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Most people breathing unhealthy air in New South Wales, Australia, October 2026

3 cities in New South Wales, Australia measured at 2 or more places, ranked by how many people breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far (7 of 31 days). The most people breathing unhealthy air: Newcastle, Australia, about 0 on an average day. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

About 0 people in these 3 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day of October 2026.

Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.

← Newcastle 0 0.750
Every city in New South Wales, Australia ranked for October 2026 with monitors in two or more places, one column each, ranked by people breathing unhealthy air: height is people on an average day, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Newcastle
    0
  2. 2Wollongong
    0
  3. 3Sydney
    0
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in New South Wales, Australia, by people breathing unhealthy air, PM2.5, October 2026 (so far), smogrank.com/au/region/new-south-wales/history/2026-10?by=people (accessed 8 Oct 2026). Some readings from Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published.

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