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Most polluted cities in Flanders, Belgium, August 2023

20 cities in Flanders, Belgium ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Waregem at 8.2 µg/m³, #922 of 1,926 cities in the world. Cleanest: Grimbergen at 6.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

← Waregem 0% 0.75%0
Every city in Flanders, Belgium ranked for August 2023, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Waregem
    0%
  2. 2Roeselare
    0%
  3. 3Evergem
    0%
  4. 4Meulebeke
    0%
  5. 5Damme
    0%
  6. 6Kortrijk
    0%
  7. 7Menen
    0%
  8. 7Melsele
    0%
  9. 9Stabroek
    0%
  10. 9Antwerp
    0%
  11. 11Zelzate
    0%
  12. 12Gingelom
    0%
  13. 13Gent
    0%
  14. 13Beveren
    0%
  15. 15Willebroek
    0%
  16. 15Veurne
    0%
  17. 15Mol
    0%
  18. 15Aarschot
    0%
  19. 19Kapellen
    0%
  20. 20Grimbergen
    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 Flanders, Belgium, PM2.5, August 2023, smogrank.com/be/region/flanders/history/2023-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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