Brightlingsea vs London: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, London's air was 21% more polluted than Brightlingsea's: PM2.5 averaged 9.9 µg/m³ against 8.2, on the 133 days both cities were measured. London had the dirtier air on 102 of those days, Brightlingsea on 29. London was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 16 of them, Brightlingsea on 13.

Right now

Brightlingsea#702on the 24-hour board of 738, at 12 US AQI (2.1 µg/m³)

London#546on the 24-hour board of 738, at 18 US AQI (3.3 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Brightlingsea

London

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

Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Brightlingsea. Faded: London. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

Year	Brightlingsea	London	Days both measured	Days Brightlingsea was worse
2026 so far	52	54	82	20
2025	39	49	224	31
2024	38	46	256	60
2023	43	49	219	55

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

Brightlingsea

5 Mar 20269130.7 µg/m³
9 Mar 20269130.5 µg/m³
24 Mar 20268829.0 µg/m³

London

26 Jan 202610838.5 µg/m³
4 Mar 20269532.5 µg/m³
9 Mar 20269231.2 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

Brightlingsea

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

London

Side by side with Borehamwood (the nearest), Birmingham (United Kingdom's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Brightlingsea and London, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/gb-brightlingsea/gb-london (accessed 8 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 2026-10-08 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).