Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
133
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026, 14:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
403
Leighton Buzzard
2
292
Cheadle Hulme
3
160
Johnstone
4
154
Gateshead
5
150
Haywards Heath
6
135
Aldershot
7
126
Royal Tunbridge Wells
8
125
South Croydon
9
124
Poole
10
116
Ascot
11
114
Crowborough
12
110
Bath
13
105
Yate
14
101
Dinnington
15
97
Reading
16
95
Didcot
17
95
Burnham-on-Sea
18
91
Westbury
19
91
Heavitree
20
91
Morden
21
86
Bedford
22
85
Wigan
23
85
Rutherglen
24
83
Stanley
25
82
Gosforth
26
80
Congleton
27
80
Seaford
28
80
Stanford-le-Hope
29
78
Battersea
30
78
Dronfield
31
77
Chapeltown
32
77
Chester
33
76
Southampton
34
76
Camden Town
35
75
Sheffield
36
74
Nailsea
37
74
Wembley
38
74
Christchurch
39
73
Peckham
40
73
Burgess Hill
41
73
Eastbourne
42
73
Bartley Green
43
73
Basingstoke
44
72
Birmingham
45
72
Newry
46
72
Dartford
47
71
Aston
48
71
Bexley
49
70
Andover
50
70
Acton

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
3
Thatcham
2
3
Ballymena
3
5
Ruislip
4
7
Calne
5
8
Inverness
6
11
Dunstable
7
12
Hayes
8
12
Corby
9
17
Gillingham
10
19
Ayr
11
20
Swanscombe
12
21
Chislehurst
13
21
Derry
14
23
Mitcham
15
23
Loughborough
16
24
Blackheath
17
24
Perth
18
25
Saltash
19
25
Norwich
20
26
Bowthorpe
21
26
Earlsfield
22
28
Blackpool
23
30
Clydach
24
30
Leicester
25
30
Basford
26
31
Rhosllanerchrugog
27
32
Penicuik
28
34
Musselburgh
29
35
Newton Mearns
30
35
Lewes
31
35
Kenilworth
32
36
Motherwell
33
37
Fleet
34
38
Newtownabbey
35
38
Banbridge
36
38
Dundee
37
38
Huyton
38
41
Clydebank
39
42
Cheltenham
40
43
Kempston Hardwick
41
43
East Kilbride
42
43
Guildford
43
44
Salisbury
44
45
Hale
45
46
Plymouth
46
46
Grangemouth
47
46
Briton Ferry
48
46
Kirkcaldy
49
46
Milton Keynes
50
47
Greenock
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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
63
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
59
 🇰🇪 Kenya
77
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
17
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
74
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
2
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
26
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
72
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
51
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
47
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
24
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
103
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
85
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
17
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
56
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
31
 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
95
 🇪🇭 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
140
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
62
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
 🇨🇳 China
153
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
58
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
23
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
13
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
48
 🇮🇳 India
301
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
292
 🇯🇵 Japan
45
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
68
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
21
 🇱🇦 Laos
5
 🇲🇴 Macao
65
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
57
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
43
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
44
 🇵🇭 Philippines
39
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
14
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
26
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
142
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
66
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
75
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
43
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
18
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
59
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
57
 🇸🇬 Singapore
33
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
33
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
51
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
63
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
49
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
66
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
51
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
100
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
54
 🇹🇷 Turkey
137
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
99
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
81
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
33
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
119
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
27
 🇫🇷 France
116
 🇩🇪 Germany
189
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
34
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
53
 🇬🇷 Greece
56
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
139
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
133
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
118
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
29
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
35
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
56
 🇱🇻 Latvia
21
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
67
 🇲🇹 Malta
29
 🇲🇨 Monaco
43
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
44
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
114
 🇵🇱 Poland
163
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
35
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
50
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
6
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
90
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
35
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
107
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
110
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
23
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
7
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
55
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
11
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
143
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
59
 🇷🇴 Romania
115
 🇷🇺 Russia
54
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
143
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
114
 🇪🇸 Spain
69
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
36
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
39
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
135
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
84
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
35
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
44
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
19
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
22
 🇲🇽 Mexico
98
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
22
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
32
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
16
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
20
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
5
 🇵🇦 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
24
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
104

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
48
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
20
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
24
 🇳🇺 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
14
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
59
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
24
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
51
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
37
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
19
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
47
 🇸🇷 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.