SmogRank / Castlegar / Prince Albert

Castlegar vs Prince Albert: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Castlegar's air was about 1.7× as polluted as Prince Albert's: PM2.5 averaged 11.3 µg/m³ against 6.7, on the 293 days both cities were measured. Castlegar had the dirtier air on 188 of those days, Prince Albert on 105. Castlegar was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 36 of them, Prince Albert on 12.

Right now

Castlegar#770on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 45 US AQI (8.1 µg/m³)
Prince Albert#1,895on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 13 US AQI (2.4 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Castlegar
Prince Albert
Each city's daily mean from 7 Oct 2025 to 6 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Castlegar, Nov 2025: 9.1 µg/m³Prince Albert, Nov 2025: 4.9 µg/m³Nov2025Castlegar, Dec 2025: 6.5 µg/m³Prince Albert, Dec 2025: 4.6 µg/m³DecCastlegar, Jan 2026: 8.4 µg/m³Prince Albert, Jan 2026: 5.4 µg/m³Jan2026Castlegar, Feb 2026: 6.4 µg/m³Prince Albert, Feb 2026: 5.4 µg/m³FebCastlegar, Mar 2026: 5.6 µg/m³Prince Albert, Mar 2026: 5.6 µg/m³MarCastlegar, Apr 2026: 6.5 µg/m³Prince Albert, Apr 2026: 5.3 µg/m³AprCastlegar, May 2026: 5.9 µg/m³Prince Albert, May 2026: 7.1 µg/m³MayCastlegar, Jun 2026: 4.5 µg/m³Prince Albert, Jun 2026: 5.5 µg/m³JunCastlegar, Jul 2026: 19.7 µg/m³Prince Albert, Jul 2026: 13.5 µg/m³JulCastlegar, Aug 2026: 39.3 µg/m³Prince Albert, Aug 2026: 9.6 µg/m³AugCastlegar, Sep 2026: 6.7 µg/m³Prince Albert, Sep 2026: 4.9 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Castlegar. Faded: Prince Albert. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearCastlegarPrince AlbertDays both measuredDays Castlegar was worse
2026 so far5841220134
20254260337160
20243955335136
2023577421180

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

Castlegar

Prince Albert

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

Castlegar

Side by side with Creston (the nearest), Edmonton (Canada's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Prince Albert

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Castlegar and Prince Albert, 7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/ca-castlegar/ca-prince-albert (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-07 08:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.