Bearsden vs Glasgow: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Glasgow's air was 43% more polluted than Bearsden's: PM2.5 averaged 6.0 µg/m³ against 4.2, on the 128 days both cities were measured. Glasgow had the dirtier air on 101 of those days, Bearsden on 27. Glasgow was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 3 of them, Bearsden on 8.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Bearsden | Glasgow | Days Bearsden was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 26 | 37 | 16 |
| 2025 | 16 | 27 | 12 |
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
Bearsden
- 21 Mar 202610938.6 µg/m³
- 24 Jan 20267421.4 µg/m³
- 19 Oct 20257421.3 µg/m³
Glasgow
- 21 Mar 20267622.7 µg/m³
- 25 Jan 20266717.5 µg/m³
- 5 Mar 20266616.9 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
Bearsden
Side by side with London (United Kingdom's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Glasgow
Side by side with London (United Kingdom's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Bearsden and Glasgow, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/gb-bearsden/gb-glasgow (accessed 9 Oct 2026).
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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.
Updated 2026-10-09 12:07 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).