SmogRank / World / Canada / British Columbia / January 2024
Most polluted cities in British Columbia, Canada, January 2024
39 cities in British Columbia, Canada ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Port Alberni at 11.5 µg/m³, #740 of 2,341 cities in the world. Cleanest: Nanaimo at 2.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.
- 1Port Alberni 0%
- 2Prince George 0%
- 3Courtenay 0%
- 4Duncan 0%
- 5Quesnel 0%
- 6Smithers 0%
- 7Vernon 0%
- 8Cranbrook 0%
- 9Langford 0%
- 10Castlegar 0%
- 11Kamloops 0%
- 12Fort St. John 0%
- 13Kelowna 0%
- 13Terrace 0%
- 15Richmond 0%
- 16Vancouver 0%
- 17Harewood 0%
- 18Whistler 0%
- 19Victoria 0%
- 20Strawberry Hill 0%
- 21Coquitlam 0%
- 22Delta 0%
- 22Langley 0%
- 24Burnaby 0%
- 24Williams Lake 0%
- 26Chilliwack 0%
- 26North Vancouver 0%
- 28Abbotsford 0%
- 29Campbell River 0%
- 29North Cowichan 0%
- 29Port Coquitlam 0%
- 32Hope 0%
- 33Squamish 0%
- 34Agassiz 0%
- 34Gibsons 0%
- 34Kitimat 0%
- 37Penticton 0%
- 38West Vancouver 0%
- 39Nanaimo 0%
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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