Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
145
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026, 11:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
193
Dinnington
2
168
Gateshead
3
160
Johnstone
4
158
Cheadle Hulme
5
152
London
6
152
Camden Town
7
149
Haywards Heath
8
131
Aldershot
9
128
Leighton Buzzard
10
121
Longsight
11
117
Bath
12
117
Ascot
13
112
Stanford-le-Hope
14
111
Dronfield
15
109
Sheffield
16
106
Burnham-on-Sea
17
103
Chesterfield
18
102
South Croydon
19
101
Yate
20
99
Heavitree
21
99
Huyton
22
99
Poole
23
97
Crowborough
24
97
Westbury
25
97
Reading
26
96
Kenilworth
27
95
Tonbridge
28
95
Morden
29
93
Newcastle upon Tyne
30
91
Bayswater
31
90
Congleton
32
90
Didcot
33
88
Bartley Green
34
88
Chester
35
88
Bedford
36
85
Rutherglen
37
85
Burngreave
38
85
Acton
39
85
Harringay
40
84
Hayes
41
83
Nailsea
42
82
Battersea
43
81
Chapeltown
44
81
Coventry
45
81
Southend-on-Sea
46
79
Bexley
47
79
Basingstoke
48
79
Eccles
49
79
Stanley
50
78
Solihull

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
1
Birkenhead
2
1
Wisbech
3
1
Wigan
4
3
Ballymena
5
5
Thatcham
6
6
Calne
7
10
Ruislip
8
12
Inverness
9
17
Dunstable
10
19
Ayr
11
20
Swanscombe
12
21
Lewes
13
23
Earlsfield
14
23
Loughborough
15
25
Blackheath
16
26
Chislehurst
17
27
Mitcham
18
28
Blackpool
19
28
Corby
20
30
Clydach
21
32
Greenock
22
33
Guildford
23
34
Musselburgh
24
34
Penicuik
25
35
Newton Mearns
26
36
High Wycombe
27
36
Clydebank
28
37
Bowthorpe
29
38
Fleet
30
38
Banbridge
31
39
Perth
32
42
Newtownabbey
33
42
Yarm
34
42
Derry
35
43
East Kilbride
36
45
Chalfont Saint Peter
37
46
Kirkcaldy
38
46
Norwich
39
46
Cheltenham
40
46
Briton Ferry
41
47
Aberdeen
42
47
Salisbury
43
47
Falkirk
44
48
Kirkintilloch
45
48
Broxburn
46
49
Dunfermline
47
49
Dundee
48
50
Gillingham
49
51
Edinburgh
50
52
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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
65
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
58
 🇰🇪 Kenya
82
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
14
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
62
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
1
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
42
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
63
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
48
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
115
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
35
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
60
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
78
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
13
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
78
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
23
 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
105
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
90
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
146
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
61
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
 🇨🇳 China
156
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
126
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
23
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
13
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
43
 🇮🇳 India
305
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
375
 🇯🇵 Japan
48
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
75
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
69
 🇱🇦 Laos
8
 🇲🇴 Macao
57
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
65
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
59
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
40
 🇵🇭 Philippines
58
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
9
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
26
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
147
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
68
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
94
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
37
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
15
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
92
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
76
 🇸🇬 Singapore
54
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
35
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
57
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
60
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
42
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
62
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
45
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
38
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
54
 🇹🇷 Turkey
128
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
92
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
96
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
33
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
124
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
20
 🇫🇷 France
105
 🇩🇪 Germany
139
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
48
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
91
 🇬🇷 Greece
76
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
139
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
142
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
136
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
39
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
39
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
53
 🇱🇻 Latvia
12
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
82
 🇲🇹 Malta
25
 🇲🇨 Monaco
38
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
64
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
136
 🇵🇱 Poland
181
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
33
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
24
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
33
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
9
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
93
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
30
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
87
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
114
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
26
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
9
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
55
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
17
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
111
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
75
 🇷🇴 Romania
111
 🇷🇺 Russia
48
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
160
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
118
 🇪🇸 Spain
70
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
45
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
47
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
146
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
76
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
32
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
50
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
8
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
25
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
32
 🇲🇽 Mexico
91
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
25
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
91
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
15
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
57
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
17
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
6
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
28
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
107

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
44
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
30
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
25
 🇳🇺 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
45
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
13
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
52
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
29
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
156
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
55
 🇸🇷 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.