Bauru vs Rio Claro: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Rio Claro's air was 42% more polluted than Bauru's: PM2.5 averaged 15.0 µg/m³ against 10.6, on the 280 days both cities were measured. Rio Claro had the dirtier air on 240 of those days, Bauru on 38. Rio Claro was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 111 of them, Bauru on 50.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Bauru | Rio Claro | Days Bauru was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 10.6 | 15.3 | 29 |
| 2025 | 11.8 | 16.7 | 34 |
| 2024 | 14.0 | 17.8 | 16 |
Means in µg/m³, as in the chart above, over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.
Each city's worst days
Bauru
- 29 Aug 20268929.3 µg/m³
- 22 Nov 20258829.2 µg/m³
- 3 Jul 20267823.4 µg/m³
Rio Claro
- 13 Aug 202611440.6 µg/m³
- 14 Aug 202610838.5 µg/m³
- 19 Aug 202610135.6 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
Bauru
Side by side with Piracicaba (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, Bauru and Rio Claro, 13 Oct 2025 – 12 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/br-bauru/br-rio-claro (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Updated 2026-10-13 03:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.