SmogRank / Laverton / Melbourne
Laverton vs Melbourne: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Melbourne's air was 13% more polluted than Laverton's: PM2.5 averaged 6.3 µg/m³ against 5.6, on the 246 days both cities were measured. Melbourne had the dirtier air on 194 of those days, Laverton on 48. Melbourne was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 10 of them, Laverton on 8.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Laverton | Melbourne | Days Laverton was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 33 | 37 | 42 |
| 2025 | 24 | 26 | 12 |
| 2024 | 30 | 33 | 98 |
| 2023 | 32 | 23 | 33 |
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
Laverton
- 26 Jun 20267220.6 µg/m³
- 9 Jul 20267220.3 µg/m³
- 12 May 20267220.2 µg/m³
Melbourne
- 25 Jan 20268929.6 µg/m³
- 9 Jul 20267723.3 µg/m³
- 8 Jul 20267421.5 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
Laverton
Side by side with Tuggeranong (Australia's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Melbourne
Side by side with Tuggeranong (Australia's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Laverton and Melbourne, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/au-laverton/au-melbourne (accessed 8 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 2026-10-08 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).