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Most polluted cities in Valparaiso, Chile, 2023

5 cities in Valparaiso, Chile ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 365 days; 5 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Quillota at 26.8 µg/m³, #45 of 1,302 cities in the world. Cleanest: Concón at 22.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

OpenAQ's archive, where our readings come from, has almost none for 56 of these 365 days. Cities in the United States and Europe have them from the EPA's and the European Environment Agency's own records of the same monitors; elsewhere a city's average is over its other days. Why.

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.

← Quillota 17% 10%0
Every city in Valparaiso, Chile ranked for 2023, 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. 1Quillota
    17%
  2. 2Viña del Mar
    7%
  3. 3Puchuncaví
    5%
  4. 4Quintero
    4%
  5. 5Concón
    3%
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 Valparaiso, Chile, PM2.5, 2023, smogrank.com/cl/region/valparaiso/history/2023 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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