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Index of air quality in the world's major cities: December 15

Relaxnews
Wednesday 15 December 2010 01:00 GMT
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Daily air quality index of some of the world's major cities on December 15, using data from AirNow, CITEAIR, and the American Embassy in Beijing.

City

Average 14/12/2010 Average 15/12/2010

London (UK)

Good                                                          Good                                                             

Madrid (Spain)

Moderate NA

Paris (France)

Good Good

Brussels (Belgium)  

Good Good

Berlin (Germany )

Good Good

Prague (Czech Republic)

Good Good

Zurich (Switzerland)

Good Good

Beijing (China)  

NA NA

Beijing - US embassy stats

Good Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Shanghai (China)  

Good Good

Hong Kong (China)

Moderate Good

Brunei (Brunei)

Good Good

New York (USA)  

Good Good

San Francisco (USA)

Moderate Good

Mexico City (Mexico )

Unhealthy for sensitive groups Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Montreal (Canada)

Good Good

Toronto (Canada)

Good Good

New Delhi (India)

NA Unhealthy

Sydney (Australia)

Good NA



The Air Quality Index (AQI) or Air Pollution Index (API) measures the parts of pollutant in a specified volume of air. The lower the AQI the fewer particles of pollution are in the air. For a more detailed explanation see http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqibasics.aqi.

All results are color-coded following the American AQI standard shown below. For all countries outside of Europe, the US and Canada, that region's definition of AQI terms has been accepted.

Legend 

Air Quality

 

Good

 

Moderate

 

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

 

Unhealthy

 

Very Unhealthy

 

Hazardous

Data: Data relating to Europe, the US and Canada is taken from CITEAIR - Common Information to European Air ( http://www.airnow.gov / http://www.airqualitynow.eu); data concerning China is taken from both official Chinese government sources and the US Embassy's automated air index Twitter account. For all countries the data displayed falls within either that country's definition of the level of air quality or the international AQI index. Data for all European, US and Canadian cities refers to background, not roadside, levels of air quality.

All data was collected at 1:00pm GMT on December 15.

http://www.airqualitynow.eu
http://www.airnow.gov

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