Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
136
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026, 12:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
165
Cheadle Hulme
2
160
Johnstone
3
157
Burnham-on-Sea
4
153
Gateshead
5
150
Haywards Heath
6
143
Tonbridge
7
129
Aldershot
8
123
Dinnington
9
121
Royal Tunbridge Wells
10
118
Ascot
11
111
Bath
12
111
Dronfield
13
101
South Croydon
14
101
Yate
15
99
Longsight
16
99
Crowborough
17
97
Reading
18
95
Didcot
19
94
Westbury
20
94
Bartley Green
21
94
Chester
22
93
Bedford
23
92
Heavitree
24
91
Battersea
25
90
Poole
26
90
Congleton
27
89
Morden
28
87
Huyton
29
87
Stanley
30
87
Burngreave
31
86
Wigan
32
85
Rutherglen
33
84
Hayes
34
83
Sheffield
35
82
Coventry
36
82
Kenilworth
37
82
London
38
82
Chapeltown
39
82
Stanford-le-Hope
40
82
Camden Town
41
81
Southampton
42
79
Aston
43
78
Birmingham
44
78
Harringay
45
78
Wembley
46
78
Dartford
47
77
Seaford
48
76
Basingstoke
49
76
City of Westminster
50
76
Acton

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
3
Ballymena
2
3
Wisbech
3
4
Calne
4
7
Thatcham
5
7
Inverness
6
14
Ruislip
7
15
Dunstable
8
19
Ayr
9
20
Corby
10
21
Loughborough
11
23
Mitcham
12
23
Lewes
13
23
Chislehurst
14
24
Blackheath
15
24
Earlsfield
16
28
Blackpool
17
28
Penicuik
18
29
Swanscombe
19
29
Fleet
20
30
Newcastle upon Tyne
21
30
Bowthorpe
22
30
Clydach
23
34
Grangemouth
24
34
Gillingham
25
34
Musselburgh
26
35
Newton Mearns
27
35
Norwich
28
36
Clydebank
29
38
Yarm
30
38
Banbridge
31
38
Basford
32
38
Newtownabbey
33
38
Guildford
34
39
Greenock
35
39
Leicester
36
39
Perth
37
39
Cheltenham
38
42
Chalfont Saint Peter
39
42
Derry
40
42
High Wycombe
41
43
East Kilbride
42
45
Waterlooville
43
46
Kirkcaldy
44
47
Hale
45
47
Falkirk
46
47
Edinburgh
47
47
Aberdeen
48
48
Welwyn Garden City
49
48
Kirkintilloch
50
48
Broxburn
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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
58
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
60
 🇰🇪 Kenya
68
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
18
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
63
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
1
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
29
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
55
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
56
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
31
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
61
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
87
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
14
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
54
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
18
 🇬🇲 The Gambia
125
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
77
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
28

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
138
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
62
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
 🇨🇳 China
155
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
90
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
23
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
15
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
45
 🇮🇳 India
248
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
341
 🇯🇵 Japan
40
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
61
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
31
 🇱🇦 Laos
4
 🇲🇴 Macao
55
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
60
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
52
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
43
 🇵🇭 Philippines
46
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
14
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
23
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
155
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
83
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
97
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
28
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
20
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
64
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
71
 🇸🇬 Singapore
40
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
39
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
60
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
61
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
45
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
69
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
37
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
80
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
54
 🇹🇷 Turkey
136
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
107
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
84
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
31
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
119
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
22
 🇫🇷 France
113
 🇩🇪 Germany
207
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
48
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
75
 🇬🇷 Greece
67
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
136
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
139
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
122
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
33
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
35
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
53
 🇱🇻 Latvia
17
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
69
 🇲🇹 Malta
28
 🇲🇨 Monaco
28
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
32
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
135
 🇵🇱 Poland
166
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
30
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
21
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
7
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
88
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
34
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
80
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
101
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
22
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
7
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
55
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
13
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
108
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
60
 🇷🇴 Romania
108
 🇷🇺 Russia
55
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
144
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
111
 🇪🇸 Spain
72
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
39
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
54
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
139
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
74
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
31
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
44
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
6
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
20
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
27
 🇲🇽 Mexico
112
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
26
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
109
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
19
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
39
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
10
 🇵🇦 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
112

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
51
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
28
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
23
 🇳🇺 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
17
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
45
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
17
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
61
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
54
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
36
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
109
 🇵🇪 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.