Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
141
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026, 18:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
203
Cheadle Hulme
2
169
Gateshead
3
154
Haywards Heath
4
152
Burnham-on-Sea
5
139
Royal Tunbridge Wells
6
138
Aldershot
7
133
Dinnington
8
124
Tonbridge
9
120
Bath
10
116
Poole
11
112
Ascot
12
109
Dronfield
13
106
Didcot
14
104
South Croydon
15
103
Crowborough
16
102
Morden
17
102
Yate
18
97
Heavitree
19
93
Battersea
20
91
Wigan
21
88
Westbury
22
86
Congleton
23
85
Gillingham
24
83
Bedford
25
82
Nailsea
26
79
Reading
27
79
Eastbourne
28
78
Christchurch
29
78
Andover
30
76
Southampton
31
76
Welling
32
76
Camden Town
33
76
London
34
74
Wembley
35
73
Stanley
36
73
Royston
37
73
Portsmouth
38
73
Chesterfield
39
72
Peckham
40
71
Exmouth
41
70
High Wycombe
42
70
Stanford-le-Hope
43
70
Bristol
44
69
Bartley Green
45
69
Gosforth
46
68
Johnstone
47
68
Burngreave
48
67
Longsight
49
67
Chapeltown
50
67
Barnstaple

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
4
Calne
2
5
Ruislip
3
8
Inverness
4
8
Dunstable
5
9
Thatcham
6
13
Loughborough
7
13
Aberdeen
8
14
Penicuik
9
17
Derry
10
18
Dundee
11
19
Norwich
12
22
Blackpool
13
23
Earlsfield
14
23
Mitcham
15
24
Viewpark
16
24
Perth
17
24
Swanscombe
18
24
Hamilton
19
24
Leicester
20
25
Saltash
21
26
Corby
22
26
East Kilbride
23
26
Ayr
24
27
Stirling
25
29
Kirkcaldy
26
29
Chislehurst
27
30
Newcastle upon Tyne
28
30
Ballymena
29
30
Blantyre
30
30
Newry
31
31
Motherwell
32
32
Cambuslang
33
33
Airdrie
34
34
Newtownabbey
35
34
Coventry
36
34
Newton Mearns
37
35
Alloa
38
36
Basford
39
37
Greenock
40
37
Plymouth
41
37
Glasgow
42
37
Bowthorpe
43
37
Rhosllanerchrugog
44
38
Clydach
45
38
Royal Leamington Spa
46
38
Lewes
47
39
Blackheath
48
40
Kenilworth
49
40
Rutherglen
50
41
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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
79
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
69
 🇰🇪 Kenya
57
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
38
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
72
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
1
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
21
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
51
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
42
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
102
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
33
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
75
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
70
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
20
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
77
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
20
 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
81
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
61
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
144
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
62
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
 🇨🇳 China
151
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
44
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
25
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
17
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
54
 🇮🇳 India
247
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
208
 🇯🇵 Japan
62
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
57
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
16
 🇱🇦 Laos
11
 🇲🇴 Macao
59
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
59
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
47
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
47
 🇵🇭 Philippines
45
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
12
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
23
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
137
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
70
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
60
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
36
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
18
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
48
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
47
 🇸🇬 Singapore
25
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
28
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
67
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
62
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
46
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
46
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
64
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
57
 🇹🇷 Turkey
137
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
98
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
65
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
33
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
108
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
32
 🇫🇷 France
113
 🇩🇪 Germany
149
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
40
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
54
 🇬🇷 Greece
67
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
126
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
117
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
128
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
41
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
39
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
65
 🇱🇻 Latvia
24
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
76
 🇲🇹 Malta
30
 🇲🇨 Monaco
53
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
63
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
114
 🇵🇱 Poland
167
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
26
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
29
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
14
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
92
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
39
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
90
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
108
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
23
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
14
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
58
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
9
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
52
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
59
 🇷🇴 Romania
103
 🇷🇺 Russia
60
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
134
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
113
 🇪🇸 Spain
80
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
38
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
38
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
141
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
91
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
26
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
42
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
18
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
16
 🇲🇽 Mexico
85
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
20
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
28
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
17
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
25
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
1
 🇵🇦 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
13
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
111

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
54
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
25
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
16
 🇳🇺 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
7
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
48
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
25
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
55
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
44
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
13
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
37
 🇸🇷 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.