SmogRank / Castlegar / Whistler
Castlegar vs Whistler: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Castlegar's air was about 2.4× as polluted as Whistler's: PM2.5 averaged 10.9 µg/m³ against 4.6, on the 314 days both cities were measured. Castlegar had the dirtier air on 265 of those days, Whistler on 44. Castlegar was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 37 of them, Whistler on 12.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Castlegar | Whistler | Days Castlegar was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 56 | 27 | 204 |
| 2025 | 42 | 29 | 231 |
| 2024 | 39 | 25 | 279 |
| 2023 | 55 | 30 | 188 |
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
- 11 Aug 2026227152.0 µg/m³
- 9 Aug 2026193116.0 µg/m³
- 7 Aug 2026187107.0 µg/m³
Whistler
- 5 Aug 20269834.5 µg/m³
- 6 Aug 20269030.1 µg/m³
- 14 Aug 20268627.8 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
Castlegar
Side by side with Creston (the nearest), Edmonton (Canada's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Whistler
Side by side with Squamish (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Castlegar and Whistler, 7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/ca-castlegar/ca-whistler (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.