Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
135
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2026, 15:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
182
Cheadle Hulme
2
177
Leighton Buzzard
3
159
Gateshead
4
154
Haywards Heath
5
141
Royal Tunbridge Wells
6
131
South Croydon
7
124
Aldershot
8
121
Crowborough
9
114
Poole
10
112
Bath
11
106
Ascot
12
106
Dinnington
13
98
Heavitree
14
97
Yate
15
97
Burnham-on-Sea
16
95
Wigan
17
90
Didcot
18
90
Solihull
19
90
Dronfield
20
87
Westbury
21
86
Chapeltown
22
82
Gosforth
23
81
Bedford
24
80
Christchurch
25
79
Reading
26
79
Nailsea
27
77
Burgess Hill
28
77
Eastbourne
29
76
Congleton
30
76
Camden Town
31
75
Tonbridge
32
75
Southampton
33
74
Morden
34
74
Stanford-le-Hope
35
74
Battersea
36
72
Newry
37
72
City of Westminster
38
71
Bexley
39
71
Peckham
40
71
Basingstoke
41
71
Dartford
42
71
Hayes
43
71
Bangor
44
70
Bayswater
45
70
Andover
46
70
Seaford
47
70
London
48
69
Stanley
49
69
Brixton
50
68
Bartley Green

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
3
Thatcham
2
4
Calne
3
6
Inverness
4
9
Dunstable
5
12
Ruislip
6
14
Loughborough
7
15
Ayr
8
15
Aberdeen
9
15
Corby
10
16
Caerphilly
11
17
Derry
12
17
Swanscombe
13
17
Dundee
14
17
Gillingham
15
18
Irvine
16
19
Penicuik
17
19
Bowthorpe
18
20
Blackpool
19
22
Blackheath
20
22
Norwich
21
23
East Kilbride
22
23
Mitcham
23
23
Earlsfield
24
23
Leicester
25
24
Perth
26
24
Stirling
27
25
Hamilton
28
25
Saltash
29
26
Chislehurst
30
28
Viewpark
31
28
Newton Mearns
32
29
Kirkcaldy
33
30
Clydach
34
33
Rhosllanerchrugog
35
34
Briton Ferry
36
34
Fleet
37
34
Yarm
38
34
Newcastle upon Tyne
39
34
Musselburgh
40
34
Ballymena
41
34
Greenock
42
35
Blantyre
43
36
Motherwell
44
36
Basford
45
37
Alloa
46
38
Newtownabbey
47
38
Manchester
48
39
Banbridge
49
39
High Wycombe
50
39
Cheltenham
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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
63
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
67
 🇰🇪 Kenya
61
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
32
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
74
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
1
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
21
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
65
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
38
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
50
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
30
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
95
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
66
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
20
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
50
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
81
 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
72
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
106
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
140
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
62
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
4
 🇨🇳 China
150
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
31
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
24
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
11
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
50
 🇮🇳 India
301
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
253
 🇯🇵 Japan
39
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
67
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
23
 🇱🇦 Laos
8
 🇲🇴 Macao
60
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
61
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
43
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
46
 🇵🇭 Philippines
38
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
13
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
29
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
127
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
76
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
71
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
56
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
19
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
51
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
56
 🇸🇬 Singapore
42
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
35
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
47
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
63
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
48
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
63
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
56
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
50
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
55
 🇹🇷 Turkey
137
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
30
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
99
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
73
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
43
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
97
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
30
 🇫🇷 France
104
 🇩🇪 Germany
179
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
42
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
56
 🇬🇷 Greece
67
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
140
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
131
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
133
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
34
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
37
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
59
 🇱🇻 Latvia
14
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
73
 🇲🇹 Malta
26
 🇲🇨 Monaco
61
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
47
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
114
 🇵🇱 Poland
163
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
24
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
16
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
30
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
8
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
94
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
42
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
106
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
109
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
7
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
58
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
8
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
155
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
55
 🇷🇴 Romania
118
 🇷🇺 Russia
55
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
140
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
116
 🇪🇸 Spain
71
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
37
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
48
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
128
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
86
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
34
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
40
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
19
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
21
 🇲🇽 Mexico
82
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
22
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
31
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
18
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
18
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
2
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
14
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
111

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
53
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
20
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
22
 🇳🇺 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
4
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
47
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
41
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
55
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
39
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
3
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
45
 🇸🇷 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.