SmogRank / Acharnés / Piraeus

Acharnés vs Piraeus: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Acharnés's air was 25% more polluted than Piraeus's: PM2.5 averaged 13.8 µg/m³ against 11.0, on the 130 days both cities were measured. Acharnés had the dirtier air on 117 of those days, Piraeus on 11. Acharnés was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 36 of them, Piraeus on 12.

Right now

Acharnés–not on the 24-hour board right now
Piraeus–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Acharnés
Piraeus
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

Nov2025DecJan2026Acharnés, Feb 2026: 17.0 µg/m³Piraeus, Feb 2026: 13.0 µg/m³FebAcharnés, Mar 2026: 15.5 µg/m³Piraeus, Mar 2026: 11.8 µg/m³MarAcharnés, Apr 2026: 11.4 µg/m³Piraeus, Apr 2026: 9.6 µg/m³AprAcharnés, May 2026: 11.6 µg/m³Piraeus, May 2026: 9.4 µg/m³MayAcharnés, Jun 2026: 11.7 µg/m³Piraeus, Jun 2026: 9.9 µg/m³JunJulAugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Acharnés. Faded: Piraeus. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearAcharnésPiraeusDays both measuredDays Acharnés was worse
2026 so far5954110101
20256457112100
20246356176147
20236758326275

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

Piraeus

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).

Piraeus

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

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