SmogRank / Australia / Queensland / Gold Coast
Gold Coast, month by month
Gold Coast has a measured daily mean on 159 days since 18 June 2023. Its worst month was August 2023, at 37 US AQI (6.6 µg/m³), 1,455th of 1,980 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2023, at 29 US AQI (5.2 µg/m³).
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
37 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 2 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 7 with no readings from the monitor, 3 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2026 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Aug 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jul 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jun 2026 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| May 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Apr 2026 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Mar 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Feb 2026 | No day measured. The others: 28 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jan 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Dec 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Nov 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Oct 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Sep 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Aug 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jul 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jun 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| May 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Apr 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Mar 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Feb 2025 | No day measured. The others: 28 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jan 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Dec 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Nov 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Oct 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Aug 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jul 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jun 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| May 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Apr 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Mar 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Feb 2024 | No day measured. The others: 28 with no readings from the monitor, 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Jan 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Oct 2023 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2023 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitor, 11 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Jun 2023 | 5 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 8 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Gold Coast's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | 376.6 µg/m³ | 1,455thof 1,980 |
| December 2023 | 336.0 µg/m³ | 1,822ndof 2,247 |
| September 2023 | 315.6 µg/m³ | 1,881stof 2,176 |
| November 2023 | 295.2 µg/m³ | 1,931stof 2,243 |
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.
Gold Coast's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2023 | 8929.5 µg/m³ |
| 16 Dec 2023 | 6416.0 µg/m³ |
| 15 Aug 2023 | 6315.8 µg/m³ |
| 15 Dec 2023 | 5913.4 µg/m³ |
| 21 Jun 2023 | 5813.1 µg/m³ |
| 14 Aug 2023 | 5812.9 µg/m³ |
| 1 Nov 2023 | 5812.6 µg/m³ |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 5712.2 µg/m³ |
| 13 Aug 2023 | 5611.6 µg/m³ |
| 12 Aug 2023 | 5511.1 µg/m³ |
Daily means, the highest since 18 Jun 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, Gold Coast, Australia, 18 Jun 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Queensland Government, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/au/gold-coast/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Gold Coast 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).