SmogRank / Morwell / Traralgon

Morwell vs Traralgon: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Traralgon's air was 49% more polluted than Morwell's: PM2.5 averaged 7.6 µg/m³ against 5.1, on the 242 days both cities were measured. Traralgon had the dirtier air on 211 of those days, Morwell on 31. Traralgon was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 7 of them, Morwell on 8.

Right now

Morwell–not on the 24-hour board right now
Traralgon–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Morwell
Traralgon
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

Morwell, Nov 2025: 2.0 µg/m³Traralgon, Nov 2025: 5.3 µg/m³Nov2025Morwell, Dec 2025: 2.7 µg/m³Traralgon, Dec 2025: 7.1 µg/m³DecMorwell, Jan 2026: 4.5 µg/m³Traralgon, Jan 2026: 8.9 µg/m³Jan2026Morwell, Feb 2026: 3.4 µg/m³Traralgon, Feb 2026: 7.6 µg/m³FebMorwell, Mar 2026: 3.8 µg/m³Traralgon, Mar 2026: 6.9 µg/m³MarMorwell, Apr 2026: 5.6 µg/m³Traralgon, Apr 2026: 8.0 µg/m³AprMorwell, May 2026: 7.1 µg/m³Traralgon, May 2026: 7.7 µg/m³MayMorwell, Jun 2026: 7.9 µg/m³Traralgon, Jun 2026: 7.7 µg/m³JunMorwell, Jul 2026: 6.2 µg/m³Traralgon, Jul 2026: 7.7 µg/m³JulAugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Morwell. Faded: Traralgon. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearMorwellTraralgonDays both measuredDays Morwell was worse
2026 so far314320531
20251437450
2024294425422

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

Morwell

Traralgon

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

Morwell

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

Traralgon

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Morwell and Traralgon, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/au-morwell/au-traralgon (accessed 8 Oct 2026).

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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).