SmogRank / Central Saanich / Langford

Central Saanich vs Langford: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Langford's air was 13% more polluted than Central Saanich's: PM2.5 averaged 5.9 µg/m³ against 5.2, on the 51 days both cities were measured. Langford had the dirtier air on 42 of those days, Central Saanich on 9. Langford was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 2 of them, Central Saanich on 5.

Right now

Central Saanich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Langford–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Central Saanich
Langford
Each city's daily mean from 8 Oct 2025 to 7 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Nov2025DecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulCentral Saanich, Aug 2026: 6.8 µg/m³Langford, Aug 2026: 6.6 µg/m³AugCentral Saanich, Sep 2026: 4.3 µg/m³Langford, Sep 2026: 5.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Central Saanich. Faded: Langford. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Each city's worst days

Central Saanich

Langford

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

Central Saanich

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

Langford

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Central Saanich and Langford, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/ca-central-saanich/ca-langford (accessed 8 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-08 20:07 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); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).