Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
144
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026, 19:00 pm
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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
77
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
64
🇰🇪 Kenya
54
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
26
🇱🇸 Lesotho
67
🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
21
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
71
🇩🇿 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
38
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
74
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
72
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
23
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
75
🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
8
🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
63
🇪🇭 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
136
🇧🇹 Bhutan
63
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
🇨🇳 China
159
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
44
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
24
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
14
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
53
🇮🇳 India
219
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
213
🇯🇵 Japan
49
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
64
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
16
🇱🇦 Laos
33
🇲🇴 Macao
63
🇲🇾 Malaysia
57
🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
35
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
48
🇵🇭 Philippines
50
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
26
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
21
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
138
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
72
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
64
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
40
🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
15
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
47
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
43
🇸🇬 Singapore
44
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
33
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
54
🇮🇱 State of Israel
63
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
46
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
39
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
94
🇹🇼 Taiwan
57
🇹🇷 Turkey
140
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
91
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
77
🇨🇾 Cyprus
31
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
108
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
34
🇫🇷 France
96
🇩🇪 Germany
160
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
41
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
53
🇬🇷 Greece
56
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
117
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
113
🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
125
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
41
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
38
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
64
🇱🇻 Latvia
28
🇲🇰 Macedonia
71
🇲🇹 Malta
29
🇲🇨 Monaco
46
🇲🇪 Montenegro
37
🇳🇱 Netherlands
127
🇵🇱 Poland
160
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
25
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
29
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
7
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
81
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
40
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
88
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
107
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
24
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
57
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
12
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
52
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
61
🇷🇴 Romania
99
🇷🇺 Russia
52
🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
117
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
107
🇪🇸 Spain
69
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
37
🇺🇦 Ukraine
29
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
135
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
91
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
23
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
37
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
16
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
14
🇲🇽 Mexico
85
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
20
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
25
🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
17
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
29
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
12
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
108

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
54
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
26
🇳🇿 New Zealand
21
🇳🇺 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
10
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
43
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
13
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
61
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
58
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
44
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
2
🇵🇪 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.