Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
138
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026, 20:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
200
Cheadle Hulme
2
179
Brixton
3
172
Burnham-on-Sea
4
171
Gateshead
5
131
Haywards Heath
6
116
Dronfield
7
116
Royal Tunbridge Wells
8
115
Bath
9
113
Ascot
10
108
Aldershot
11
105
Yate
12
104
Poole
13
99
Heavitree
14
97
Royston
15
97
Didcot
16
96
High Wycombe
17
91
Wigan
18
87
Morden
19
85
London
20
85
Westbury
21
85
Camden Town
22
85
Kenilworth
23
83
Leighton Buzzard
24
82
Gillingham
25
81
Devizes
26
81
Bedford
27
80
Bristol
28
80
Christchurch
29
80
Tonbridge
30
80
Acton
31
79
Nailsea
32
79
Reading
33
78
Andover
34
78
Wembley
35
78
City of Westminster
36
77
Crowborough
37
76
Battersea
38
76
Gosforth
39
76
Southampton
40
76
Kempston Hardwick
41
75
Exmouth
42
74
Stanford-le-Hope
43
74
Newry
44
73
Eastbourne
45
73
South Croydon
46
73
Bexley
47
72
Bayswater
48
70
Chester
49
70
Middlesbrough
50
70
Peckham

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
3
Thatcham
2
9
Inverness
3
11
Penicuik
4
12
Aberdeen
5
13
Calne
6
13
Dunstable
7
18
Ruislip
8
20
Rhosllanerchrugog
9
21
Loughborough
10
22
Mitcham
11
23
Dundee
12
23
Perth
13
24
Motherwell
14
25
Plymouth
15
25
Musselburgh
16
25
Saltash
17
26
Viewpark
18
26
Earlsfield
19
26
Swanscombe
20
27
Stirling
21
28
East Kilbride
22
30
Ballymena
23
31
Hamilton
24
31
Blackpool
25
32
Coventry
26
32
Hale
27
32
Leicester
28
33
Lewes
29
33
Longsight
30
34
Newtownabbey
31
34
Waterlooville
32
34
Irvine
33
35
Ayr
34
35
Chislehurst
35
35
Alloa
36
36
Newton Mearns
37
36
Coatbridge
38
37
Fleet
39
37
Blantyre
40
37
Blackheath
41
38
Derry
42
38
Basford
43
39
Royal Leamington Spa
44
39
Cambuslang
45
39
Glasgow
46
40
Poulton-le-Fylde
47
40
Cumbernauld
48
41
Birmingham
49
41
Salisbury
50
42
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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
69
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
63
 🇰🇪 Kenya
55
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
24
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
60
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
1
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
26
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
50
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
66
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
60
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
26
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
58
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
71
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
24
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
75
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
7
 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
66
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
66
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
151
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
64
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
 🇨🇳 China
178
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
65
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
24
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
11
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
53
 🇮🇳 India
200
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
230
 🇯🇵 Japan
47
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
70
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
59
 🇱🇦 Laos
25
 🇲🇴 Macao
59
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
65
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
52
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
48
 🇵🇭 Philippines
58
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
17
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
20
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
142
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
78
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
63
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
44
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
18
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
44
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
41
 🇸🇬 Singapore
60
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
32
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
59
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
64
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
38
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
34
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
126
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
57
 🇹🇷 Turkey
139
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
97
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
66
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
33
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
95
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
35
 🇫🇷 France
97
 🇩🇪 Germany
131
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
36
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
53
 🇬🇷 Greece
58
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
119
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
117
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
103
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
41
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
36
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
68
 🇱🇻 Latvia
34
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
68
 🇲🇹 Malta
31
 🇲🇨 Monaco
23
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
62
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
121
 🇵🇱 Poland
162
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
23
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
31
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
7
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
79
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
38
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
84
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
104
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
16
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
57
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
14
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
42
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
59
 🇷🇴 Romania
93
 🇷🇺 Russia
82
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
121
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
93
 🇪🇸 Spain
69
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
37
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
28
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
144
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
92
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
24
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
40
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
7
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
17
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
14
 🇲🇽 Mexico
97
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
20
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
41
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
16
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
29
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
1
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
13
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
107

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
55
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
26
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
31
 🇳🇺 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
6
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
36
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
11
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
63
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
43
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
6
 🇵🇪 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.