SmogRank / Belgium / Wallonia / Charleroi

Charleroi, month by month

Charleroi has a measured daily mean on 1,195 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2023, at 63 US AQI (15.8 µg/m³), 287th of 1,129 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 12 US AQI (2.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 39 US AQI (7.0 µg/m³), against 36 US AQI (6.5 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202436 for the year271 days measured1,646th of 2,097 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Charleroi's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Charleroi marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
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

Months without a mean, and why

6 months
MonthWhy
Jun 202619 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202415 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Sep 2024No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 202415 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202415 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 20237 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Charleroi's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
February 2023 6315.8 µg/m³27 of 28287thof 1,129Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023
February 2025 6315.8 µg/m³25 of 28828thof 2,633Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025
Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
March 2025 6013.9 µg/m³26 of 311,043rdof 2,862Europe, March 2025
Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more
March 2026 5712.4 µg/m³31 of 311,143rdof 2,971Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
April 2023 5310.2 µg/m³30 of 30419thof 1,622–
May 2023 5310.2 µg/m³31 of 31441stof 1,600Europe, May 2023
Belgium and France, May 2023

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.

Charleroi's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
25 Mar 2025 12244.0 µg/m³Europe, March 2025
7 Mar 2026 11440.7 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
8 Mar 2026 11039.2 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
15 Feb 2023 10537.3 µg/m³Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023
10 Feb 2023 10235.8 µg/m³Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023
10 Feb 2025 9935.1 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
26 Jan 2026 9935.0 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
14 Feb 2023 9834.3 µg/m³Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023
20 Mar 2026 9633.3 µg/m³Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
14 May 2023 9633.2 µg/m³Belgium and France, May 2023

Daily means, the highest since 11 Jan 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Charleroi, Belgium, 11 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/be/charleroi/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Charleroi now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).