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Most polluted cities in Biobio, Chile, August 2026

13 cities in Biobio, Chile ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Nacimiento at 55.0 µg/m³, #13 of 2,866 cities in the world. Cleanest: Concepción at 23.7. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

← Hualpén 71% 70%0
Every city in Biobio, Chile ranked for August 2026, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Hualpén
    71%
  2. 2Nacimiento
    68%
  3. 3Curanilahue
    61%
  4. 4Laja
    59%
  5. 5Hualqui
    45%
  6. 6Talcahuano
    32%
  7. 7Los Ángeles
    29%
  8. 8Coronel
    26%
  9. 9San Pedro de la Paz
    17%
  10. 10Tomé
    16%
  11. 11Lota
    10%
  12. 12Concepción
    7%
  13. 13Chiguayante
    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 Biobio, Chile, PM2.5, August 2026, smogrank.com/cl/region/biobio/history/2026-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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