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Poland: cleaner or dirtier, 2024

In Poland, 5 cities have enough days in both years to compare 2024 with the same days of 2023: 3 got dirtier and 1 cleaner.

Every city's change from 2023 to 2024, one column each, biggest rise on the left, coloured by its 2024 level. Above the line: dirtier. Below: cleaner.

The 3 cities that got dirtier, biggest rise first

#City20232024Change
1PoznańGreater Poland, Poland5967+4.4 µg/m³+33%
2KatowiceSilesia, Poland6671+2.4 µg/m³+14%
3SzczecinWest Pomerania, Poland5962+1.8 µg/m³+13%

The one city that got cleaner

#City20232024Change
1RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland6462−0.9 µg/m³−6%

Means in US AQI over the days a city was measured in both years, the same calendar days each year; a city needs 55% of the days paired, and at least 30. The change is in µg/m³ and per cent. How we compare.

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

Updated 2026-10-07 12:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.