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Most polluted cities in China, November 2023

3 cities in China ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Beijing at 36.9 µg/m³, #20 of 1,891 cities in the world. Cleanest: Guangzhou at 32.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Beijing 36.9 µg/m³ 30 µg/m³0
Every city in China ranked for November 2023, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1BeijingBeijing
    36.9
  2. 2ShenyangLiaoning
    35.3
  3. 3GuangzhouGuangdong
    32.6
Good0–5
Fair6–15
Moderate16–50
Poor51–90
Very poor91–140
Extremely poor141+

The European Environment Agency's air quality index bands for PM2.5 (2024 revision); it has bands, not numbers, so values stay in µg/m³. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

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