SmogRank / Acari / Rio Claro

Acari vs Rio Claro: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Rio Claro's air was about 1.8× as polluted as Acari's: PM2.5 averaged 14.5 µg/m³ against 7.9, on the 283 days both cities were measured. Rio Claro had the dirtier air on 248 of those days, Acari on 35. Rio Claro was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 106 of them, Acari on 20.

Right now

Acari#566on the 24-hour board of 2,582, at 55 US AQI (11.1 µg/m³)
Rio Claro#395on the 24-hour board of 2,582, at 58 US AQI (13.1 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Acari
Rio Claro
Each city's daily mean from 12 Oct 2025 to 11 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Nov2025Acari, Dec 2025: 7.4 µg/m³Rio Claro, Dec 2025: 10.0 µg/m³DecAcari, Jan 2026: 7.7 µg/m³Rio Claro, Jan 2026: 9.2 µg/m³Jan2026Acari, Feb 2026: 6.7 µg/m³Rio Claro, Feb 2026: 9.2 µg/m³FebAcari, Mar 2026: 6.4 µg/m³Rio Claro, Mar 2026: 13.6 µg/m³MarAcari, Apr 2026: 7.6 µg/m³Rio Claro, Apr 2026: 17.3 µg/m³AprAcari, May 2026: 6.4 µg/m³Rio Claro, May 2026: 13.1 µg/m³MayAcari, Jun 2026: 9.8 µg/m³Rio Claro, Jun 2026: 16.1 µg/m³JunAcari, Jul 2026: 8.7 µg/m³Rio Claro, Jul 2026: 17.2 µg/m³JulAcari, Aug 2026: 9.7 µg/m³Rio Claro, Aug 2026: 21.9 µg/m³AugAcari, Sep 2026: 6.4 µg/m³Rio Claro, Sep 2026: 14.1 µg/m³SepAcari, Oct 2026: 7.6 µg/m³Rio Claro, Oct 2026: 15.4 µg/m³Oct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Acari. Faded: Rio Claro. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearAcariRio ClaroDays both measuredDays Acari was worse
2026 so far436225429
202552681057

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

Acari

Rio Claro

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

Acari

Side by side with Duque de Caxias (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Rio Claro

Side by side with Limeira (the nearest), Nilópolis (Brazil's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Acari and Rio Claro, 12 Oct 2025 – 11 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/br-acari/br-rio-claro (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.