Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
111
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2026, 21:00 pm
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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
57
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
71
🇰🇪 Kenya
57
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
15
🇱🇸 Lesotho
29
🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
2
🇾🇹 Mayotte
39
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
89
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
67
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
74
🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
27
🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
28
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
67
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
19
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
67
🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
47
🇬🇲 The Gambia
89
🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
63
🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
49
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
46

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
147
🇧🇹 Bhutan
64
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
28
🇨🇳 China
192
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
145
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
35
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
18
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
70
🇮🇳 India
187
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
355
🇯🇵 Japan
64
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
101
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
48
🇱🇦 Laos
57
🇲🇴 Macao
89
🇲🇾 Malaysia
69
🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
69
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
93
🇵🇭 Philippines
65
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
36
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
35
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
146
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
115
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
120
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
14
🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
31
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
28
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
40
🇸🇬 Singapore
57
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
68
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
36
🇮🇱 State of Israel
62
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
34
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
2
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
106
🇹🇼 Taiwan
63
🇹🇷 Turkey
154
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
264
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
77
🇨🇾 Cyprus
31
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
73
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
63
🇫🇷 France
61
🇩🇪 Germany
109
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
30
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
33
🇬🇷 Greece
67
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
83
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
117
🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
111
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
18
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
34
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
50
🇱🇻 Latvia
57
🇲🇰 Macedonia
66
🇲🇹 Malta
34
🇲🇨 Monaco
53
🇲🇪 Montenegro
87
🇳🇱 Netherlands
101
🇵🇱 Poland
99
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
23
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
37
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
27
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
21
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
63
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
86
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
86
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
88
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
40
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
30
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
58
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
9
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
54
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
32
🇷🇴 Romania
68
🇷🇺 Russia
65
🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
122
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
55
🇪🇸 Spain
75
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
33
🇺🇦 Ukraine
51
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
112
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
8
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
11
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
47
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
6
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
14
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
16
🇲🇽 Mexico
104
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
24
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
61
🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
13
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
55
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
8
🇵🇦 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
18
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
132

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
54
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
20
🇳🇿 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
16
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
44
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
18
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
71
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
61
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
56
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
17
🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
54
🇸🇷 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.