SmogRank / Chile / Maule Region / Curicó
Curicó, month by month
Curicó has a measured daily mean on 1,224 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 164 US AQI (74.3 µg/m³), 10th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2024, at 65 US AQI (16.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 99 US AQI (34.6 µg/m³), against 95 US AQI (32.7 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
4 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | 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 2023 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 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.
Curicó's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 16474.3 µg/m³ | 10thof 2,566 | Southern Chile, July 2024 Chile, July 2024 |
| June 2025 | 16170.2 µg/m³ | 8thof 2,508 | Southern Chile, 29 June to 4 July 2025 Southern Chile, 2 to 4 June 2025 |
| July 2025 | 15967.3 µg/m³ | 10thof 2,889 | Southern Chile, 29 June to 4 July 2025 |
| May 2026 | 15561.5 µg/m³ | 30thof 2,874 | Southern Chile, May 2026 |
| June 2026 | 15459.7 µg/m³ | 24thof 2,497 | – |
| May 2024 | 15358.4 µg/m³ | 22ndof 2,684 | – |
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.
Curicó's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2024 | 225150.0 µg/m³ | Chile, July 2024 |
| 10 Aug 2024 | 202127.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 14 Jul 2024 | 200125.0 µg/m³ | Chile, July 2024 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | 197121.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Jul 2026 | 196120.0 µg/m³ | Southern Chile, July 2026 |
| 18 Jul 2025 | 195118.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 1 Jun 2024 | 194117.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 193115.0 µg/m³ | Southern Chile, 29 June to 4 July 2025 |
| 29 Jul 2023 | 191113.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 3 Jun 2025 | 191113.0 µg/m³ | Southern Chile, 2 to 4 June 2025 |
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, Curicó, Chile, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Chile - SINCA via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/cl/curico/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Curicó now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).