SmogRank / World / Europe / Belgium / Flanders
Most polluted cities in Flanders, Belgium
26 measured cities, last 30 days; 0 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Meulebeke at 10.1 µg/m³, #627 in the world.
About 0 people in these 6 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day over the last 30 days.
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.
Cities coloured by their PM2.5 over the last 24 hours. Fires, smoke and ash: Oct 5, the newest UTC day mapped.
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
Estimated: cities without a monitor
Flanders cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Brugge | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Leuven | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Deurne | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Aalst | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Ostend | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Sint-Niklaas | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Borgerhout | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Dendermonde | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Merksem | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Turnhout | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Berchem | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Lokeren | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Wilrijk | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Beringen | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Dilbeek | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Heist-op-den-Berg | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Sint-Truiden | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Brasschaat | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Vilvoorde | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Maasmechelen | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Waregem | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Ieper | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Ninove | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Geel | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Halle | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Hoboken | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Schoten | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Lier | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Sint-Amandsberg | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Lommel | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Oudenaarde | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Tienen | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Heusden | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Wevelgem | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Geraardsbergen | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Sint-Pieters-Leeuw | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Kessel-Lo | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Blauwput | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Helchteren | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Tongeren | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Flanders
- Belgium, France and 2 more countries, June 202625 June 2026, 1 day15 cities39 µg/m³peak, Unna
- Europe, 18 to 25 March 20268 days430 cities136 µg/m³peak, Łask
- Europe, 1 to 12 March 202612 days532 cities109 µg/m³peak, Radomsko
- Europe, January and February 202612 January to 12 February 2026, 32 days625 cities252 µg/m³peak, Travnik
- Europe, 22 to 23 November 20252 days59 cities74 µg/m³peak, Żary
- Belgium, France and 2 more countries, October 202511 to 12 October 2025, 2 days12 cities31 µg/m³peak, Roeselare
Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Flanders, Belgium, PM2.5, last 30 days to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/be/region/flanders?w=30d.
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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.