SmogRank / Brazil / Nova União
Nova União, month by month
Nova União has a measured daily mean on 972 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was September 2024, at 97 US AQI (34.0 µg/m³), 38th of 2,010 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was January 2024, at 31 US AQI (5.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 70 US AQI (19.4 µg/m³), against 58 US AQI (12.8 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
14 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | No day measured. |
| Sep 2026 | No day measured. |
| Aug 2026 | No day measured. |
| Jul 2026 | No day measured. |
| Jun 2026 | No day measured. |
| May 2026 | No day measured. |
| Apr 2026 | No day measured. |
| Mar 2026 | No day measured. |
| Feb 2026 | No day measured. |
| Jan 2026 | No day measured. |
| Dec 2025 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2025 | 13 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | 16 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. 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.
Nova União's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 9734.0 µg/m³ | 38thof 2,010 | Southern Brazil, 30 September to 4 October 2024 Southern Brazil, 22 to 28 September 2024and 2 more |
| November 2025 | 7823.7 µg/m³ | 319thof 2,715 | – |
| August 2025 | 7421.2 µg/m³ | 182ndof 2,901 | – |
| July 2025 | 7220.6 µg/m³ | 189thof 2,889 | – |
| August 2024 | 7220.4 µg/m³ | 94thof 2,010 | Southern Brazil, 30 August to 5 September 2024 Southern Brazil, 22 to 25 August 2024 |
| June 2025 | 7220.3 µg/m³ | 220thof 2,508 | – |
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.
Nova União's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Sept 2024 | 17386.3 µg/m³ | Southern Brazil, 30 August to 5 September 2024 |
| 4 Sept 2024 | 16473.8 µg/m³ | Southern Brazil, 30 August to 5 September 2024 |
| 2 Sept 2024 | 15460.0 µg/m³ | Southern Brazil, 30 August to 5 September 2024 |
| 5 Sept 2024 | 13951.1 µg/m³ | Southern Brazil, 30 August to 5 September 2024 |
| 15 Sept 2024 | 13348.5 µg/m³ | Southern Brazil, 7 to 17 September 2024 |
| 10 Sept 2025 | 12244.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Oct 2024 | 12243.9 µg/m³ | Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2024 |
| 24 Aug 2024 | 11641.7 µg/m³ | Southern Brazil, 22 to 25 August 2024 |
| 7 Nov 2025 | 11541.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 28 Sept 2024 | 11440.8 µg/m³ | Southern Brazil, 22 to 28 September 2024 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Nova União, Brazil, 1 Jan 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from national networks via OpenAQ and the publishers listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/br/nova-uniao-minas-gerais/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Nova União now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 06:10 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).