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Most polluted cities in Australia, May 2024

8 cities in Australia ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Wangaratta at 13.2 µg/m³, #154 of 2,082 cities in the world. Cleanest: Bendigo at 4.9. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Wangaratta 13.2
Every city in Australia ranked for May 2024, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1WangarattaVictoria
    13.2
  2. 2MilduraVictoria
    12.1
  3. 3Melbournelow-cost sensorsVictoria
    10.6
  4. 4Sydneylow-cost sensorsNew South Wales
    7.8
  5. 5TraralgonVictoria
    7.1
  6. 6Bacchus MarshVictoria
    6.8
  7. 7GeelongVictoria
    6.3
  8. 8BendigoVictoria
    4.9
Good0–5
Fair6–15
Moderate16–50
Poor51–90
Very poor91–140
Extremely poor141+

The European Environment Agency's air quality index bands for PM2.5 (2024 revision); it has bands, not numbers, so values stay in µg/m³. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

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