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Most polluted cities in China, January 2025

4 cities in China ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Shenyang at 52.3 µg/m³, #28 of 1,937 cities in the world. Cleanest: Beijing at 32.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1ShenyangLiaoning
    52.3
  2. 2ShanghaiShanghai
    45.2
  3. 3GuangzhouGuangdong
    42.2
  4. 4BeijingBeijing
    32.2
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in China, PM2.5, January 2025, smogrank.com/cn/history/2025-01 (accessed 2 Oct 2026).

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