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Greater Sudbury, month by month

Greater Sudbury has a measured daily mean on 1,279 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 110 US AQI (39.0 µg/m³), 36th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2024, at 16 US AQI (2.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 36 US AQI (6.4 µg/m³), against 29 US AQI (5.2 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Greater Sudbury's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Greater Sudbury marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Unhealthy for 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

Months without a mean, and why

3 months
MonthWhy
Nov 202520 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202311 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Feb 20233 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.

Greater Sudbury's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
June 2023 11039.0 µg/m³30 of 3036thof 1,603Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023
July 2025 6416.2 µg/m³31 of 31325thof 2,889North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025
North-eastern United States and Canada, 24 to 28 July 2025and 1 more
July 2026 6315.5 µg/m³29 of 31489thof 2,784Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
August 2023 6013.8 µg/m³31 of 31232ndof 1,980Ontario, Canada, August 2023
June 2025 5612.0 µg/m³30 of 30810thof 2,508Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025
August 2025 5410.7 µg/m³30 of 311,069thof 2,901North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025

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.

Greater Sudbury's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
25 Jun 2023 400275.0 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
15 Jul 2026 198122.0 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
27 Jun 2023 197121.0 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
26 Jun 2023 17488.1 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
15 Aug 2023 16879.5 µg/m³–
3 Jun 2023 16778.3 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023
14 Jul 2025 15763.4 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2025
30 Jul 2025 15663.1 µg/m³North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025
24 Jun 2023 15358.5 µg/m³–
3 Aug 2025 13549.3 µg/m³North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025

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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Greater Sudbury, Canada, 1 Jan 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ca/greater-sudbury/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).

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Greater Sudbury now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-13 04:07 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).