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Most polluted cities in Australia, May 2025
2 cities in Australia ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Melbourne at 8.8 µg/m³, #1,061 of 2,451 cities in the world. Cleanest: Sydney at 5.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
Excellent0–50
Good51–100
Lightly polluted101–150
Moderately polluted151–200
Heavily polluted201–300
Severely polluted301+
China's Air Quality Index (HJ 633-2012), PM2.5 individual index. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
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