SmogRank / Canada / Alberta / Edmonton
Edmonton, month by month
Edmonton has a measured daily mean on 1,314 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was September 2023, at 123 US AQI (44.6 µg/m³), 11th of 2,176 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2024, at 28 US AQI (5.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 57 US AQI (12.2 µg/m³), against 58 US AQI (12.7 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.
Edmonton's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | 12344.6 µg/m³ | 11thof 2,176 | Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, Canada, September 2023 Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada, September 2023and 2 more |
| May 2023 | 11741.8 µg/m³ | 29thof 1,600 | North-western United States and Canada, May 2023 North-western Canada and United States, May 2023and 1 more |
| July 2023 | 10135.7 µg/m³ | 32ndof 1,432 | Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, July 2023 United States and Canada, July 2023and 3 more |
| August 2023 | 8426.6 µg/m³ | 67thof 1,980 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| August 2024 | 8326.1 µg/m³ | 59thof 2,010 | Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, 22 to 23 August 2024 North-western Canada and United States, August 2024and 1 more |
| July 2024 | 8225.8 µg/m³ | 72ndof 2,566 | North-western United States and Canada, July 2024 Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, July 2024 |
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.
Edmonton's worst days
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, Edmonton, 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/edmonton/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Edmonton 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).