SmogRank / World / Europe / Switzerland / Lucerne
Most polluted cities in Lucerne, Switzerland
1 measured city, this year; 1 above the WHO annual guideline. The most unhealthy days: Sursee, Switzerland, 0 of 215 measured days.
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.
Now: cities by their PM2.5 over the last 24 hours; fires, smoke and ash from Oct 9, the newest day mapped.
- 1Sursee 0 of 215
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
Estimated: cities without a monitor
Lucerne cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Luzern | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Emmen | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Kriens | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Littau | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Lucerne
- Europe, 1 to 12 March 202612 days532 cities109 µg/m³peak, Radomsko
- Europe, June 202510 to 12 June 2025, 3 days89 cities49 µg/m³peak, Villefontaine
Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Lucerne, Switzerland, by unhealthy days, PM2.5, this year to 10 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC, smogrank.com/ch/region/lucerne?w=year&by=days. Some readings from Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published.
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Updated 2026-10-10 05:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).