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Air quality in New South Wales
Air quality index (AQI) and PM2.5 air pollution in New South Wales
LIVE AQI CITY RANKING
Real-time New South Wales
Most polluted city ranking
| # | city | US AQI |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armidale | 37 |
| 2 | Muswellbrook | 34 |
| 3 | Cootamundra | 33 |
| 4 | South Tamworth | 32 |
| 5 | Coffs Harbour | 31 |
| 6 | Ballina | 29 |
| 7 | Dubbo | 29 |
| 8 | Grafton | 29 |
| 9 | Narrabri | 29 |
| 10 | Griffith | 25 |
(local time)
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LIVE AQI CITY RANKING
Real-time New South Wales
Cleanest city ranking
| # | city | US AQI |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcadia | 0 |
| 2 | Bourke | 0 |
| 3 | Central Coast | 1 |
| 4 | Picton | 1 |
| 5 | Umina | 1 |
| 6 | Merimbula | 2 |
| 7 | Cooma | 3 |
| 8 | Portland | 3 |
| 9 | Broken Hill | 4 |
| 10 | Bungendore | 4 |
(local time)
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New South Wales air quality data attribution
96Contributors
- DCCEEW New South Wales
85 stations
- Armidale Regional Council
1 station
2 Government Contributors
- Greener Outlook
1 station
Corporate Contributor
- Bryan
1 station
- Prabhjot Singh
1 station
- L Vegh
1 station
- AN
1 station
- Carl Braga
1 station
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- Carrolls Creek 57
- Glen Innes 57
- Guyra 56
- Banora Point 55
- Bilambil 55
- Bilambil Heights 55
- Bingara 55
- Blair Athol 55
- Boggabri 55
- Casuarina 55
- Chinderah 55
- Coonamble 55
- Gilgai 55
- Inverell 55
- Kingscliff 55
- Kyogle 55
- Manilla 55
- Murwillumbah 55
- Pottsville Beach 55
- Tweed Heads West 55
- Brunswick Heads 54
- Burringbar 54
- Byron Bay 54
- Gilgandra 54
- Boggabilla 53
- Casino 53
- Condobolin 53
- Coonabarabran 53
- Coraki 53
- Coutts Crossing 53
- East Ballina 53
- East Lismore 53
- Evans Head 53
- Federal 53
- Goonellabah 53
- Lake Cargelligo 53
- Larnook 53
- Lightning Ridge 53
- Maclean 53
- Moama 53
- Nyngan 53
- South Grafton 53
- Dorrigo 52
- Hay 52
- Enmore 49
- Nana Glen 49
- Narromine 48
- Woolgoolga 48
- Moonee Beach 47
- Bellingen 45
- Boambee 45
- Sawtell 45
- Toormina 45
- Bonville 44
- Kootingal 44
- Bowraville 43
- Darlington Point 43
- East Tamworth 43
- Peak Hill 43
- Phillip 43
- Tamworth 43
- Eulomogo 42
- Finley 42
- Macksville 41
- Nambucca 41
- Nambucca Heads 41
- Quirindi 38
- Armidale 37
- Muswellbrook 34
- Cootamundra 33
- Dunedoo 32
- Frederickton 32
- South Tamworth 32
- Coffs Harbour 31
- Kempsey 31
- Forbes 30
- Ballina 29
- Dubbo 29
- Grafton 29
- Narrabri 29
