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Most polluted cities in China, 2023

3 cities in China ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 365 days; 3 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Beijing at 36.8 µg/m³, #14 of 1,105 cities in the world. Cleanest: Guangzhou at 27.5. 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.

← Beijing 36.8 WHO annual guideline
Every city in China ranked for 2023, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1BeijingBeijing
    1047.4×
  2. 2ShenyangLiaoning
    976.8×
  3. 3GuangzhouGuangdong
    855.5×
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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