SmogRank / Kingston upon Hull / Scunthorpe
Kingston upon Hull vs Scunthorpe: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Scunthorpe's air was 13% more polluted than Kingston upon Hull's: PM2.5 averaged 10.4 µg/m³ against 9.2, on the 141 days both cities were measured. Scunthorpe had the dirtier air on 95 of those days, Kingston upon Hull on 41. Scunthorpe was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 27 of them, Kingston upon Hull on 22.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Kingston upon Hull | Scunthorpe | Days Kingston upon Hull was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 54 | 55 | 31 |
| 2025 | 41 | 46 | 60 |
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
Kingston upon Hull
- 26 Jan 20269331.8 µg/m³
- 5 Mar 20269231.1 µg/m³
- 3 Feb 20268728.5 µg/m³
Scunthorpe
- 26 Jan 20269331.5 µg/m³
- 5 Mar 20268929.6 µg/m³
- 27 Jan 20268728.6 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
Kingston upon Hull
Side by side with Immingham (the nearest), London (United Kingdom's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Scunthorpe
Side by side with London (United Kingdom's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Kingston upon Hull and Scunthorpe, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/gb-kingston-upon-hull/gb-scunthorpe (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).