Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
107
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Thursday, Nov 12th 2026, 07:00 am
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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
72
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
113
🇰🇪 Kenya
81
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
13
🇱🇸 Lesotho
57
🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
3
🇾🇹 Mayotte
36
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
88
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
68
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
121
🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
52
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
37
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
103
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
14
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
68
🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
12
🇬🇲 The Gambia
97
🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
76
🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
66
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
102

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
127
🇧🇹 Bhutan
64
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
25
🇨🇳 China
183
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
150
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
45
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
19
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
60
🇮🇳 India
351
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
364
🇯🇵 Japan
65
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
81
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
62
🇲🇴 Macao
80
🇲🇾 Malaysia
62
🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
52
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
82
🇵🇭 Philippines
74
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
36
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
37
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
155
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
64
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
104
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
37
🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
45
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
44
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
55
🇸🇬 Singapore
61
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
37
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
81
🇮🇱 State of Israel
65
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
43
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
86
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
61
🇹🇼 Taiwan
61
🇹🇷 Turkey
160
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
34
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
69
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
87
🇨🇾 Cyprus
47
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
102
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
62
🇫🇷 France
125
🇩🇪 Germany
147
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
13
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
24
🇬🇷 Greece
108
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
83
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
121
🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
128
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
29
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
37
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
39
🇱🇻 Latvia
30
🇲🇰 Macedonia
137
🇲🇹 Malta
31
🇲🇨 Monaco
75
🇲🇪 Montenegro
56
🇳🇱 Netherlands
121
🇵🇱 Poland
140
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
36
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
14
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
27
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
21
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
71
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
59
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
109
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
87
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
49
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
23
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
60
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
13
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
177
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
52
🇷🇴 Romania
105
🇷🇺 Russia
69
🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
174
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
70
🇪🇸 Spain
57
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
46
🇺🇦 Ukraine
55
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
110
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
20
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
19
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
35
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
7
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
24
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
21
🇲🇽 Mexico
127
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
33
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
88
🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
24
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
44
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
52
🇵🇦 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
31
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
85

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
46
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
12
🇳🇿 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
21
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
54
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
28
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
58
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
40
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
25
🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
49
🇸🇷 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.