Santo André vs São Paulo: PM2.5 compared

Santo André and São Paulo were both measured on only one day over the last year, too few to compare them (it takes 30).

Right now

Santo André#925on the 24-hour board of 2,547, at 47 US AQI (8.4 µg/m³)

São Paulo#819on the 24-hour board of 2,547, at 51 US AQI (9.1 µg/m³)

Compare either city with another

Santo André

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

São Paulo

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

The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-11 05:07 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); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).