Bristol vs Street: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Bristol's air was 18% more polluted than Street's: PM2.5 averaged 7.8 µg/m³ against 6.6, on the 130 days both cities were measured. Bristol had the dirtier air on 90 of those days, Street on 38. Bristol was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 10 of them, Street on 7.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Bristol | Street | Days Bristol was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 46 | 41 | 48 |
| 2025 | 39 | 35 | 147 |
| 2024 | 38 | 31 | 173 |
| 2023 | 43 | 34 | 103 |
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
Bristol
- 9 Mar 20268828.9 µg/m³
- 21 Mar 20267823.4 µg/m³
- 5 Mar 20267622.3 µg/m³
Street
- 9 Mar 20269432.2 µg/m³
- 21 Mar 20267723.2 µg/m³
- 20 Mar 20267622.4 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
Bristol
Side by side with Chepstow (the nearest), London (United Kingdom's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Street
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, Bristol and Street, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/gb-bristol/gb-street (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).