SmogRank / Stawell / Tuggeranong

Stawell vs Tuggeranong: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Tuggeranong's air was 25% more polluted than Stawell's: PM2.5 averaged 7.5 µg/m³ against 6.0, on the 239 days both cities were measured. Tuggeranong had the dirtier air on 167 of those days, Stawell on 72. Tuggeranong was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 18 of them, Stawell on 16.

Right now

Stawell–not on the 24-hour board right now
Tuggeranong–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Stawell
Tuggeranong
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

Nov2025Stawell, Dec 2025: 3.0 µg/m³Tuggeranong, Dec 2025: 6.2 µg/m³DecStawell, Jan 2026: 7.3 µg/m³Tuggeranong, Jan 2026: 8.5 µg/m³Jan2026Stawell, Feb 2026: 3.3 µg/m³Tuggeranong, Feb 2026: 5.9 µg/m³FebStawell, Mar 2026: 4.1 µg/m³Tuggeranong, Mar 2026: 4.1 µg/m³MarStawell, Apr 2026: 7.5 µg/m³Tuggeranong, Apr 2026: 10.2 µg/m³AprStawell, May 2026: 6.5 µg/m³Tuggeranong, May 2026: 6.7 µg/m³MayStawell, Jun 2026: 8.0 µg/m³Tuggeranong, Jun 2026: 9.7 µg/m³JunStawell, Jul 2026: 9.0 µg/m³Tuggeranong, Jul 2026: 9.8 µg/m³JulAugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Stawell. Faded: Tuggeranong. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearStawellTuggeranongDays both measuredDays Stawell was worse
2026 so far374420071
20251432471
2024213519629

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

Stawell

Tuggeranong

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

Stawell

Side by side with Ballarat (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, Stawell and Tuggeranong, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/au-stawell/au-tuggeranong (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).