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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 |  Wagga Wagga | 62 |
| 2 | Muswellbrook | 61 |
| 3 | Cootamundra | 60 |
| 4 | Cowra | 60 |
| 5 | Goulburn | 58 |
| 6 | Albury | 54 |
| 7 | Branxton | 45 |
| 8 | Singleton | 45 |
| 9 | Cooma | 44 |
| 10 | Scone | 42 |
(local time)
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New South Wales air quality data attribution
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- DCCEEW New South Wales
89 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
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- Wagga Wagga 62
- Muswellbrook 61
- Cootamundra 60
- Cowra 60
- Goulburn 58
- Albury 54
- Branxton 45
- Singleton 45
- Cooma 44
- Scone 42
- Carrington 29
- Bathurst 22
- Gunnedah 22
- Port Macquarie 21
- Corowa 16
- Parkes 16
- Alexandria 15
- Newcastle 15
- South Tamworth 13
- Wollongong 13
- Quirindi 12
- Brewarrina 11
- Cobar 11
- Condobolin 11
- Deniliquin 11
- Denman 11
- Griffith 11
- Hay 11
- Kembla Grange 11
- Mayfield West 11
- Narrandera 11
- Sydney 11
- Wallsend 11
- Coffs Harbour 10
- Finley 10
- Gulgong 10
- Merimbula 10
- Orange 10
- Blayney 9
- Crookwell 9
- Grenfell 9
- Moama 9
- Oberon 9
- Perthville 9
- Richmond 9
- Wyong 9
- Boorowa 8
- Bungendore 8
- Canowindra 8
- Central Coast 8
- Dareton 8
- Darlington Point 8
- Dunedoo 8
- Eglinton 8
- Kelso 8
- Leeton 8
- Phillip 8
- Tamworth 8
- Arcadia 7
- Berrigan 7
- Coolamon 7
- Culcairn 7
- East Tamworth 7
- Forbes 7
- Forest Hill 7
- Gundagai 7
- Gundaroo 7
- Henty 7
- Holbrook 7
- Howlong 7
- Jindera 7
- Junee 7
- Kandos 7
- Kootingal 7
- Lake Albert 7
- Millthorpe 7
- Molong 7
- Mudgee 7
- Mulwala 7
- Nimbin 7
- Portland 7
- Springvale 7
- Umina 7
- Wellington 7
- Young 7
- Bowenfels 6
- Cammeray 6
- Coonabarabran 6
- Coonamble 6
- East Albury 6
- Eulomogo 6
- Gilgandra 6
- Lavington 6
- Lithgow 6
- Merriwa 6
- Moruya 6
- Murrumbateman 6
- North Albury 6
- Peak Hill 6
- South Albury 6
- Tumut 6
- West Albury 6
- Albion Park Rail 5
- Allambie Heights 5
- Anna Bay 5
- Arcadia vale 5
- Armidale 5
- Arncliffe 5
- Artarmon 5
- Ashfield 5
- Asquith 5
- Auburn 5
- Avoca Beach 5
- Balgowlah 5
- Ballina 5
- Balmain 5
- Balmain East 5
- Banksia 5
- Bankstown 5
- Banora Point 5
- Bar Beach 5
- Bardwell Valley 5
- Barrack Heights 5
- Bateau Bay 5
- Batemans Bay 5
- Baulkham Hills 5
- Bay View 5
- Beaumont Hills 5
- Beecroft 5
- Bega 5
- Belfield 5
- Bellevue Hill 5
- Bellingen 5
- Belmont 5
- Belmont North 5
- Belmont South 5
- Bensville 5
- Berala 5
- Beresfield 5
- Berkeley 5
- Berkeley Vale 5
- Bermagui 5
- Berowra 5
- Berowra Heights 5
- Berridale 5
- Berry 5
- Beverly Park 5
- Bexley 5
- Bexley North 5
- Bilambil 5
- Bilambil Heights 5
- Bilgola Beach 5
- Bingara 5
- Blackett 5
- Blackheath 5
- Blacktown 5
- Blackwall 5
- Blair Athol 5
- Blakehurst 5
- Blaxland 5
- Boambee 5
- Boggabilla 5
- Boggabri 5
- Bolton Point 5
- Bolwarra 5
- Bolwarra Heights 5
- Bomaderry 5
- Bombala 5
- Bondi 5
- Bondi Beach 5
- Bondi Junction 5
- Bonnet Bay 5
- Bonville 5
- Booker Bay 5
- Bossley Park 5
- Botany 5
- Bowral 5
- Bowraville 5
- Braidwood 5
- Brighton-Le-Sands 5
- Bringelly 5
- Broadmeadow 5
