SmogRank / World / United Kingdom / England / July 2024
Most polluted cities in England, United Kingdom, July 2024
47 cities in England, United Kingdom ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: London at 6.3 µg/m³, #1,862 of 2,519 cities in the world. Cleanest: Saltash at 2.3. 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.
- 1London 0%
- 2Speke 0%
- 3Dartford 0%
- 4Grays 0%
- 5Manchester 0%
- 5Birminghamlow-cost sensors 0%
- 7Portsmouth 0%
- 8Brighton 0%
- 9Hayes 0%
- 10Leeds 0%
- 11Norwich 0%
- 11Halesworth 0%
- 11Canterbury 0%
- 11Brightlingsea 0%
- 15Bexley 0%
- 16Southampton 0%
- 17Newcastle upon Tyne 0%
- 17Kingston upon Hull 0%
- 19Plymouth 0%
- 20Sheffield 0%
- 20Preston 0%
- 20Hoo 0%
- 23Stoke-on-Trent 0%
- 23Seaford 0%
- 25Sheringham 0%
- 25Royal Leamington Spa 0%
- 25Gillingham 0%
- 28Wigan 0%
- 28Burwell 0%
- 28Barnstaple 0%
- 31York 0%
- 31Middlesbrough 0%
- 31Irlam 0%
- 31Andover 0%
- 35Reading 0%
- 35Honiton 0%
- 35Barnsley 0%
- 38Liverpool 0%
- 38Dagenham 0%
- 38Chesterfield 0%
- 41Street 0%
- 42Oxford 0%
- 43Warrington 0%
- 43High Peak 0%
- 45Pickering 0%
- 46Newton Abbot 0%
- 47Saltash 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.
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, July 2024, smogrank.com/gb/region/england/history/2024-07 (accessed 7 Oct 2026).
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