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Most polluted cities in British Columbia, Canada, May 2026
36 cities in British Columbia, Canada ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Abbotsford at 6.4 µg/m³, #1,793 of 2,852 cities in the world. Cleanest: Campbell River at 2.3. 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.
- 1Abbotsford 0%
- 2Victoria 0%
- 3Castlegar 0%
- 3Chilliwack 0%
- 3Vernon 0%
- 6Agassiz 0%
- 7Squamish 0%
- 8Vancouver 0%
- 9Burnaby 0%
- 9Gibsons 0%
- 9Langley 0%
- 9Port Coquitlam 0%
- 13Prince George 0%
- 13Richmond 0%
- 13Strawberry Hill 0%
- 16Fort St. John 0%
- 16Kamloops 0%
- 18Coquitlam 0%
- 18Kitimat 0%
- 18Harewood 0%
- 21Hope 0%
- 22Duncan 0%
- 22Nanaimo 0%
- 24Delta 0%
- 25Cranbrook 0%
- 26Langford 0%
- 26West Vancouver 0%
- 28Terrace 0%
- 29Kelowna 0%
- 30North Vancouver 0%
- 31Creston 0%
- 32Williams Lake 0%
- 33North Cowichan 0%
- 33Whistler 0%
- 35Smithers 0%
- 36Campbell River 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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