Air Pollution in China

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Current Air Quality
152
Unhealthy
on Friday, Oct 23rd 2026, 10:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
157
Zhoucun
2
157
Fangshan
3
154
Dingzhou
4
154
Tongzhou
5
153
Zhanjiang
6
152
Beijing
7
151
Binzhou
8
151
Langfang
9
151
Weinan
10
151
Shunyi
11
149
Huazhou
12
149
Handan
13
149
Yanta
14
147
Xianyang
15
144
Mentougou
16
144
Shashi
17
142
Luancheng
18
142
Liangxiang
19
139
Liaocheng
20
137
Zhu Cheng City
21
134
Yangcun
22
134
Daxing
23
134
Xiangyang
24
132
Xi’an
25
132
Baoding
26
129
Lintong
27
129
Huayin
28
129
Xinji
29
129
Lincheng
30
127
Yangliuqing
31
127
Tanggu
32
124
Zibo
33
124
Feicheng
34
122
Tianjin
35
122
Changping
36
122
Suozhen
37
122
Wuchuan
38
119
Xingtai
39
119
Xianshuigu
40
117
Qingnian
41
114
Yanggu
42
114
Fengrun
43
112
Xiuying
44
112
Changqing
45
109
Shijiazhuang
46
109
Lianjiang
47
109
Qiongshan
48
107
Dezhou
49
107
Haikou
50
107
Yulinshi

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
24
Xiaolingwei
2
26
Nanjing
3
27
Zhangzhou
4
28
Weihai
5
29
Shanting
6
30
Jimo
7
30
Hepo
8
30
Xiamen
9
30
Jiangkou
10
31
Putian
11
32
Zhaobaoshan
12
33
Qingdao
13
34
Yantai
14
34
Yishui
15
34
Fuzhou
16
34
Quanzhou
17
34
Rizhao
18
34
Qingyang
19
35
Zhoushan
20
38
Luoyang
21
38
Huzhou
22
38
Anbu
23
38
Dengzhou
24
38
Chaozhou
25
42
Ningde
26
42
Puning
27
42
Fuling
28
42
Zhabei
29
42
Pingdu
30
42
Laizhou
31
46
Jiashan
32
46
Zhaoqing
33
46
Nantong
34
46
Qingzhou
35
46
Songjiang
36
50
Xiazhen
37
50
Huangyan
38
50
Jiaxing
39
50
Huanggang
40
50
Zoucheng
41
50
Yatou
42
50
Luoyang
43
50
Yanzhou
44
50
Luqiao
45
50
Taizhou
46
50
Quzhou
47
50
Shanghai
48
50
Shizilu
49
50
Jiaozhou
50
50
Yangzhou
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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
51
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
53
 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
20
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
14
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
75
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
36
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
39
 🇹🇩 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
35
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
74
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
85
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
17
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
58
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
142
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
45
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
98

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
149
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
70
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
26
 🇨🇳 China
153
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
107
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
31
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
21
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
55
 🇮🇳 India
207
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
375
 🇯🇵 Japan
59
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
104
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
22
 🇱🇦 Laos
47
 🇲🇴 Macao
61
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
154
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
91
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
65
 🇵🇭 Philippines
66
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
27
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
52
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
269
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
47
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
73
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
57
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
76
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
123
 🇸🇬 Singapore
127
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
52
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
22
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
81
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
112
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
115
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
59
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
82
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
45
 🇹🇷 Turkey
150
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
46
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
98
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
15
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
50
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
62
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
40
 🇫🇷 France
55
 🇩🇪 Germany
221
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
10
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
21
 🇬🇷 Greece
61
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
38
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
44
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
21
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
15
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
19
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
36
 🇱🇻 Latvia
30
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
28
 🇲🇹 Malta
18
 🇲🇨 Monaco
12
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
16
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
45
 🇵🇱 Poland
78
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
29
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
12
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
20
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
5
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
30
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
31
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
70
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
50
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
11
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
25
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
27
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
59
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
20
 🇷🇴 Romania
60
 🇷🇺 Russia
72
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
46
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
35
 🇪🇸 Spain
55
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
16
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
44
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
48
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
22
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
14
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
65
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
8
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
10
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
12
 🇲🇽 Mexico
77
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
21
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
39
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
19
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
64
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
30
 🇵🇦 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
25
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
100

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
45
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
17
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
17
 🇳🇺 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
24
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
61
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
12
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
8
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
54
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
87
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
24
 🇵🇪 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.