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Air quality in China

Air quality index (AQI⁺) and PM2.5 air pollution in China • 08:52, Nov 14

Live most polluted city ranking

Real-time China most polluted city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of China

Yingkou

268

2
The national flag of China

Anshan

258

3
The national flag of China

Liaoyang

256

4
The national flag of China

Langfang

248

5
The national flag of China

Xianyang

243

6
The national flag of China

Weinan

240

7
The national flag of China

Xingtai

236

8
The national flag of China

Handan

234

9
The national flag of China

Xian

230

10
The national flag of China

Shenyang

226

2025 China most polluted city

Hotan, Xinjiang

189

Live cleanest city ranking

Real-time China cleanest city ranking

#CitiesAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of China

Longyan

17

2
The national flag of China

Meizhou

17

3
The national flag of China

Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture

18

4
The national flag of China

Wenzhou

23

5
The national flag of China

Dehong

25

6
The national flag of China

Huizhou

28

7
The national flag of China

Shihezi

31

8
The national flag of China

Diqingzhou

33

9
The national flag of China

Karamay

33

10
The national flag of China

Nujiang

33

2025 China cleanest city

Ngari, Tibet

29

2025 country air quality average

How polluted is China?

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In 2025 in China, the annual PM2.5 concentration was 5.9 times the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline.

2025 AQI⁺ country ranking

Which country had the worst air quality in 2025?

#CountryPopulationAQI⁺ US
1
The national flag of China

Pakistan

231,402,117

159

2
The national flag of China

Bangladesh

169,356,251

158

3
The national flag of China

Tajikistan

9,750,064

152

4
The national flag of China

Chad

17,179,740

146

5
The national flag of China

Democratic Republic of the Congo

95,894,118

137

6
The national flag of China

India

1,407,563,842

134

7
The national flag of China

Kuwait

4,250,114

126

8
The national flag of China

Uganda

45,853,778

119

9
The national flag of China

Egypt

109,262,178

114

10
The national flag of China

Uzbekistan

34,915,100

107

20
The national flag of China

China

1,412,360,000

89

Worldwide PM2.5 ranking

2025 China global rank in air pollution

20/143

Wildfires in China

Real-time information

Active fires

2