- Wellington 28
- Berrigan 26
- Crescent Head 26
- Griffith 25
- Gunnedah 24
- Leeton 23
- Singleton 23
- Mayfield West 22
- Corowa 21
- Parkes 21
- Scone 20
- Albury 19
- Lismore 19
- North Shore 17
- Bathurst 16
- Nimbin 16
- Gloucester 15
- Mulwala 15
- Camden Haven 14
- Kendall 14
- Mudgee 14
- North Haven 14
- Wagga Wagga 13
- Denman 12
- Gulgong 12
- Junee 12
- Molong 12
- Narrandera 12
- Goulburn 11
- Orange 11
- Taree 11
- Cundletown 10
- Grenfell 10
- Harrington 10
- Nabiac 10
- Old Bar 10
- Dungog 9
- Forest Hill 9
- Forster 9
- Lake Albert 9
- Merriwa 9
- Port Macquarie 9
- Springvale 9
- Wallsend 9
- Branxton 8
- Brewarrina 8
- Bulahdelah 8
- Canowindra 8
- Clarence Town 8
- Cobar 8
- Coolamon 8
- Kandos 8
- West Wyalong 8
- Alexandria 7
- Anna Bay 7
- Corlette 7
- Greta 7
- Hawks Nest 7
- Kembla Grange 7
- Nelson Bay 7
- Port Stephens 7
- Wyong 7
- Blayney 6
- Bolwarra 6
- Bolwarra Heights 6
- Cammeray 6
- Carrington 6
- Cowra 6
- Dareton 6
- Eglinton 6
- Gundagai 6
- Henty 6
- Hillston 6
- Howlong 6
- Largs 6
- Medowie 6
- Millthorpe 6
- Moruya 6
- Newcastle 6
- Raymond Terrace 6
- Rutherford 6
- Wollongong 6
- Bar Beach 5
- Belmont 5
- Belmont North 5
- Belmont South 5
- Bolton Point 5
- Broadmeadow 5
- Cardiff 5
- Cardiff Heights 5
- Cardiff South 5
- Cessnock 5
- Charlestown 5
- Cooks Hill 5
- East Maitland 5
- Eleebana 5
- Elermore Vale 5
- Floraville 5
- Garden Suburb 5
- Gateshead 5
- Glendale 5
- Hamilton 5
- Heddon Greta 5
- Highfields 5
- Holmesville 5
- Jewells 5
- Kahibah 5
- Kelso 5
- Kotara 5
- Kurri Kurri 5
- Lambton 5
- Lorn 5
- Maitland 5
- Mayfield 5
- Merewether Heights 5
- New Lambton 5
- New Lambton Heights 5
- North Lambton 5
- Perthville 5
- Rankin Park 5
- Raworth 5
- Redhead 5
- Richmond 5
- Sydney 5
- The Junction 5
- Tighes Hill 5
- Tingira Heights 5
- Waratah 5
- Windale 5
- Young 5
- Albion Park Rail 4
- Allambie Heights 4
- Arcadia vale 4
- Arncliffe 4
- Artarmon 4
- Ashfield 4
- Asquith 4
- Auburn 4
- Avoca Beach 4
- Balgowlah 4
- Balmain 4
- Balmain East 4
- Banksia 4
- Bankstown 4
- Bardwell Valley 4
- Barrack Heights 4
- Bateau Bay 4
- Batemans Bay 4
- Baulkham Hills 4
- Bay View 4
- Beaumont Hills 4
- Beecroft 4
- Bega 4
- Belfield 4
- Bellevue Hill 4
- Bensville 4
- Berala 4
- Beresfield 4
- Berkeley 4
- Berkeley Vale 4
- Bermagui 4
- Berowra 4
- Berowra Heights 4
- Berridale 4
- Berry 4
- Beverly Park 4
- Bexley 4
- Bexley North 4
- Bilgola Beach 4
- Blackett 4
- Blackheath 4
- Blacktown 4
- Blackwall 4
- Blakehurst 4
- Blaxland 4
- Bomaderry 4
- Bombala 4
- Bondi 4
- Bondi Beach 4
- Bondi Junction 4
- Bonnet Bay 4
