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Air Quality in China

Air quality can vary considerably across China because weather, local emissions, geography and regional transport can change from place to place and from day to day. AirQualityIndex.org monitors air-quality information from more than 25,000 monitoring locations worldwide. This country comparison page currently lists 196 major cities and locations across China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen. Each listed location links to its own detailed air-quality page, while locations outside this comparison catalogue can be explored through Air Quality Near Me.

Use the search and filters to focus on a city type or AQI category, then sort the table by AQI, PM2.5, PM10, ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), data source or update time. Select any city to open its detailed air-quality page. Current values may include model-derived estimates and, where enabled, monitoring-station information; the displayed source should be considered when interpreting the results. The comparison catalogue is intentionally smaller than the wider AirQualityIndex.org monitoring-location database so the page remains fast and easy to use.

MONITORING COVERAGE

196 monitoring locations represented across China

The markers show the geographic spread of locations in this country comparison catalogue. The wider AirQualityIndex.org data system covers more than 25,000 monitoring locations globally.

Beijing · CapitalShanghai · Major cityGuangzhou · Major cityShenzhen · Major cityChongqing · Major cityChengdu · Major cityTianjin · Major cityWuhan · Major cityXi’an · Major cityHangzhou · Major cityHarbin · Major cityDongguan · Major cityHefei · Major cityWeifang · Major cityNanjing · Major cityShenyang · Major cityFoshan · Major cityJinan · Major cityDalian · Major cityWuzhong · Major cityQingdao · Major cityYantai · Major citySuzhou · Major cityPuxi · Major cityZhengzhou · Major cityNanning · Major cityKunming · Major cityShijiazhuang · Major cityChangchun · Major cityPudong · Major cityTaiyuan · Major cityZibo · Major cityXiamen · Major cityYangzhou · Major cityHuai'an · Major cityGuiyang · Major cityBao'an · Major cityWuxi · Major cityLanzhou · Major cityFuzhou · Major cityÜrümqi · Major cityZaozhuang · Major cityZhongshan · Major cityShantou · Major cityNingbo · Major cityNanhai · Major cityPuyang · Major cityShiyan · Major cityHohhot · Major cityTangshan · Major cityLüliang · Major cityAnshan · Major cityChangzhou · Major cityDatong · Major cityChangsha · Major cityHuainan · Major cityHaikou · Major cityHuizhou · Major cityYinchuan · Major cityBaotou · Major cityLinyi · Major cityBaoding · Major cityMinhang · Major cityBazhong · Major cityWenzhou · Major cityYunfu · Major cityXining · Major cityNanchang · Major cityShaoxing · Major cityNantong · Major cityBaoshan · Major cityZhuhai · Major cityOrdos · Major cityQingyang · Major cityKunshan · Major cityZunyi · Major cityLianyungang · Major cityPuning · Major cityGanzhou · Major citySongjiang · Major cityJieyang · Major cityJilin · Major cityJiading · Major cityShangqiu · Major cityNanchong · Major cityNanyang · Major cityJiangmen · Major cityJiangyin · Major cityFuyang · Major cityBayan Nur · Major cityChengtangcun · Major cityChaozhou · Major cityQingyuan · Major cityTai’an · Major cityChangshu · Major cityLu’an · Major cityYancheng · Major cityTaizhou · Major cityDaqing · Major cityWuhu · Major cityDazhou · Major cityGuilin · Major cityZhaoqing · Major cityMianyang · Major cityWanzhou · Major cityPutian · Major cityJinzhou · Major cityYiwu · Major cityQuanzhou · Major cityJinhua · Major cityCixi · Major cityChangde · Major cityKaifeng · Major cityBaoji · Major citySuqian · Major cityLiuzhou · Major cityZhangjiagang · Major cityXinyang · Major cityJinjiang · Major cityBozhou · Major cityQujing · Major cityZhanjiang · Major cityFushun · Major cityLuoyang · Major cityGuankou · Major cityLianjiang · Major cityHandan · Major cityYichang · Major cityHeze · Major cityLiupanshui · Major cityMaoming · Major cityQinzhou · Major cityLuohe · Major cityXiangyang · Major cityYangjiang · Major cityYixing · Major cityQingpu · Major cityXuchang · Major cityZigong · Major cityXuzhou · Major cityNeijiang · Major cityHeshan · Major cityJining · Major cityPutuo · Major cityLiaocheng · Major cityJinzhong · Major cityChangzhi · Major cityTianshui · Major cityYangpu · Major cityWeinan · Major cityJiaxing · Major cityZhongwei · Major cityPanjin · Major cityJiujiang · Major cityAnyang · Major cityLuohu District · Major cityFengxiang · Major cityBijie · Major cityZhuzhou · Major cityRui’an · Major cityZoucheng · Major cityShangrao · Major cityHuaibei · Major cityXuhui · Major cityMeishan · Major cityWuchang · Major cityGuigang · Major cityHengyang · Major cityYulin · Major cityJingzhou · Major cityXinxiang · Major cityYichun · Major cityXianyang · Major citySanya · Major cityShaoguan · Major cityLongyan · Major cityYongzhou · Major cityHuzhou · Major cityXinyi · Major cityWuwei · Major cityYishui · Major cityHanzhong · Major cityHezhou · Major cityZhu Cheng City · Major cityDongying · Major cityLuzhou · Major cityMeizhou · Major cityYueyang · Major cityLaiwu · Major cityPingdingshan · Major cityBengbu · Major cityFeicheng · Major citySanhe · Major cityGuli · Major cityXiangtan · Major cityLinfen · Major city
PAST 12 MONTHS

Historical & seasonal air-quality pattern

Monthly values summarize US AQI model estimates across up to four representative locations in China. They show broad seasonal movement rather than a regulatory national average.

99Lowest month · Jun12512-month average165Highest month · Dec
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Average 125
125
Oct
132
Nov
165
Dec
153
Jan
144
Feb
127
Mar
114
Apr
102
May
99
Jun
106
Jul
112
Aug
121
Sep
Sources: Open-Meteo Air Quality API / Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
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Related air-quality news and articles

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Recent external headlines are retrieved from Google News RSS and filtered for China plus AQI, air quality or air pollution. Results are cached and linked to the news result/publisher.
LIVE CITY COMPARISON

Compare air quality across China

The table below brings current AQI and major pollutant indicators together for the locations in this country comparison catalogue. Search for a city, filter by location type or AQI category, or select any column heading to rank the results. Each city name opens its detailed air-quality page for additional context, source information and related resources.

196listed locations
—with current AQI
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Location ↕AQI ↕Status ↕PM2.5 ↕PM10 ↕O₃ ↕NO₂ ↕Data ↕Updated ↕
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Data sources and methods are identified within the relevant sections of this page. AirQualityIndex.org gratefully acknowledges OpenAQ for supporting broad access to air-quality information.