- Bronte 5
- Brookvale 5
- Broulee 5
- Brunswick Heads 5
- Budgewoi 5
- Buff Point 5
- Bulahdelah 5
- Bulli 5
- Bundanoon 5
- Bundeena 5
- Burringbar 5
- Burwood 5
- Buxton 5
- Byron Bay 5
- Cabramatta 5
- Cabramatta West 5
- Calderwood 5
- Cambridge Park 5
- Camden Haven 5
- Camden South 5
- Campbelltown 5
- Camperdown 5
- Campsie 5
- Canada Bay 5
- Canterbury 5
- Cardiff 5
- Cardiff Heights 5
- Cardiff South 5
- Caringbah 5
- Caringbah South 5
- Carlingford 5
- Carramar 5
- Carrolls Creek 5
- Casino 5
- Castle Cove 5
- Castle Hill 5
- Castlecrag 5
- Casuarina 5
- Casula 5
- Cecil Park 5
- Cessnock 5
- Charlestown 5
- Charmhaven 5
- Chatswood 5
- Chatswood West 5
- Cherrybrook 5
- Chinderah 5
- Chippendale 5
- Chipping Norton 5
- Chittaway Bay 5
- Church Point 5
- Clarence Town 5
- Clemton Park 5
- Clontarf 5
- Clovelly 5
- Coal Point 5
- Cobbitty 5
- Colo Vale 5
- Como 5
- Concord 5
- Concord West 5
- Coniston 5
- Connells Point 5
- Constitution Hill 5
- Coogee 5
- Cooks Hill 5
- Cooranbong 5
- Coraki 5
- Cordeaux Heights 5
- Corlette 5
- Corrimal 5
- Coutts Crossing 5
- Cremorne 5
- Cremorne Point 5
- Crescent Head 5
- Cringila 5
- Cronulla 5
- Croom 5
- Crows Nest 5
- Croydon 5
- Cundletown 5
- Curl Curl 5
- Daceyville 5
- Dapto 5
- Darling Point 5
- Darlinghurst 5
- Darlington 5
- Davidson 5
- Davistown 5
- Dee Why 5
- Denham Court 5
- Denistone 5
- Dolans Bay 5
- Dolls Point 5
- Doonside 5
- Dora Creek 5
- Dorrigo 5
- Douglas Park 5
- Dover Heights 5
- Drummoyne 5
- Dubbo 5
- Dulwich Hill 5
- Dundas Valley 5
- Dungog 5
- Earlwood 5
- East Ballina 5
- East Corrimal 5
- East Gosford 5
- East Hills 5
- East Lindfield 5
- East Lismore 5
- East Maitland 5
- East Ryde 5
- Eastwood 5
- Eden 5
- Edgecliff 5
- Elderslie 5
- Eleebana 5
- Elermore Vale 5
- Empire Bay 5
- Emu Heights 5
- Engadine 5
- Enmore 5
- Epping 5
- Erina 5
- Ermington 5
- Ettalong 5
- Ettalong Beach 5
- Evans Head 5
- Fairfield 5
- Fairfield East 5
- Fairfield Heights 5
- Fairlight 5
- Fairy Meadow 5
- Falls Creek 5
- Federal 5
- Fennell Bay 5
- Flinders 5
- Floraville 5
- Forestville 5
- Forresters Beach 5
- Forster 5
- Frederickton 5
- Freshwater 5
- Galston 5
- Garden Suburb 5
- Gateshead 5
- Gerringong 5
- Gilgai 5
- Girraween 5
- Gladesville 5
- Glen Alpine 5
- Glen Innes 5
- Glenbrook 5
- Glendale 5
- Glendenning 5
- Glenfield 5
- Glenhaven 5
- Glenmore Park 5
- Glenorie 5
- Gloucester 5
- Gol Gol 5
- Goonellabah 5
- Gordon 5
- Gorokan 5
- Gosford 5
- Granville 5
- Grays Point 5
- Greenwell Point 5
- Greenwich 5
- Greta 5
- Greystanes 5
- Guildford West 5
- Guyra 5
- Gwynneville 5
- Gymea 5
- Gymea Bay 5
- Haberfield 5
- Hamilton 5
- Harrington 5
- Harris Park 5
- Hassall Grove 5
- Hawks Nest 5
- Haymarket 5
- Hazelbrook 5
- Heathcote 5
- Heddon Greta 5
- Helensburgh 5
- Highfields 5
- Hillston 5
- Holgate 5
- Holmesville 5
- Holsworthy 5
- Homebush 5
- Hornsby 5
- Hornsby Heights 5
- Horsley Park 5
- Hunters Hill 5
- Hurstville 5
- Hurstville Grove 5
- Ingleburn 5
- Ingleside 5
- Inverell 5
- Jamberoo 5
- Jannali 5
- Jewells 5
- Jilliby 5
- Jindabyne 5
- Kahibah 5
- Kangaroo Valley 5
- Kanwal 5
- Kareela 5
- Katoomba 5
- Keiraville 5
- Kellyville 5
- Kempsey 5
- Kendall 5
