Air Pollution in China

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Current Air Quality
165
Unhealthy
on Thursday, Oct 15th 2026, 01:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
165
Fangshan
2
162
Tongzhou
3
161
Cangzhou
4
159
Luancheng
5
158
Xianyang
6
156
Daxing
7
155
Weinan
8
154
Hengshui
9
153
Liangxiang
10
151
Hechuan
11
151
Fuling
12
151
Lianzhou
13
149
Binzhou
14
149
Mentougou
15
149
Beijing
16
147
Shunyi
17
147
Yanta
18
147
Maba
19
144
Shaoguan
20
142
Yanggu
21
142
Jiehu
22
139
Bianzhuang
23
139
Wenshang
24
139
Xinpu
25
139
Chengde
26
139
Yongchuan
27
137
Yishui
28
137
Zhangzhou
29
137
Heze
30
137
Shijiazhuang
31
137
Xi’an
32
134
Xingtai
33
132
Xiongzhou
34
129
Dezhou
35
129
Jining
36
129
Xiazhuang
37
127
Chongqing
38
127
Liaocheng
39
127
Chaozhou
40
124
Jijiang
41
124
Dingtao
42
122
Wanxian
43
122
Shixing
44
122
Yudong
45
122
Xindian
46
119
Pingyin
47
119
Shenzhen
48
119
Meizhou
49
119
Ningyang
50
117
Xinyi

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
30
Suzhou
2
34
Mudu
3
34
Jiashan
4
34
Yatou
5
37
Weihai
6
37
Dengzhou
7
37
Yantai
8
38
Shanghai
9
38
Qingyang
10
39
Zhuangyuan
11
39
Tianfu
12
39
Ninghai
13
42
Nantong
14
42
Songjiang
15
43
Jimo
16
45
Nanjing
17
46
Langfang
18
46
Wuxi
19
50
Jiaozhou
20
50
Yancheng
21
50
Zhabei
22
51
Xiaolingwei
23
51
Donghai
24
52
Dongcun
25
55
Tangshan
26
55
Changzhou
27
57
Huicheng
28
57
Changli
29
57
Qingdao
30
59
Renqiu
31
59
Pingdu
32
61
Baoding
33
61
Zhujiajiao
34
63
Yangzhou
35
63
Xinji
36
65
Yulinshi
37
65
Gaomi
38
65
Wuchuan
39
68
Huai'an
40
70
Humen
41
70
Laizhou
42
70
Shilong
43
70
Dingzhou
44
70
Jiangkou
45
72
Ankang
46
72
Wanning
47
72
Yangjiang
48
72
Laixi
49
72
Wenchang
50
72
Taizhou
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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
43
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
37
 🇰🇪 Kenya
63
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
12
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
30
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
55
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
59
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
41
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique
35
 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
44
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
19
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
119
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
23
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
65
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
55
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
60
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
171
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
68
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
10
 🇨🇳 China
165
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
146
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
54
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
26
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
83
 🇮🇳 India
175
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
180
 🇯🇵 Japan
59
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
115
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
11
 🇱🇦 Laos
66
 🇲🇴 Macao
76
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
184
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
83
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
57
 🇵🇭 Philippines
79
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
68
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
51
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
298
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
101
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
50
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
73
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
35
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
78
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
132
 🇸🇬 Singapore
167
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
70
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
70
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
103
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
105
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
55
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
96
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
82
 🇹🇷 Turkey
117
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
117
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
27
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
32
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
53
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
15
 🇫🇷 France
58
 🇩🇪 Germany
75
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
17
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
42
 🇬🇷 Greece
18
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
45
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
72
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
31
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
14
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
32
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
23
 🇱🇻 Latvia
15
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
37
 🇲🇹 Malta
34
 🇲🇨 Monaco
35
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
11
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
29
 🇵🇱 Poland
60
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
31
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
17
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
25
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
8
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
30
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
45
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
38
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
54
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
12
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
9
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
35
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
7
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
53
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
24
 🇷🇴 Romania
37
 🇷🇺 Russia
67
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
54
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
51
 🇪🇸 Spain
72
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
24
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
48
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
42
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
11
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
11
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
37
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
6
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
30
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
16
 🇲🇽 Mexico
86
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
27
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
66
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
15
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
22
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua 🇵🇦 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
18
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
85

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
38
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
12
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
9
 🇳🇺 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
14
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
58
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
26
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
47
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
55
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
38
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
23
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
72
 🇸🇷 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.