Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
131
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2026, 06:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
337
Crowborough
2
200
Gateshead
3
159
Burnham-on-Sea
4
151
Cheadle Hulme
5
134
Gosforth
6
126
Aldershot
7
121
Dronfield
8
120
Chester
9
114
Bartley Green
10
109
Solihull
11
104
Milton Keynes
12
104
Kenilworth
13
101
Haywards Heath
14
101
Ascot
15
99
Johnstone
16
99
Congleton
17
97
Wrexham
18
97
Royal Tunbridge Wells
19
95
Battersea
20
95
Royston
21
95
Didcot
22
94
Bangor
23
93
Bath
24
91
Morden
25
91
Wigan
26
89
Derry
27
89
Yate
28
88
Poole
29
86
Manchester
30
85
Stanford-le-Hope
31
85
Gillingham
32
84
Westbury
33
83
Chesterfield
34
83
Rutherglen
35
81
Gloucester
36
80
Acton
37
80
Longsight
38
80
Broxburn
39
79
Reading
40
79
Cambuslang
41
78
Heavitree
42
78
Glasgow
43
78
Bexley
44
78
Brixton
45
78
City of Westminster
46
77
Bedford
47
77
Bearsden
48
76
Southampton
49
76
Tonbridge
50
74
Royal Leamington Spa

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
5
Thatcham
2
6
Calne
3
9
Aston
4
11
Newtownabbey
5
13
Dunstable
6
14
Ruislip
7
15
Lewes
8
17
Clydach
9
21
Swanscombe
10
21
Chislehurst
11
22
Blackpool
12
25
Saltash
13
25
Plymouth
14
25
Musselburgh
15
26
Rhosllanerchrugog
16
29
Mitcham
17
30
Briton Ferry
18
31
Barnstaple
19
32
Inverness
20
33
Penicuik
21
34
Ballymena
22
34
Portsmouth
23
34
Burgess Hill
24
35
Kirkcaldy
25
35
Aberdeen
26
36
Stirling
27
37
Ayr
28
39
Fleet
29
40
Eastbourne
30
40
Poulton-le-Fylde
31
41
Loughborough
32
42
Lisburn
33
42
Greenock
34
42
Devizes
35
43
Dundee
36
44
Norwich
37
44
Stoke-on-Trent
38
44
Clydebank
39
44
Southend-on-Sea
40
45
Viewpark
41
46
Canvey Island
42
46
Leeds
43
47
Preston
44
48
Basingstoke
45
48
Basford
46
49
Cheltenham
47
49
Caerphilly
48
49
Chalfont Saint Peter
49
49
Pontypridd
50
50
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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
64
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
120
 🇰🇪 Kenya
57
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
22
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
80
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
3
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
44
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
67
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
77
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
105
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
62
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
36
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
98
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
15
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
63
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
40
 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
60
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
40
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
140
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
64
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
 🇨🇳 China
170
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
130
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
33
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
31
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
43
 🇮🇳 India
369
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
400
 🇯🇵 Japan
48
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
66
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
15
 🇲🇴 Macao
59
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
59
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
54
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
45
 🇵🇭 Philippines
56
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
29
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
41
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
149
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
81
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
75
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
73
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
6
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
17
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
26
 🇸🇬 Singapore
63
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
38
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
57
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
64
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
30
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
2
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
97
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
55
 🇹🇷 Turkey
146
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
83
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
91
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
54
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
89
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
51
 🇫🇷 France
109
 🇩🇪 Germany
214
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
27
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
66
 🇬🇷 Greece
83
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
82
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
105
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
126
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
49
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
48
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
64
 🇱🇻 Latvia
20
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
145
 🇲🇹 Malta
30
 🇲🇨 Monaco
65
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
91
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
125
 🇵🇱 Poland
162
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
24
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
16
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
15
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
76
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
46
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
126
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
94
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
36
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
22
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
67
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
11
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
61
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
58
 🇷🇴 Romania
104
 🇷🇺 Russia
71
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
161
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
83
 🇪🇸 Spain
66
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
48
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
28
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
140
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
29
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
11
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
34
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
6
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
26
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
16
 🇲🇽 Mexico
107
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
28
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
44
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
24
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
28
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
3
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
20
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
26
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
85

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
53
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
29
 🇳🇿 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
14
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
50
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
18
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
56
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
77
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
52
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
52
 🇸🇷 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.