SmogRank / Canada / British Columbia / Kamloops
Kamloops, month by month
Kamloops has a measured daily mean on 1,263 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2023, at 146 US AQI (53.9 µg/m³), 8th of 1,980 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2024, at 22 US AQI (4.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 38 US AQI (6.9 µg/m³), against 36 US AQI (6.5 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
4 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2025 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 1 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 2 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.
Kamloops's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | 14653.9 µg/m³ | 8thof 1,980 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| August 2026 | 12244.1 µg/m³ | 33rdof 2,896 | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
| July 2026 | 9834.1 µg/m³ | 96thof 2,784 | North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
| July 2023 | 6717.5 µg/m³ | 96thof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| September 2025 | 5913.6 µg/m³ | 382ndof 3,104 | North-western Canada and United States, September 2025 North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025 |
| September 2023 | 5813.0 µg/m³ | 259thof 2,176 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
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.
Kamloops's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2023 | 500+597.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | 266191.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | 242167.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 221146.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, July and August 2026 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 221146.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | 215140.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026 |
| 22 Aug 2023 | 208133.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 20 Aug 2023 | 206131.0 µg/m³ | North-western United States and Canada, August 2023 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 193116.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 17 May 2023 | 18299.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, May 2023 |
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, Kamloops, Canada, 1 Jan 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ca/kamloops/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kamloops now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).