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Toronto, month by month

Toronto has a measured daily mean on 1,242 days since 7 May 2023. Its worst month was July 2026, at 70 US AQI (19.5 µg/m³), 353rd of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2024, at 27 US AQI (4.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 48 US AQI (8.7 µg/m³), against 39 US AQI (7.1 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Toronto'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 Toronto marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
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

Toronto's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2026 7019.5 µg/m³31 of 31353rdof 2,784Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
June 2023 6717.7 µg/m³29 of 30313thof 1,603Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
United States and Canada, June 2023and 1 more
July 2025 6315.6 µg/m³31 of 31361stof 2,889North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025
Northern United States and Canada, July 2025
August 2025 6315.3 µg/m³31 of 31332ndof 2,901South-eastern Canada and United States, August 2025
North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025
June 2025 6114.6 µg/m³30 of 30483rdof 2,508Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025
July 2023 5511.4 µg/m³30 of 31479thof 1,432Northern United States and Canada, July 2023
United States and Canada, July 2023and 1 more

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.

Toronto's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
16 Jul 2026 211136.0 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
14 Jul 2025 16778.8 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2025
6 Jun 2025 16067.9 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, May and June 2025
15 Jul 2026 15865.7 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
30 Jun 2023 15763.8 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
28 Jun 2023 15460.0 µg/m³Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023
3 Aug 2025 15357.9 µg/m³North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025
18 Jul 2026 15256.3 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
17 Jul 2026 15055.4 µg/m³Northern United States and Canada, July 2026
4 Aug 2025 13549.3 µg/m³North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025

Daily means, the highest since 7 May 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, Toronto, Canada, 7 May 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ca/toronto/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Toronto 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).