Air Pollution in United Kingdom

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Current Air Quality
115
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Thursday, Nov 12th 2026, 02:00 am
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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
55
🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
58
🇰🇪 Kenya
62
🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
14
🇱🇸 Lesotho
22
🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
14
🇾🇹 Mayotte
39
🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
70
🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
70
🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
62
🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
65
🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
94
🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
15
🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
69
🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania
24
🇬🇲 The Gambia
66
🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
78
🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
73
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
62

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
138
🇧🇹 Bhutan
64
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
21
🇨🇳 China
193
🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
151
🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
37
🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
15
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
59
🇮🇳 India
430
🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
375
🇯🇵 Japan
55
🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
74
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 🇱🇦 Laos
32
🇲🇴 Macao
107
🇲🇾 Malaysia
64
🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
50
🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
82
🇵🇭 Philippines
61
🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
55
🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
76
🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
148
🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
95
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
115
🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
64
🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
51
🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
39
🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
44
🇸🇬 Singapore
74
🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
56
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
48
🇮🇱 State of Israel
63
🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
36
🇶🇦 State of Qatar
75
🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
27
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
146
🇹🇼 Taiwan
62
🇹🇷 Turkey
150
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
34
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
115
🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
115
🇨🇾 Cyprus
31
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
86
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
67
🇫🇷 France
103
🇩🇪 Germany
121
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
20
🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
21
🇬🇷 Greece
88
🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
95
🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
132
🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
113
🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
26
🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
49
🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
46
🇱🇻 Latvia
55
🇲🇰 Macedonia
148
🇲🇹 Malta
27
🇲🇨 Monaco
63
🇲🇪 Montenegro
84
🇳🇱 Netherlands
105
🇵🇱 Poland
142
🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
28
🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
19
🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
27
🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
33
🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
69
🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
58
🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
142
🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
87
🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
47
🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
69
🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
57
🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
8
🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
196
🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
51
🇷🇴 Romania
126
🇷🇺 Russia
88
🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
178
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
65
🇪🇸 Spain
73
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
38
🇺🇦 Ukraine
58
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
116
🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
16
🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
9
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
49
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
13
🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
16
🇲🇽 Mexico
117
🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
27
🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
44
🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
15
🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
9
🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
20
🇵🇦 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
17
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
112

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
49
🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
17
🇳🇿 New Zealand
21
🇳🇺 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
10
🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
59
🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
25
🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
66
🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
57
🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
59
🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
7
🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
60
🇸🇷 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.