Armidale vs Canberra: PM2.5 compared

Armidale and Canberra were both measured on only one day over the last year, too few to compare them (it takes 30).

Right now

Armidale#1,132on the 24-hour board of 2,504, at 36 US AQI (6.5 µg/m³)

Canberra#1,420on the 24-hour board of 2,504, at 28 US AQI (5.0 µg/m³)

Compare either city with another

Armidale

Side by side with Tamworth (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Canberra

Side by side with Tuggeranong (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-09 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).