Milan vs Novara: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Novara's air was 6% more polluted than Milan's: PM2.5 averaged 14.4 µg/m³ against 13.6, on the 89 days both cities were measured. Novara had the dirtier air on 60 of those days, Milan on 29. Novara was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 33 of them, Milan on 23.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Milan | Novara | Days Milan was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 58 | 60 | 26 |
| 2025 | 58 | 57 | 56 |
| 2024 | 69 | 62 | 57 |
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
Milan
- 22 Jan 2026153
- 21 Jan 2026126
- 23 Jan 2026125
Novara
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
Milan
Side by side with Monza, Vinovo, Gujranwala.
Novara
Side by side with Castano Primo, Gujranwala.
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Milan and Novara, 14 Oct 2025 – 4 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/it-milan/it-novara (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.