Acharnés vs Athens: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Acharnés's air was 29% more polluted than Athens's: PM2.5 averaged 13.9 µg/m³ against 10.8, on the 151 days both cities were measured. Acharnés had the dirtier air on 139 of those days, Athens on 10. Acharnés was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 44 of them, Athens on 18.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Acharnés | Athens | Days Acharnés was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 59 | 53 | 128 |
| 2025 | 63 | 61 | 102 |
| 2024 | 63 | 69 | 22 |
| 2023 | 67 | 69 | 126 |
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
Acharnés
- 19 Dec 202511943.0 µg/m³
- 15 Feb 202610637.6 µg/m³
- 30 Dec 20259733.8 µg/m³
Athens
- 15 Feb 202613950.8 µg/m³
- 19 Dec 202510838.2 µg/m³
- 30 Dec 20257924.3 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
Acharnés
Side by side with Thrakomakedónes (the nearest), Asprópyrgos (Greece's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Athens
Side by side with Khalándrion (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Acharnés and Athens, 10 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/gr-acharnes/gr-athens (accessed 10 Oct 2026).
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Updated 2026-10-10 19:07 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); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).