Hartlepool vs Middlesbrough: PM2.5 compared

Hartlepool and Middlesbrough were both measured on only 0 days over the last year, too few to compare them (it takes 30).

Right now

Hartlepool#723on the 24-hour board of 738, at 9 US AQI (1.7 µg/m³)

Middlesbrough#664on the 24-hour board of 738, at 14 US AQI (2.5 µg/m³)

Compare either city with another

Hartlepool

Side by side with London (United Kingdom's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Middlesbrough

Side by side with Thornaby-on-Tees (the nearest), London (United Kingdom's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

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).