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Concepción, month by month
Concepción has a measured daily mean on 1,157 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 120 US AQI (43.1 µg/m³), 37th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2023, at 60 US AQI (14.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 76 US AQI (22.6 µg/m³), against 77 US AQI (22.8 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
6 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2023 | 2 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2023 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 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.
Concepción's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 12043.1 µg/m³ | 37thof 2,566 | South-western Chile, July 2024 |
| June 2025 | 10838.5 µg/m³ | 81stof 2,508 | – |
| May 2024 | 10838.2 µg/m³ | 48thof 2,684 | South-western Chile, 24 to 28 May 2024 |
| June 2026 | 9633.2 µg/m³ | 120thof 2,497 | – |
| August 2024 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | 41stof 2,010 | – |
| May 2026 | 9331.8 µg/m³ | 160thof 2,874 | – |
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.
Concepción's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2024 | 15663.3 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, 24 to 28 May 2024 |
| 28 May 2024 | 15662.3 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, 24 to 28 May 2024 |
| 22 Jul 2024 | 15561.0 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, July 2024 |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 15561.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 23 Jul 2024 | 15560.5 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, July 2024 |
| 27 May 2024 | 15460.3 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, 24 to 28 May 2024 |
| 2 Jun 2025 | 15460.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 May 2026 | 15358.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 17 May 2024 | 15358.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 3 Jun 2025 | 15257.4 µg/m³ | – |
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, Concepción, Chile, 1 Jan 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Chile - SINCA via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/cl/concepcion/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Concepción now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).