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Cauquenes, month by month

Cauquenes has a measured daily mean on 1,182 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 155 US AQI (61.0 µg/m³), 19th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2023, at 61 US AQI (14.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 81 US AQI (25.2 µg/m³), against 84 US AQI (26.8 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202690 so far248 days measured191st of 2,791 in the world
202581 for the year306 days measured195th of 2,681 in the world
202384 for the year290 days measured46th of 1,355 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Cauquenes'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 Cauquenes 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

7 months
MonthWhy
Mar 202619 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 202613 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Dec 202515 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Nov 202518 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202518 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202311 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Feb 20233 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive.

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

Cauquenes's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2024 15561.0 µg/m³27 of 3119thof 2,566Southern Chile, July 2024
Chile, July 2024
June 2025 13448.7 µg/m³30 of 3047thof 2,508Southern Chile, 2 to 4 June 2025
May 2024 13047.2 µg/m³30 of 3134thof 2,684South-western Chile, 14 to 19 May 2024
June 2026 12645.6 µg/m³30 of 3064thof 2,497–
May 2026 11842.5 µg/m³31 of 3190thof 2,874Southern Chile, May 2026
June 2023 11842.3 µg/m³29 of 3033rdof 1,603South-western Chile, June 2023

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.

Cauquenes's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
11 Jul 2024 360255.0 µg/m³Chile, July 2024
10 Jul 2024 196120.0 µg/m³–
4 Jun 2025 192114.0 µg/m³Southern Chile, 2 to 4 June 2025
3 Jun 2025 18198.9 µg/m³Southern Chile, 2 to 4 June 2025
31 Jul 2024 17893.7 µg/m³Southern Chile, July 2024
19 Jun 2023 17792.2 µg/m³South-western Chile, June 2023
7 Jul 2026 17792.0 µg/m³Southern Chile, July 2026
19 May 2024 17590.3 µg/m³South-western Chile, 14 to 19 May 2024
6 Jul 2024 17488.1 µg/m³–
19 Jan 2026 17487.8 µg/m³Biobio, Maule Region and Ñuble, Chile, January 2026

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, Cauquenes, Chile, 1 Jan 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Chile - SINCA via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/cl/cauquenes/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Cauquenes now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).