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Most polluted cities in China, October 2024

3 cities in China ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Beijing at 60.4 µg/m³, #8 of 1,561 cities in the world. Cleanest: Shanghai at 22.5. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Beijing 60.4 µg/m³ 60 µg/m³0
Every city in China ranked for October 2024, 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
    154
  2. 2GuangzhouGuangdong
    84
  3. 3ShanghaiShanghai
    76
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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