SmogRank / Ancona / Milan

Ancona vs Milan: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Ancona and Milan had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 14.6 and 14.2 µg/m³, on the 34 days both cities were measured. Ancona had the dirtier air on 9 of those days, Milan on 25. Ancona was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 5 of them, Milan on 13.

Right now

Ancona#379on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 56 US AQI (11.6 µg/m³)
Milan–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Ancona
Milan
Each city's daily mean from 6 Oct 2025 to 5 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

15Nov 2025DecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAncona, Aug: 20.8 µg/m³Milan, Aug: 12.2 µg/m³AugAncona, Sep: 10.2 µg/m³Milan, Sep: 16.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Ancona. Faded: Milan. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearAnconaMilanDays both measuredDays Ancona was worse
2026 so far6161349
202457619153

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

Daily means in US AQI, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Ancona

Side by side with Teramo, Gujranwala.

Milan

Side by side with Monza, Vinovo, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Ancona and Milan, 14 Jul 2026 – 4 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/it-ancona/it-milan (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-06 21:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.