Air Pollution in Australia

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Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
106
Armidale
2
85
Traralgon
3
74
Launceston
4
65
Dandenong
5
54
Wodonga
6
50
Hobart
7
47
Goulburn
8
45
Darwin
9
44
Melton West
10
43
Mosman
11
42
Palmerston
12
42
Sunshine West
13
40
Bundoora
14
39
Wangaratta
15
37
Doncaster
16
35
Point Cook
17
34
Earlwood
18
34
Brighton
19
33
Mackay
20
33
Casula
21
33
Footscray
22
33
Mooroolbark
23
33
Quakers Hill
24
32
Carlton
25
32
Kew
26
31
Saint Ives
27
31
Newcastle
28
31
Westmead
29
30
Mandurah
30
30
Willetton
31
29
Marrickville
32
28
Tamworth
33
25
Lakemba
34
25
Cranebrook
35
23
Coorparoo
36
23
Brisbane
37
23
Wollongong city centre
38
23
Cairns
39
22
Port Macquarie
40
22
Orange
41
22
Rochedale South
42
21
Scarborough
43
21
Parafield Gardens
44
21
Sydney
45
20
Coffs Harbour
46
20
Dubbo

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
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1
Canberra
2
1
Surry Hills
3
1
Broken Hill
4
2
Canning Vale
5
4
Busselton
6
4
Wahroonga
7
4
Griffith
8
5
Burnie
9
5
Carlingford
10
5
Umina Beach
11
5
Mildura
12
5
Mascot
13
6
Albany
14
6
Adelaide city centre
15
6
Geraldton
16
6
Cabramatta
17
7
Springfield Lakes
18
8
Bathurst
19
8
Bunbury
20
8
Hoppers Crossing
21
8
Boronia
22
9
St Clair
23
9
Bendigo
24
9
Toowoomba
25
9
Ellenbrook
26
11
Hornsby
27
12
Southport
28
12
Wollongong
29
12
Punchbowl
30
12
Blacktown
31
12
Nerang
32
12
Coogee
33
13
Mount Druitt
34
13
Carindale
35
13
Sydney Central Business District
36
13
Seven Hills
37
14
Mount Isa
38
15
Maroochydore
39
15
Upper Coomera
40
16
Bracken Ridge
41
17
Gladstone
42
17
Ryde
43
18
Townsville
44
19
Geelong
45
20
Maryborough
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Known Countries in the World

Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt
48
 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
65
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
45
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 🇰🇪 Kenya
49
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
23
 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
18
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
61
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
56
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
37
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 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
139
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
61
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
15
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
25
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
57
 🇧🇹 Bhutan 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
6
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
42
 🇨🇳 China
115
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
39
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
34
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
73
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
37
 🇮🇳 India
170
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
195
 🇯🇵 Japan
55
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain
129
 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
79
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
50
 🇱🇦 Laos
40
 🇲🇴 Macao
38
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
73
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
16
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
45
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
406
 🇵🇭 Philippines
90
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
38
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
139
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
74
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
74
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
61
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
71
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
22
 🇸🇬 Singapore
42
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
48
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
61
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
74
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
69
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
85
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
38
 🇹🇷 Turkey
100
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
161
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
140
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
53
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
61
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
54
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
18
 🇫🇷 France
75
 🇩🇪 Germany
64
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
38
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
35
 🇬🇷 Greece
44
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State)
50
 🇭🇺 Hungary
49
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
78
 🇯🇪 Jersey
32
 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
53
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
19
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
21
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
23
 🇱🇻 Latvia
6
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
39
 🇲🇹 Malta
46
 🇲🇨 Monaco
54
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
47
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
59
 🇵🇱 Poland
55
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
52
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
58
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
54
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
51
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
47
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
7
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
38
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
53
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
24
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
31
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
29
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo
38
 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
19
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
2
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
50
 🇷🇴 Romania
51
 🇷🇺 Russia
65
 🇸🇲 San Marino
68
 🇷🇸 Serbia
49
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
56
 🇪🇸 Spain
99
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
60
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
23
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
70
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
5
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
11
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
71
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
26
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
22
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
16
 🇲🇽 Mexico
84
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
24
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
21
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
27
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
14
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin
37
 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
13
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands
24
 🇺🇸 United States
130

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
54
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
21
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
35
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
64
 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
23
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
50
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
11
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay
29
 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
136
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
47
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
41
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
46
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
41
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela
10

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air 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.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members 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.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active 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
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health 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+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone 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.



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