SmogRank / Alessandria / Novara

Alessandria vs Novara: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Novara's air was 8% more polluted than Alessandria's: PM2.5 averaged 14.8 µg/m³ against 13.7, on the 82 days both cities were measured. Novara had the dirtier air on 55 of those days, Alessandria on 25. Novara was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 34 of them, Alessandria on 22.

Right now

Alessandria#48on the 24-hour board of 2,366, at 97 US AQI (34.0 µg/m³)
Novara#168on the 24-hour board of 2,366, at 74 US AQI (21.3 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Alessandria
Novara
Each city's daily mean from 7 Oct 2025 to 6 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Nov2025DecJan2026FebMarAlessandria, Apr 2026: 13.9 µg/m³Novara, Apr 2026: 15.3 µg/m³AprMayAlessandria, Jun 2026: 11.2 µg/m³Novara, Jun 2026: 13.7 µg/m³JunJulAlessandria, Aug 2026: 12.2 µg/m³Novara, Aug 2026: 12.4 µg/m³AugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Alessandria. Faded: Novara. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearAlessandriaNovaraDays both measuredDays Alessandria was worse
2026 so far59617924
202556588033
202466597564

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

Alessandria

Novara

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

Alessandria

Side by side with Sannazzaro de' Burgondi (the nearest), Vinovo (Italy's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Novara

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Alessandria and Novara, 7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/it-alessandria/it-novara (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-07 13:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.