Acharnés vs Chaniá: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Chaniá's air was 11% more polluted than Acharnés's: PM2.5 averaged 15.8 µg/m³ against 14.2, on the 89 days both cities were measured. Chaniá had the dirtier air on 46 of those days, Acharnés on 42. Chaniá was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 36 of them, Acharnés on 27.

Right now

Acharnés–not on the 24-hour board right now

Chaniá#528on the 24-hour board of 2,748, at 57 US AQI (12.3 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Acharnés

Chaniá

Each city's daily mean from 10 Oct 2025 to 9 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: Acharnés. Faded: Chaniá. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

Year	Acharnés	Chaniá	Days both measured	Days Acharnés was worse
2026 so far	59	64	74	31
2025	61	59	46	36
2023	70	69	56	33

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

Chaniá

15 Feb 2026198122.0 µg/m³
1 Apr 202610838.2 µg/m³
12 Dec 20258125.1 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).

Chaniá

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Acharnés and Chaniá, 10 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/gr-acharnes/gr-chania (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).