- Booker Bay 4
- Boorowa 4
- Bossley Park 4
- Botany 4
- Bowenfels 4
- Bowral 4
- Braidwood 4
- Brighton-Le-Sands 4
- Bringelly 4
- Broken Hill 4
- Bronte 4
- Brookvale 4
- Broulee 4
- Budgewoi 4
- Buff Point 4
- Bulli 4
- Bundanoon 4
- Bundeena 4
- Bungendore 4
- Burwood 4
- Buxton 4
- Cabramatta 4
- Cabramatta West 4
- Calderwood 4
- Cambridge Park 4
- Camden South 4
- Campbelltown 4
- Camperdown 4
- Campsie 4
- Canada Bay 4
- Canterbury 4
- Caringbah 4
- Caringbah South 4
- Carlingford 4
- Carramar 4
- Castle Cove 4
- Castle Hill 4
- Castlecrag 4
- Casula 4
- Cecil Park 4
- Charmhaven 4
- Chatswood 4
- Chatswood West 4
- Cherrybrook 4
- Chippendale 4
- Chipping Norton 4
- Chittaway Bay 4
- Church Point 4
- Clemton Park 4
- Clontarf 4
- Clovelly 4
- Coal Point 4
- Cobbitty 4
- Colo Vale 4
- Como 4
- Concord 4
- Concord West 4
- Coniston 4
- Connells Point 4
- Constitution Hill 4
- Coogee 4
- Cooranbong 4
- Cordeaux Heights 4
- Corrimal 4
- Cremorne 4
- Cremorne Point 4
- Cringila 4
- Cronulla 4
- Crookwell 4
- Croom 4
- Crows Nest 4
- Croydon 4
- Culcairn 4
- Curl Curl 4
- Daceyville 4
- Dapto 4
- Darling Point 4
- Darlinghurst 4
- Darlington 4
- Davidson 4
- Davistown 4
- Dee Why 4
- Denham Court 4
- Deniliquin 4
- Denistone 4
- Dolans Bay 4
- Dolls Point 4
- Doonside 4
- Dora Creek 4
- Douglas Park 4
- Dover Heights 4
- Drummoyne 4
- Dulwich Hill 4
- Dundas Valley 4
- Earlwood 4
- East Albury 4
- East Corrimal 4
- East Gosford 4
- East Hills 4
- East Lindfield 4
- East Ryde 4
- Eastwood 4
- Eden 4
- Edgecliff 4
- Elderslie 4
- Empire Bay 4
- Emu Heights 4
- Engadine 4
- Epping 4
- Erina 4
- Ermington 4
- Ettalong 4
- Ettalong Beach 4
- Fairfield 4
- Fairfield East 4
- Fairfield Heights 4
- Fairlight 4
- Fairy Meadow 4
- Falls Creek 4
- Fennell Bay 4
- Flinders 4
- Forestville 4
- Forresters Beach 4
- Freshwater 4
- Galston 4
- Gerringong 4
- Girraween 4
- Gladesville 4
- Glen Alpine 4
- Glenbrook 4
- Glendenning 4
- Glenfield 4
- Glenhaven 4
- Glenmore Park 4
- Glenorie 4
- Gol Gol 4
- Gordon 4
- Gorokan 4
- Gosford 4
- Granville 4
- Grays Point 4
- Greenwell Point 4
- Greenwich 4
- Greystanes 4
- Guildford West 4
- Gundaroo 4
- Gwynneville 4
- Gymea 4
- Gymea Bay 4
- Haberfield 4
- Harris Park 4
- Hassall Grove 4
- Haymarket 4
- Hazelbrook 4
- Heathcote 4
- Helensburgh 4
- Holbrook 4
- Holgate 4
- Holsworthy 4
- Homebush 4
- Hornsby 4
- Hornsby Heights 4
- Horsley Park 4
- Hunters Hill 4
- Hurstville 4
- Hurstville Grove 4
- Ingleburn 4
- Ingleside 4
- Jamberoo 4
- Jannali 4
- Jilliby 4
- Jindabyne 4
- Jindera 4
- Kangaroo Valley 4
- Kanwal 4
- Kareela 4
- Katoomba 4
