Canberra vs Wangaratta: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Wangaratta's air was about 1.6× as polluted as Canberra's: PM2.5 averaged 9.9 µg/m³ against 6.2, on the 81 days both cities were measured. Wangaratta had the dirtier air on 13 of those days, Canberra on 68. Wangaratta was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 6 of them, Canberra on 0.

Right now

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

Wangaratta–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Canberra

Wangaratta

Each city's daily mean from 10 Oct 2025 to 9 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Canberra. Faded: Wangaratta. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

Year	Canberra	Wangaratta	Days both measured	Days Canberra was worse
2026 so far	39	67	42	29
2025	30	9	47	47
2024	39	40	234	141
2023	23	19	35	22

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

Canberra

11 Jan 20266114.5 µg/m³
14 Jan 20265913.4 µg/m³
26 Jan 20265913.3 µg/m³

Wangaratta

12 Jan 2026240165.0 µg/m³
11 Jan 2026216141.0 µg/m³
14 Jan 2026198122.0 µg/m³

Daily means in US AQI, with µg/m³ beside them, since the index stops at its top value, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Canberra

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

Wangaratta

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Canberra and Wangaratta, 10 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/au-canberra/au-wangaratta (accessed 9 Oct 2026).

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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).