SmogRank / Austria / Upper Austria / Linz
Linz, month by month
Linz has a measured daily mean on 1,076 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 76 US AQI (22.4 µg/m³), 390th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 31 US AQI (5.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 55 US AQI (11.3 µg/m³), against 53 US AQI (10.3 µg/m³) in 2023.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
11 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2024 | 7 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 2 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 5 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 26 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2024 | 9 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2024 | 9 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2024 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | 11 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Linz's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 7622.4 µg/m³ | 390thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| January 2026 | 7220.5 µg/m³ | 400thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| January 2024 | 6717.7 µg/m³ | 348thof 2,385 | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 Europe, 28 to 31 January 2024and 1 more |
| January 2025 | 6717.7 µg/m³ | 376thof 2,474 | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| February 2026 | 6416.2 µg/m³ | 726thof 2,866 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| December 2023 | 6415.9 µg/m³ | 259thof 2,247 | Eastern Europe, December 2023 Europe, December 2023 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Linz's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2023 | 15357.7 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 1 Jan 2025 | 13248.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| 23 Feb 2025 | 13147.8 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 2 Jan 2025 | 12947.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| 24 Feb 2025 | 12444.8 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 11 Jan 2024 | 11742.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 6 Dec 2023 | 11340.2 µg/m³ | Europe, December 2023 |
| 12 Jan 2024 | 11139.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 10637.7 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | 10537.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 Europe, 28 to 31 January 2024 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Linz, Austria, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/at/linz/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Linz now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).