Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
143
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026, 17:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
187
Cheadle Hulme
2
172
Dinnington
3
156
Gateshead
4
156
Haywards Heath
5
156
Burnham-on-Sea
6
139
Aldershot
7
134
Royal Tunbridge Wells
8
133
Bedford
9
126
Poole
10
121
Dronfield
11
119
Didcot
12
119
South Croydon
13
117
Crowborough
14
117
Bath
15
116
Tonbridge
16
115
Ascot
17
106
Yate
18
96
Heavitree
19
93
Morden
20
91
Wigan
21
88
Westbury
22
80
Eastbourne
23
79
Reading
24
78
Gosforth
25
77
Nailsea
26
76
Andover
27
76
Camden Town
28
76
Wembley
29
76
Congleton
30
76
Southampton
31
74
Battersea
32
74
Peckham
33
73
Stanley
34
73
Royston
35
72
Portsmouth
36
72
Newry
37
71
Dartford
38
70
Burgess Hill
39
70
Chesterfield
40
70
Bristol
41
69
Exmouth
42
69
Basingstoke
43
69
Brixton
44
68
Huyton
45
68
Bayswater
46
68
Seaford
47
68
Chapeltown
48
68
London
49
68
Bangor
50
68
Burngreave

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
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1
Newbury
2
5
Thatcham
3
5
Calne
4
8
Inverness
5
8
Dunstable
6
12
Ruislip
7
13
Aberdeen
8
14
Loughborough
9
15
Dundee
10
18
Norwich
11
19
Penicuik
12
19
Earlsfield
13
19
Ayr
14
20
Blackpool
15
21
Bowthorpe
16
21
Derry
17
21
Leicester
18
22
Blackheath
19
22
Irvine
20
23
Corby
21
23
Hamilton
22
23
Mitcham
23
23
East Kilbride
24
24
Swanscombe
25
25
Perth
26
25
Saltash
27
26
Viewpark
28
26
Stirling
29
27
Blantyre
30
29
Chislehurst
31
29
Motherwell
32
30
Kirkcaldy
33
30
Ballymena
34
30
Clydach
35
30
Newton Mearns
36
32
Airdrie
37
32
Rhosllanerchrugog
38
33
Alloa
39
34
Musselburgh
40
34
Newtownabbey
41
34
Cambuslang
42
34
Newcastle upon Tyne
43
35
Coventry
44
36
Fleet
45
36
Greenock
46
38
Hale
47
38
Glasgow
48
40
Banbridge
49
40
Lewes
50
41
Royal Leamington Spa
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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
81
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
74
 🇰🇪 Kenya
57
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
24
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
75
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
2
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
21
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
61
 🇩🇿 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
102
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
26
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
178
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
72
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
22
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
74
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
28
 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
84
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
61
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
142
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
62
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
7
 🇨🇳 China
147
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
43
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
24
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
16
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
53
 🇮🇳 India
261
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
224
 🇯🇵 Japan
89
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
62
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
18
 🇱🇦 Laos
5
 🇲🇴 Macao
59
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
62
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
43
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
47
 🇵🇭 Philippines
37
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
13
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
22
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
128
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
73
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
60
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
34
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
4
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
49
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
44
 🇸🇬 Singapore
46
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
30
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
64
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
63
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
48
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
41
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
44
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
73
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
57
 🇹🇷 Turkey
137
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
87
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
64
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
43
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
113
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
31
 🇫🇷 France
102
 🇩🇪 Germany
179
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
42
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
55
 🇬🇷 Greece
67
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
132
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
118
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
134
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
36
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
37
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
63
 🇱🇻 Latvia
17
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
74
 🇲🇹 Malta
38
 🇲🇨 Monaco
56
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
59
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
107
 🇵🇱 Poland
160
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
27
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
19
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
9
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
93
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
34
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
93
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
107
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
23
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
9
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
56
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
9
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
155
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
59
 🇷🇴 Romania
103
 🇷🇺 Russia
57
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
135
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
118
 🇪🇸 Spain
73
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
38
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
45
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
139
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
87
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
24
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
39
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
19
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
19
 🇲🇽 Mexico
85
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
21
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
22
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
16
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
23
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
3
 🇵🇦 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
21
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
116

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
54
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
25
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
19
 🇳🇺 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
8
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
45
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
28
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
61
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
51
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
43
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
32
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
42
 🇸🇷 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.