SmogRank / Perth / Tuggeranong
Perth vs Tuggeranong: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Tuggeranong's air was about 2.1× as polluted as Perth's: PM2.5 averaged 7.3 µg/m³ against 3.5, on the 349 days both cities were measured. Tuggeranong had the dirtier air on 282 of those days, Perth on 64. Tuggeranong was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 26 of them, Perth on 16.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Perth | Tuggeranong | Days Perth was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 21 | 44 | 52 |
| 2025 | 26 | 40 | 70 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 18 |
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
Perth
- 24 May 202612244.2 µg/m³
- 17 Apr 202610235.9 µg/m³
- 7 Jun 202610035.4 µg/m³
Tuggeranong
- 9 Jun 20268628.0 µg/m³
- 9 Aug 20268628.0 µg/m³
- 8 Jun 20267923.9 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
Perth
Side by side with Grange (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Tuggeranong
Side by side with Canberra (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Perth and Tuggeranong, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/au-perth/au-tuggeranong (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 12:07 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).