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Most polluted cities in Australia, October 2024

8 cities in Australia ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Melbourne at 4.9 µg/m³, #1,391 of 1,561 cities in the world. Cleanest: Bendigo at 1.9. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Melbourne 4.9
Every city in Australia ranked for October 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. 1Melbournelow-cost sensorsVictoria
    4.9
  2. 1GeelongVictoria
    4.9
  3. 1Bacchus MarshVictoria
    4.9
  4. 4TraralgonVictoria
    4.5
  5. 5Sydneylow-cost sensorsNew South Wales
    4.4
  6. 6MilduraVictoria
    3.2
  7. 7WangarattaVictoria
    2.0
  8. 8BendigoVictoria
    1.9
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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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Australia, PM2.5, October 2024, smogrank.com/au/history/2024-10 (accessed 2 Oct 2026).

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