- Keiraville 4
- Kellyville 4
- Kensington 4
- Kenthurst 4
- Kiama 4
- Killara 4
- Killarney Heights 4
- Kingfisher Shores 4
- Kingsford 4
- Kingswood Park 4
- Kirrawee 4
- Kirribilli 4
- Kogarah 4
- Kogarah Bay 4
- Koonawarra 4
- Kurnell 4
- Kurraba Point 4
- Lake Heights 4
- Lake Illawarra 4
- Lakemba 4
- Lane Cove 4
- Lane Cove North 4
- Lane Cove West 4
- Lavington 4
- Lawson 4
- Leichhardt 4
- Leumeah 4
- Leura 4
- Lewisham 4
- Lidcombe 4
- Lilyfield 4
- Lindfield 4
- Lisarow 4
- Lithgow 4
- Little Jilliby 4
- Liverpool 4
- Loftus 4
- Long Jetty 4
- Longueville 4
- Luddenham 4
- Lugarno 4
- Macmasters Beach 4
- Macquarie Park 4
- Malabar 4
- Mangerton 4
- Manly 4
- Maroubra 4
- Marrickville 4
- Marsfield 4
- Mascot 4
- Matraville 4
- Menai 4
- Merrylands 4
- Miller 4
- Milperra 4
- Milsons Point 4
- Milton 4
- Miranda 4
- Mittagong 4
- Monterey 4
- Moree 4
- Mortdale 4
- Mosman 4
- Moss Vale 4
- Mount Colah 4
- Mount Druitt 4
- Mount Keira 4
- Mount Ousley 4
- Mount Saint Thomas 4
- Mulgoa 4
- Murrumbateman 4
- Narara 4
- Narellan 4
- Narellan Vale 4
- Narooma 4
- Narrabeen 4
- Narraweena 4
- Neutral Bay 4
- Newport 4
- Newtown 4
- Noraville 4
- Normanhurst 4
- North Albury 4
- North Bondi 4
- North Curl Curl 4
- North Epping 4
- North Manly 4
- North Narrabeen 4
- North Ryde 4
- North Sydney 4
- North Turramurra 4
- North Wahroonga 4
- Northmead 4
- Nowra 4
- Oakdale 4
- Oatley 4
- Oberon 4
- Oyster Bay 4
- Paddington 4
- Padstow 4
- Palm Beach 4
- Parramatta 4
- Peakhurst 4
- Pennant Hills 4
- Penrith 4
- Penshurst 4
- Pitt Town 4
- Point Clare 4
- Point Piper 4
- Port Kembla 4
- Prestons 4
- Punchbowl 4
- Pymble 4
- Quakers Hill 4
- Queanbeyan 4
- Ramsgate 4
- Ramsgate Beach 4
- Randwick 4
- Rathmines 4
- Redfern 4
- Regents Park 4
- Revesby 4
- Rhodes 4
- Riverstone 4
- Roselands 4
- Roseville Chase 4
- Rouse Hill 4
- Scheyville 4
- Shellharbour 4
- Shellharbour Village 4
- South Albury 4
- South Coogee 4
- South Turramurra 4
- South Windsor 4
- Springwood 4
- St Clair 4
- St Leonards 4
- Stanhope Gardens 4
- Strathfield 4
- Strathfield South 4
- Summer Hill 4
- Telopea 4
- The Entrance 4
- Toongabbie 4
- Toronto 4
- Tuggerawong 4
- Tumbi Vmbi 4
- Tumut 4
- Ulladulla 4
- Wahroonga 4
- Wareemba 4
- Warriewood 4
- Werrington County 4
- Werrington Downs 4
- West Albury 4
- West Pennant 4
- West Ryde 4
- West Wollongong 4
- Westmead 4
- Wollstonecraft 4
- Woollahra 4
- Woronora Heights 4
- Yagoona 4
- Yass 4
- Cooma 3
- Portland 3
- Merimbula 2
- Central Coast 1
- Picton 1
- Umina 1
- Arcadia 0
- Bourke 0
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