SmogRank / Chile / Araucania / Temuco
Temuco, month by month
Temuco has a measured daily mean on 1,295 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 167 US AQI (78.9 µg/m³), 8th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2025, at 57 US AQI (12.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 93 US AQI (31.7 µg/m³), against 97 US AQI (33.7 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| 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.
Temuco's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 16778.9 µg/m³ | 8thof 2,566 | South-western Chile, July 2024 Chile, July 2024 |
| June 2023 | 16372.9 µg/m³ | 3rdof 1,603 | South-western Chile, June 2023 Southern Chile, June 2023 |
| July 2025 | 15865.6 µg/m³ | 11thof 2,889 | Southern Chile, 29 June to 4 July 2025 |
| June 2025 | 15865.2 µg/m³ | 13thof 2,508 | Southern Chile, 29 June to 4 July 2025 South-western Chile, June 2025 |
| May 2026 | 15662.2 µg/m³ | 24thof 2,874 | Chile, May 2026 Southern Chile, May 2026 |
| May 2024 | 15662.0 µg/m³ | 18thof 2,684 | South-western Chile, 24 to 28 May 2024 South-western Chile, 14 to 19 May 2024 |
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.
Temuco's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2024 | 254179.0 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, July 2024 |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 244169.0 µg/m³ | Southern Chile, 29 June to 4 July 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 242167.0 µg/m³ | Southern Chile, 29 June to 4 July 2025 |
| 20 Jun 2023 | 230155.0 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, June 2023 |
| 7 Aug 2023 | 224148.5 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, 7 to 8 August 2023 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 218143.0 µg/m³ | South-western Chile, June 2023 |
| 14 Jun 2023 | 216141.0 µg/m³ | Southern Chile, June 2023 |
| 5 Jul 2024 | 215140.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 2 Jul 2025 | 212137.0 µg/m³ | Southern Chile, 29 June to 4 July 2025 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | 208133.0 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, Temuco, Chile, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Chile - SINCA via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/cl/temuco/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Temuco now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).