Air quality in Australia

Air quality index (AQI) and PM2.5 air pollution in Australia

Last update at (local time)

LIVE AQI CITY RANKING

Real-time Australia
Most polluted city ranking

#cityUS AQI
1 Spencer Gulf, South Australia

61

2 Singleton, New South Wales

60

3 Gladstone, Queensland

29

4 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

28

5 Perth, Western Australia

27

6 Canberra, ACT

25

7 Sydney, New South Wales

25

8 Melbourne, Victoria

23

9 Merriwa, New South Wales

19

10 Bathurst, New South Wales

17

(local time)

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LIVE AQI CITY RANKING

Real-time Australia
Cleanest city ranking

#cityUS AQI
1 Broken Hill, New South Wales

5

2 Adelaide, South Australia

8

3 Gold Coast, Queensland

10

4 Central Coast, New South Wales

11

5 Armidale, New South Wales

13

6 Brisbane, Queensland

13

7 Geelong, Victoria

15

8 Newcastle, New South Wales

15

9 Millthorpe, New South Wales

16

10 Orange, New South Wales

16

(local time)

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