SmogRank / Għarb / Mosta

Għarb vs Mosta: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mosta's air was 18% more polluted than Għarb's: PM2.5 averaged 11.7 µg/m³ against 9.9, on the 251 days both cities were measured. Mosta had the dirtier air on 215 of those days, Għarb on 29. Mosta was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 41 of them, Għarb on 27.

Right now

Għarb#868on the 24-hour board of 2,735, at 51 US AQI (9.1 µg/m³)
Mosta#514on the 24-hour board of 2,735, at 56 US AQI (12.0 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Għarb
Mosta
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

Għarb, Nov 2025: 6.3 µg/m³Mosta, Nov 2025: 7.2 µg/m³Nov2025Għarb, Dec 2025: 5.8 µg/m³Mosta, Dec 2025: 8.4 µg/m³DecGħarb, Jan 2026: 11.9 µg/m³Mosta, Jan 2026: 14.4 µg/m³Jan2026Għarb, Feb 2026: 10.9 µg/m³Mosta, Feb 2026: 12.8 µg/m³FebGħarb, Mar 2026: 8.0 µg/m³Mosta, Mar 2026: 10.0 µg/m³MarGħarb, Apr 2026: 14.3 µg/m³Mosta, Apr 2026: 18.0 µg/m³AprGħarb, May 2026: 10.6 µg/m³Mosta, May 2026: 12.5 µg/m³MayGħarb, Jun 2026: 10.0 µg/m³Mosta, Jun 2026: 11.5 µg/m³JunGħarb, Jul 2026: 12.7 µg/m³Mosta, Jul 2026: 13.2 µg/m³JulAugGħarb, Sep 2026: 6.3 µg/m³Mosta, Sep 2026: 9.0 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Għarb. Faded: Mosta. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearGħarbMostaDays both measuredDays Għarb was worse
2026 so far545819819
2025465224949
2024545722238
2023545622581

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

Għarb

Mosta

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

Għarb

Side by side with San Pawl il-Baħar (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Mosta

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Għarb and Mosta, 10 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/mt-gharb/mt-mosta (accessed 9 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 2026-10-09 23:07 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); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).