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Most polluted cities in Ticino, Switzerland, 2023

2 cities in Ticino, Switzerland ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 365 days; 2 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Giubiasco at 8.3 µg/m³, #789 of 1,302 cities in the world. Cleanest: Lugano at 7.8. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

OpenAQ's archive, where our readings come from, has almost none for 56 of these 365 days. Cities in the United States and Europe have them from the EPA's and the European Environment Agency's own records of the same monitors; elsewhere a city's average is over its other days. Why.

  1. 1Giubiasco
    461.7×
  2. 2Lugano
    431.6×
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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Ticino, Switzerland, PM2.5, 2023, smogrank.com/ch/region/ticino/history/2023 (accessed 10 Oct 2026). 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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