SmogRank / Switzerland / Basel-City / Basel
Basel, month by month
Basel has a measured daily mean on 1,209 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 73 US AQI (20.8 µg/m³), 499th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2023, at 23 US AQI (4.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³), against 46 US AQI (8.3 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
5 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 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 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 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.
Basel's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 7320.8 µg/m³ | 499thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| January 2024 | 6214.8 µg/m³ | 475thof 2,385 | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 Western Europe, January 2024 |
| February 2023 | 6114.4 µg/m³ | 388thof 1,129 | Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| January 2026 | 6013.9 µg/m³ | 814thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 Europe, December 2025 to January 2026 |
| December 2025 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 881stof 3,006 | Europe, December 2025 to January 2026 |
| March 2026 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 1,154thof 2,971 | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
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.
Basel's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2024 | 13047.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 3 Mar 2023 | 12545.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 |
| 1 Jan 2026 | 11942.7 µg/m³ | Europe, December 2025 to January 2026 |
| 11 Jan 2024 | 11139.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 1 Jan 2025 | 10938.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| 13 Jan 2024 | 10838.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 4 Mar 2023 | 9834.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 4 to 7 March 2023 Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 |
| 10 Jan 2024 | 9834.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 20 Feb 2025 | 9633.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 11 Feb 2023 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 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, Basel, Switzerland, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ch/basel/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Basel now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).