Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
73
Moderate
on Saturday, Jan 10th 2026, 11:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
119
Longsight
2
90
Congleton
3
85
Bishopbriggs
4
76
Blantyre
5
73
Rutherglen
6
72
Coatbridge
7
71
Perth
8
70
Musselburgh
9
69
Wigan
10
69
Alloa
11
69
Bearsden
12
69
Viewpark
13
68
Grangemouth
14
68
Dunfermline
15
67
Glasgow
16
66
Edinburgh
17
65
Broxburn
18
65
Clydebank
19
65
Falkirk
20
65
Derry
21
64
Hamilton
22
64
Cambuslang
23
63
Lisburn
24
63
Dundee
25
63
Johnstone
26
63
Newry
27
63
Briton Ferry
28
62
Motherwell
29
61
East Kilbride
30
61
Great Sankey
31
59
Airdrie
32
57
Kirkintilloch
33
57
Manchester
34
57
Ayr
35
56
Irlam
36
56
Stanley
37
56
Eccles
38
56
Inverness
39
55
City of Westminster
40
55
Preston
41
54
Stoke-on-Trent
42
53
Stirling
43
53
Walkden
44
53
Kilmarnock
45
53
Newtownabbey
46
53
Belfast
47
53
Northampton
48
52
Cumbernauld
49
51
Greenock
50
50
Abingdon

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
2
Chislehurst
2
2
Swanscombe
3
3
Salisbury
4
3
Peacehaven
5
4
Hailsham
6
4
Kenilworth
7
4
Taunton
8
4
Romford
9
4
High Wycombe
10
4
Dunstable
11
4
Blackheath
12
4
Cheadle Hulme
13
4
Royal Tunbridge Wells
14
4
Sinfin
15
5
Bolton
16
5
Portishead
17
5
Bartley Green
18
5
Battersea
19
5
Ruislip
20
5
Weybridge
21
5
Brighton
22
5
Tonbridge
23
5
Kingswood
24
6
Lewes
25
7
Caerphilly
26
7
Fleet
27
8
Waterlooville
28
8
Pontypridd
29
8
Mitcham
30
9
Rhosllanerchrugog
31
9
Nailsea
32
9
Exmouth
33
9
Burgess Hill
34
9
Stretford
35
10
Dronfield
36
10
Seaford
37
10
Loughborough
38
11
Orpington
39
11
Bowthorpe
40
12
High Peak
41
12
Thatcham
42
13
York
43
13
Lower Earley
44
13
Hazel Grove
45
13
Devizes
46
13
Dartford
47
13
Chepstow
48
14
Windsor
49
14
Bexley
50
14
Cheltenham
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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
59
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
100
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya
52
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
29
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
8
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
46
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
93
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
152
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
76
 🇹🇩 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
64
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
99
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
65
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
11
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
78
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
101
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
237
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
75
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
3
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
92
 🇨🇳 China
192
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
178
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
43
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
13
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
93
 🇮🇳 India
360
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
230
 🇯🇵 Japan
74
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
159
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
105
 🇲🇴 Macao
137
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
63
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
123
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
111
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
35
 🇵🇭 Philippines
63
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
107
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
89
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
123
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
124
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
7
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
101
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
164
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
5
 🇸🇬 Singapore
71
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
73
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
101
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
54
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
92
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
99
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
10
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
91
 🇹🇷 Turkey
112
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
136
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
130
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
27
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
159
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
19
 🇫🇷 France
45
 🇩🇪 Germany
102
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
9
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
14
 🇬🇷 Greece
72
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
53
 🇭🇺 Hungary
175
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
122
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
100
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
17
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
41
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
12
 🇱🇻 Latvia
12
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
126
 🇲🇹 Malta
34
 🇲🇨 Monaco
17
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
94
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
76
 🇵🇱 Poland
170
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
27
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
14
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
24
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
8
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
117
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
29
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
58
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
128
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
19
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
70
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
21
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
24
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
76
 🇷🇴 Romania
72
 🇷🇺 Russia
63
 🇸🇲 San Marino
70
 🇷🇸 Serbia
184
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
134
 🇪🇸 Spain
55
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
26
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
60
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
77
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
19
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
15
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
56
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
64
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
26
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
25
 🇲🇽 Mexico
143
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
20
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
45
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
37
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
21
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
12
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
8
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
96

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
49
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
13
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
17
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
72
 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
27
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
70
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay
18
 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
54
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
67
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
46
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
65
 🇸🇷 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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