SmogRank / Canada / Alberta / Calgary
Calgary, month by month
Calgary has a measured daily mean on 1,305 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was May 2023, at 80 US AQI (24.6 µg/m³), 79th of 1,600 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was April 2023, at 28 US AQI (5.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 53 US AQI (10.2 µg/m³), against 53 US AQI (10.3 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Calgary's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | 8024.6 µg/m³ | 79thof 1,600 | North-western United States and Canada, May 2023 North-western Canada and United States, May 2023and 1 more |
| September 2025 | 7924.0 µg/m³ | 152ndof 3,104 | North-western Canada and United States, September 2025 North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025 |
| July 2024 | 7421.2 µg/m³ | 95thof 2,566 | North-western United States and Canada, July 2024 |
| August 2023 | 7019.4 µg/m³ | 134thof 1,980 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| September 2023 | 7019.4 µg/m³ | 106thof 2,176 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| July 2026 | 7019.3 µg/m³ | 362ndof 2,784 | North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
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.
Calgary's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Sept 2023 | 218143.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 24 Jul 2024 | 215139.5 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, July 2024 |
| 17 May 2023 | 206130.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2023 |
| 16 May 2023 | 191112.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2023 |
| 11 Jun 2025 | 190110.5 µg/m³ | North-western Canada and United States, June 2025 |
| 2 Sept 2025 | 182100.3 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025 |
| 20 May 2023 | 18198.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, May 2023 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 17691.3 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
| 5 Sept 2023 | 17082.9 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 16474.7 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
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, Calgary, Canada, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ca/calgary/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Calgary now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).