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Air Quality in United Kingdom

Air quality can vary considerably across United Kingdom 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 35 major cities and locations across United Kingdom, including London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester. 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

35 monitoring locations represented across United Kingdom

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.

London · CapitalBirmingham · Major cityGlasgow · Major cityManchester · Major citySheffield · Major cityLeeds · Major cityEdinburgh · Major cityLiverpool · Major cityBristol · Major cityCardiff · Major cityLeicester · Major cityBradford · Major cityBelfast · Major cityCoventry · Major cityBrent · Major cityBirkenhead · Major cityNottingham · Major cityIslington · Major cityReading · Major cityKingston upon Hull · Major cityPreston · Major citySwansea · Major cityNewcastle upon Tyne · Major citySouthend-on-Sea · Major cityBrighton · Major cityDerby · Major citySouthampton · Major cityWolverhampton · Major cityPlymouth · Major cityStoke-on-Trent · Major cityMilton Keynes · Major cityCity of Westminster · Major cityNorthampton · Major cityOldham · Major cityBexley · Major city
PAST 12 MONTHS

Historical & seasonal air-quality pattern

Comparable monthly historical values are temporarily unavailable for United Kingdom. The chart will populate automatically when the historical model dataset is available.

Sources: Open-Meteo Air Quality API / Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
LATEST COVERAGE

Related air-quality news and articles

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

Compare air quality across United Kingdom

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.

35listed locations
—with current AQI
Livecached comparison
50rows per page
Click a column heading to sort
Location ↕AQI ↕Status ↕PM2.5 ↕PM10 ↕O₃ ↕NO₂ ↕Data ↕Updated ↕
Didn’t find your city?Check air quality around your location using our location-based tool.Check Air Quality Near Me →
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.