SmogRank / Belgium / Flanders / Gingelom
Gingelom, month by month
Gingelom has a measured daily mean on 1,124 days since 15 February 2023. Its worst month was March 2025, at 66 US AQI (17.1 µg/m³), 766th of 2,862 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 20 US AQI (3.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 47 US AQI (8.4 µg/m³), against 46 US AQI (8.3 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
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
7 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 6 with no readings from the monitor, 5 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Oct 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitor, 15 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 with readings left out by our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with no readings from the monitor, 6 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 1 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 13 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Gingelom's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | 6617.1 µg/m³ | 766thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more |
| February 2025 | 6516.4 µg/m³ | 799thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| March 2026 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 1,154thof 2,971 | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| May 2023 | 5611.9 µg/m³ | 272ndof 1,600 | Europe, May 2023 Belgium and France, May 2023 |
| January 2024 | 5611.9 µg/m³ | 707thof 2,385 | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| April 2025 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 957thof 2,951 | – |
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.
Gingelom's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2025 | 13850.7 µg/m³ | Europe, March 2025 |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 11942.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | 11842.4 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Mar 2025 | 10838.3 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 11 Mar 2025 | 10637.5 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 10236.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| 14 Feb 2025 | 10235.8 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 12 Jan 2024 | 10035.4 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 8 Mar 2026 | 9934.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| 9 Mar 2025 | 9633.1 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 15 Feb 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Gingelom, Belgium, 15 Feb 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/be/gingelom/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Gingelom now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).