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Cities with cleanest air in United Kingdom

Musselburgh, United Kingdom has the lowest pm2.5 — annual mean of the 30 cities compared: 4 µg/m³ (European Environment Agency, 2019-12-31).

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United Kingdom cities ranked by annual PM2.5 concentration, not by current readings.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-10-07

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Musselburgh, United Kingdom4 µg/m³2026-08-05
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2019-12-31
2Ashington, United Kingdom4.95 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
3Bearsden, United Kingdom5 µg/m³2026-10-07
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2024-12-31
4Bishopbriggs, United Kingdom5 µg/m³2026-10-07
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2024-12-31
5Dunfermline, United Kingdom5 µg/m³2026-10-07
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2024-12-31
6Kirkintilloch, United Kingdom5 µg/m³2026-10-07
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2024-12-31
7Paisley, United Kingdom5 µg/m³2026-10-07
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2024-12-31
8Blyth, United Kingdom5.35 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
9Edinburgh, United Kingdom5.38 µg/m³2026-10-02
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
10Aberdeen, United Kingdom5.46 µg/m³2026-10-02
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
11Nelson, United Kingdom5.97 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
12East Kilbride, United Kingdom6 µg/m³2026-10-07
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2024-12-31
13Hamilton, United Kingdom6 µg/m³2026-10-07
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2024-12-31
14Wishaw, United Kingdom6 µg/m³2026-10-07
Source Scope: nearest_station · Period: 2024-12-31
15Blackburn, United Kingdom6.05 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
16Dorchester, United Kingdom6.05 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
17Preston, United Kingdom6.1 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
18Buxton, United Kingdom6.1 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
19Christchurch, United Kingdom6.39 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
20Newport, United Kingdom6.45 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
21Ashford, United Kingdom6.52 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
22Shipley, United Kingdom6.62 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
23Normanton (Wakefield), United Kingdom6.72 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
24Barry (Vale of Glamorgan), United Kingdom6.74 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
25Bury, United Kingdom6.78 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
26Horley, United Kingdom6.86 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
27Crawley, United Kingdom6.86 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
28Cambridge, United Kingdom6.88 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
29Bolton, United Kingdom6.92 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025
30Gillingham, United Kingdom6.98 µg/m³2026-07-15
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025

What the numbers say

  • Musselburgh, United Kingdom leads at 4 µg/m³.
  • Gillingham, United Kingdom sits at the other end with 6.98 µg/m³.
  • The middle of this ranking is 6.05 µg/m³, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 2.98 µg/m³.

Quick answer

What does Cities with cleanest air in United Kingdom show?

Musselburgh, United Kingdom has the lowest pm2.5 — annual mean of the 30 cities compared: 4 µg/m³ (European Environment Agency, 2019-12-31).

How this list is built

Every row is a published pm2.5 — annual mean observation measured in µg/m³, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 2019 and 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
2 grains: nearest_station, city
Observation period
2019-12-31 to 2025
Last checked
2026-10-07
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Cities with cleanest air in United Kingdom [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 583eba803bb8d1cf71f363a8cee972a7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-kingdom-cities-with-cleanest-air/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cities-with-cleanest-air-in-united-kingdom_e634d229eb56,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cities with cleanest air in United Kingdom},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {583eba803bb8d1cf71f363a8cee972a7},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/united-kingdom-cities-with-cleanest-air/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. European Environment AgencyEuropean Environment Agency · Checked 2026-08-05
  2. official estimated total annual mean background concentrationDEFRA UK Air · Checked 2026-07-15
  3. ENV02 — Air quality statistics: Particulate Matter (PM2.5) TablesDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) / UK-AIR · Checked 2026-10-07
  4. official estimated total annual mean background concentrationDEFRA UK Air · Checked 2026-07-15
  5. official estimated total annual mean background concentrationDEFRA UK Air · Checked 2026-07-15
  6. official estimated total annual mean background concentrationDEFRA UK Air · Checked 2026-07-15
  7. official estimated total annual mean background concentrationDEFRA UK Air · Checked 2026-07-15