- Kensington 5
- Kenthurst 5
- Kiama 5
- Killara 5
- Killarney Heights 5
- Kingfisher Shores 5
- Kingscliff 5
- Kingsford 5
- Kingswood Park 5
- Kirrawee 5
- Kirribilli 5
- Kogarah 5
- Kogarah Bay 5
- Koonawarra 5
- Kotara 5
- Kurnell 5
- Kurraba Point 5
- Kurri Kurri 5
- Kyogle 5
- Lake Cargelligo 5
- Lake Heights 5
- Lake Illawarra 5
- Lakemba 5
- Lambton 5
- Lane Cove 5
- Lane Cove North 5
- Lane Cove West 5
- Largs 5
- Larnook 5
- Lawson 5
- Leichhardt 5
- Leumeah 5
- Leura 5
- Lewisham 5
- Lidcombe 5
- Lightning Ridge 5
- Lilyfield 5
- Lindfield 5
- Lisarow 5
- Little Jilliby 5
- Liverpool 5
- Loftus 5
- Long Jetty 5
- Longueville 5
- Lorn 5
- Luddenham 5
- Lugarno 5
- Macksville 5
- Maclean 5
- Macmasters Beach 5
- Macquarie Park 5
- Maitland 5
- Malabar 5
- Mangerton 5
- Manilla 5
- Manly 5
- Maroubra 5
- Marrickville 5
- Marsfield 5
- Mascot 5
- Matraville 5
- Mayfield 5
- Medowie 5
- Menai 5
- Merewether Heights 5
- Merrylands 5
- Miller 5
- Milperra 5
- Milsons Point 5
- Milton 5
- Miranda 5
- Mittagong 5
- Monterey 5
- Moonee Beach 5
- Moree 5
- Mortdale 5
- Mosman 5
- Moss Vale 5
- Mount Colah 5
- Mount Druitt 5
- Mount Keira 5
- Mount Ousley 5
- Mount Saint Thomas 5
- Mulgoa 5
- Murwillumbah 5
- Nabiac 5
- Nambucca 5
- Nambucca Heads 5
- Nana Glen 5
- Narara 5
- Narellan 5
- Narellan Vale 5
- Narooma 5
- Narrabeen 5
- Narraweena 5
- Narromine 5
- Nelson Bay 5
- Neutral Bay 5
- New Lambton 5
- New Lambton Heights 5
- Newport 5
- Newtown 5
- Noraville 5
- Normanhurst 5
- North Bondi 5
- North Curl Curl 5
- North Epping 5
- North Haven 5
- North Lambton 5
- North Manly 5
- North Narrabeen 5
- North Ryde 5
- North Shore 5
- North Sydney 5
- North Turramurra 5
- North Wahroonga 5
- Northmead 5
- Nowra 5
- Nyngan 5
- Oakdale 5
- Oatley 5
- Old Bar 5
- Oyster Bay 5
- Paddington 5
- Padstow 5
- Palm Beach 5
- Parramatta 5
- Peakhurst 5
- Pennant Hills 5
- Penrith 5
- Penshurst 5
- Pitt Town 5
- Point Clare 5
- Point Piper 5
- Port Kembla 5
- Port Stephens 5
- Pottsville Beach 5
- Prestons 5
- Punchbowl 5
- Pymble 5
- Quakers Hill 5
- Queanbeyan 5
- Ramsgate 5
- Ramsgate Beach 5
- Randwick 5
- Rankin Park 5
- Rathmines 5
- Raworth 5
- Raymond Terrace 5
- Redfern 5
- Redhead 5
- Regents Park 5
- Revesby 5
- Rhodes 5
- Riverstone 5
- Roselands 5
- Roseville Chase 5
- Rouse Hill 5
- Rutherford 5
- Sawtell 5
- Scheyville 5
- Shellharbour 5
- Shellharbour Village 5
- South Coogee 5
- South Grafton 5
- South Turramurra 5
- South Windsor 5
- Springwood 5
- St Clair 5
- St Leonards 5
- Stanhope Gardens 5
- Strathfield 5
- Strathfield South 5
- Summer Hill 5
- Taree 5
- Telopea 5
- The Entrance 5
- The Junction 5
- Tighes Hill 5
- Tingira Heights 5
- Toongabbie 5
- Toormina 5
- Toronto 5
- Tuggerawong 5
- Tumbi Vmbi 5
- Tweed Heads West 5
- Ulladulla 5
- Wahroonga 5
- Waratah 5
- Wareemba 5
- Warriewood 5
- Werrington County 5
- Werrington Downs 5
- West Pennant 5
- West Ryde 5
- West Wollongong 5
- West Wyalong 5
- Westmead 5
- Windale 5
- Wollstonecraft 5
- Woolgoolga 5
- Woollahra 5
- Woronora Heights 5
- Yagoona 5
- Yass 5
- Lismore 4
- Picton 3
- Broken Hill 2
- Grafton 2
- Bourke 0
- Narrabri 0
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