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Whistler, month by month

Whistler has a measured daily mean on 1,204 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2023, at 59 US AQI (13.5 µg/m³), 249th of 1,980 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2024, at 11 US AQI (2.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 29 US AQI (5.3 µg/m³), against 26 US AQI (4.6 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202330 for the year257 days measured1,234th of 1,355 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Whistler'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 Whistler 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

Months without a mean, and why

5 months
MonthWhy
Jan 202615 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with no readings from the monitor.
Apr 202517 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 8 with no readings from the monitor, 5 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours).
Jul 202315 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Mar 202310 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Feb 20231 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Whistler's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
August 2023 5913.5 µg/m³23 of 31249thof 1,980North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
September 2025 5511.3 µg/m³30 of 30527thof 3,104North-western Canada and United States, September 2025
North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
August 2026 5410.9 µg/m³31 of 31718thof 2,896North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
August 2024 417.4 µg/m³31 of 311,430thof 2,010–
August 2025 397.1 µg/m³31 of 312,132ndof 2,901North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
February 2024 386.8 µg/m³28 of 291,531stof 2,486–

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.

Whistler's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
6 Sept 2025 15865.5 µg/m³North-western Canada and United States, September 2025
North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
5 Sept 2025 15256.3 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
21 Aug 2023 14252.1 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
20 Aug 2023 13649.8 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 2023
4 Sept 2025 10838.4 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
16 Feb 2024 10336.3 µg/m³–
3 Sept 2025 9934.7 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August and September 2025
5 Aug 2026 9834.5 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
6 Aug 2026 9030.1 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, 4 to 22 August 2026
26 Aug 2023 8828.8 µg/m³North-western United States and Canada, August 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Whistler, Canada, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ca/whistler/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-12 23:07 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).