SmogRank / Graz / Linz

Graz vs Linz: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Graz's air was 28% more polluted than Linz's: PM2.5 averaged 14.2 µg/m³ against 11.1, on the 332 days both cities were measured. Graz had the dirtier air on 247 of those days, Linz on 81. Graz was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 120 of them, Linz on 91.

Right now

Graz#121on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 70 US AQI (19.5 µg/m³)
Linz#290on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 60 US AQI (13.7 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Graz
Linz
Each city's daily mean from 6 Oct 2025 to 5 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

15Graz, Nov 2025: 14.9 µg/m³Linz, Nov 2025: 15.4 µg/m³Nov 2025Graz, Dec: 19.5 µg/m³Linz, Dec: 13.7 µg/m³DecGraz, Jan 2026: 32.6 µg/m³Linz, Jan 2026: 20.5 µg/m³Jan 2026Graz, Feb: 19.4 µg/m³Linz, Feb: 16.2 µg/m³FebGraz, Mar: 17.2 µg/m³Linz, Mar: 14.9 µg/m³MarGraz, Apr: 11.0 µg/m³Linz, Apr: 9.5 µg/m³AprGraz, May: 8.1 µg/m³Linz, May: 6.3 µg/m³MayGraz, Jun: 8.4 µg/m³Linz, Jun: 6.3 µg/m³JunGraz, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Linz, Jul: 6.2 µg/m³JulGraz, Aug: 9.6 µg/m³Linz, Aug: 7.0 µg/m³AugGraz, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³Linz, Sep: 6.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Graz. Faded: Linz. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearGrazLinzDays both measuredDays Graz was worse
2026 so far6054267203
20256055311233
20246756149112
20236153331266

Means in US AQI over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.

Each city's worst days

Graz

Linz

Daily means in US AQI, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Graz

Side by side with Gratkorn, Wolfsberg, Gujranwala.

Linz

Side by side with Traun, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Graz and Linz, 22 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/at-graz/at-linz (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-06 21:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.