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Most polluted cities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2026

5 cities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ranked by their average PM2.5 so far (278 of 365 days); 5 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Nilópolis at 17.9 µg/m³, #423 of 2,745 cities in the world. Cleanest: Rio de Janeiro at 7.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

About 26.8K people in these 3 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day of 2026.

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.

← Duque de Caxias 25.2K 20K0
Every city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ranked for 2026 with monitors in two or more places, one column each, ranked by people breathing unhealthy air: height is people on an average day, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Duque de Caxias
    25.2K
  2. 2Barra da Tijuca
    1.56K
  3. 3Rio de Janeiro
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, PM2.5, 2026 (so far), smogrank.com/br/region/rio-de-janeiro/history/2026 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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