SmogRank / Milan / Salerno

Milan vs Salerno: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Milan's air was 25% more polluted than Salerno's: PM2.5 averaged 12.0 µg/m³ against 9.6, on the 116 days both cities were measured. Milan had the dirtier air on 81 of those days, Salerno on 32. Milan was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 25 of them, Salerno on 5.

Right now

Milan–not on the 24-hour board right now
Salerno–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Milan
Salerno
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 2026FebMarMilan, Apr: 13.2 µg/m³Salerno, Apr: 9.7 µg/m³AprMilan, May: 9.3 µg/m³Salerno, May: 7.6 µg/m³MayMilan, Jun: 10.4 µg/m³Salerno, Jun: 9.8 µg/m³JunMilan, Jul: 11.5 µg/m³Salerno, Jul: 10.0 µg/m³JulMilan, Aug: 11.9 µg/m³Salerno, Aug: 11.7 µg/m³AugMilan, Sep: 13.7 µg/m³Salerno, Sep: 8.7 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Milan. Faded: Salerno. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMilanSalernoDays both measuredDays Milan was worse
2026 so far565211278
202466569853

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

Milan

Side by side with Monza, Vinovo, Gujranwala.

Salerno

Side by side with Cava Dè Tirreni, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Milan and Salerno, 21 Oct 2025 – 4 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/it-milan/it-salerno (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 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.