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Most polluted cities in Flanders, Belgium, January 2025

22 cities in Flanders, Belgium ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Meulebeke at 17.8 µg/m³, #371 of 2,426 cities in the world. Cleanest: Gingelom at 9.6. 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.

← Meulebeke 14% 10%0
Every city in Flanders, Belgium ranked for January 2025, 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. 1Meulebeke
    14%
  2. 2Menen
    14%
  3. 3Roeselare
    10%
  4. 4Grimbergen
    7%
  5. 5Beveren
    7%
  6. 5Antwerp
    7%
  7. 7Stabroek
    7%
  8. 8Damme
    7%
  9. 9Kapellen
    4%
  10. 10Kortrijk
    3%
  11. 11Gent
    3%
  12. 12Zelzate
    3%
  13. 13Zaventem
    3%
  14. 14Melsele
    3%
  15. 14Mechelen
    3%
  16. 16Willebroek
    3%
  17. 17Veurne
    3%
  18. 18Houthalen
    0%
  19. 19Mol
    0%
  20. 19Hasselt
    0%
  21. 21Aarschot
    0%
  22. 22Gingelom
    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, January 2025, smogrank.com/be/region/flanders/history/2025-01 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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