SmogRank / Mildura / Swan Hill

Mildura vs Swan Hill: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mildura's air was 30% more polluted than Swan Hill's: PM2.5 averaged 3.9 µg/m³ against 3.0, on the 175 days both cities were measured. Mildura had the dirtier air on 121 of those days, Swan Hill on 42. Mildura was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 2 of them, Swan Hill on 0.

Right now

Mildura–not on the 24-hour board right now
Swan Hill–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Mildura
Swan Hill
Each city's daily mean from 9 Oct 2025 to 8 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Nov2025Mildura, Dec 2025: 2.2 µg/m³Swan Hill, Dec 2025: 1.9 µg/m³DecMildura, Jan 2026: 3.6 µg/m³Swan Hill, Jan 2026: 2.9 µg/m³Jan2026Mildura, Feb 2026: 2.8 µg/m³Swan Hill, Feb 2026: 2.1 µg/m³FebMarMildura, Apr 2026: 4.1 µg/m³Swan Hill, Apr 2026: 3.9 µg/m³AprMildura, May 2026: 4.2 µg/m³Swan Hill, May 2026: 3.1 µg/m³MayMildura, Jun 2026: 5.5 µg/m³Swan Hill, Jun 2026: 3.8 µg/m³JunMildura, Jul 2026: 4.8 µg/m³Swan Hill, Jul 2026: 3.3 µg/m³JulAugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Mildura. Faded: Swan Hill. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearMilduraSwan HillDays both measuredDays Mildura was worse
2026 so far2318156107
20243318234169
202312113620

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

Mildura

Swan Hill

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

Mildura

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

Swan Hill

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Mildura and Swan Hill, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/au-mildura/au-swan-hill (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).