yate
20
15
Leek
21
16
Kingswood
22
16
Nailsea
23
17
Swanscombe
24
17
Swindon
25
17
Gloucester
26
18
Orpington
27
18
Newton Mearns
28
19
East Kilbride
29
19
Ruislip
30
20
Newcastle under Lyme
31
20
Saltash
32
21
Hayes
33
21
Devizes
34
21
Briton Ferry
35
21
Ayr
36
22
Edinburgh
37
22
Derry
38
22
Chislehurst
39
22
Penicuik
40
23
Salisbury
41
24
Kirkcaldy
42
25
Newbury
43
25
Greenock
44
26
Portishead
45
26
Calne
46
27
Hale
47
27
Hamilton
48
27
Wrexham
49
28
Bearsden
50
28
Cumbernauld
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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
65
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
72
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya
48
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
13
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
36
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
34
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
46
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
65
 🇨🇲 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
37
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
72
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
15
 🇸🇭 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
177
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
69
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
12
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
38
 🇨🇳 China
172
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
123
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
79
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
35
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
82
 🇮🇳 India
469
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
320
 🇯🇵 Japan
64
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
101
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
29
 🇲🇴 Macao
107
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
69
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
40
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
38
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
78
 🇵🇭 Philippines
56
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
72
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
104
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
118
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
67
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
94
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
32
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
140
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
12
 🇸🇬 Singapore
77
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
34
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
113
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
78
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
76
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
57
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
105
 🇹🇷 Turkey
153
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
119
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
58
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
32
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
130
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
58
 🇫🇷 France
95
 🇩🇪 Germany
140
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
27
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
61
 🇬🇷 Greece
183
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
76
 🇭🇺 Hungary
99
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
119
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
85
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
36
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
29
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
57
 🇱🇻 Latvia
27
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
86
 🇲🇹 Malta
34
 🇲🇨 Monaco
43
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
32
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
120
 🇵🇱 Poland
149
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
28
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
12
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
54
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
11
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
65
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
24
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
85
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
107
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
39
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
29
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
36
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
45
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
10
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
17
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
61
 🇷🇴 Romania
69
 🇷🇺 Russia
65
 🇸🇲 San Marino
104
 🇷🇸 Serbia
128
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
100
 🇪🇸 Spain
75
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
75
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
58
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
130
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
26
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
13
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
52
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
28
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
26
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
45
 🇲🇽 Mexico
121
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
29
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
70
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
40
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
49
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
39
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
10
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
11
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
107

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
23
 🇳🇺 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
31
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
35
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
43
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay
55
 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
82
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
58
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
43
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
58
 🇸🇷 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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