SmogRank / Acharnés / Irákleion
Acharnés vs Irákleion: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Acharnés's air was 22% more polluted than Irákleion's: PM2.5 averaged 14.1 µg/m³ against 11.6, on the 83 days both cities were measured. Acharnés had the dirtier air on 60 of those days, Irákleion on 23. Acharnés was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 24 of them, Irákleion on 13.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Year by year
| Year | Acharnés | Irákleion | Days Acharnés was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 59 | 57 | 46 |
| 2025 | 60 | 55 | 30 |
| 2023 | 67 | 61 | 27 |
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
Irákleion
- 15 Feb 202615561.6 µg/m³
- 1 Apr 202614352.4 µg/m³
- 2 Apr 20268929.5 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).
Irákleion
Side by side with Chaniá (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Acharnés and Irákleion, 10 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/gr-acharnes/gr-irakleion (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).