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Most polluted cities in England, United Kingdom, August 2023

18 cities in England, United Kingdom ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Nottingham at 8.3 µg/m³, #901 of 1,926 cities in the world. Cleanest: Gillingham at 3.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

← Nottingham 0% 0.75%0
Every city in England, United Kingdom ranked for August 2023, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Nottingham
    0%
  2. 2Dagenham
    0%
  3. 3London
    0%
  4. 4Speke
    0%
  5. 5Manchester
    0%
  6. 6Bexley
    0%
  7. 7Stoke-on-Trent
    0%
  8. 8Portsmouth
    0%
  9. 9Canterbury
    0%
  10. 10Seaford
    0%
  11. 10Leeds
    0%
  12. 12Bristol
    0%
  13. 12Birminghamlow-cost sensors
    0%
  14. 14Sheffield
    0%
  15. 15Hayes
    0%
  16. 16Chesterfield
    0%
  17. 17Royal Leamington Spa
    0%
  18. 18Gillingham
    0%

Low-cost sensors: consumer units, counted only in cities with no government-grade monitor; they read close to reference monitors on the whole, but 15 to 25% high in humid air. How we use them.

Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in England, United Kingdom, PM2.5, August 2023, smogrank.com/gb/region/england/history/2023-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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