SmogRank / Mosta / Valletta

Mosta vs Valletta: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Valletta's air was 15% more polluted than Mosta's: PM2.5 averaged 13.4 µg/m³ against 11.7, on the 238 days both cities were measured. Valletta had the dirtier air on 211 of those days, Mosta on 23. Valletta was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 56 of them, Mosta on 41.

Right now

Mosta#514on the 24-hour board of 2,735, at 56 US AQI (12.0 µg/m³)
Valletta#573on the 24-hour board of 2,735, at 55 US AQI (11.3 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Mosta
Valletta
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

Mosta, Nov 2025: 7.2 µg/m³Valletta, Nov 2025: 9.8 µg/m³Nov2025Mosta, Dec 2025: 7.7 µg/m³Valletta, Dec 2025: 10.6 µg/m³DecMosta, Jan 2026: 14.9 µg/m³Valletta, Jan 2026: 16.2 µg/m³Jan2026Mosta, Feb 2026: 13.0 µg/m³Valletta, Feb 2026: 14.8 µg/m³FebMosta, Mar 2026: 9.9 µg/m³Valletta, Mar 2026: 12.2 µg/m³MarMosta, Apr 2026: 15.9 µg/m³Valletta, Apr 2026: 16.9 µg/m³AprMosta, May 2026: 11.7 µg/m³Valletta, May 2026: 12.6 µg/m³MayMosta, Jun 2026: 11.4 µg/m³Valletta, Jun 2026: 12.9 µg/m³JunMosta, Jul 2026: 13.7 µg/m³Valletta, Jul 2026: 16.2 µg/m³JulAugMosta, Sep 2026: 9.0 µg/m³Valletta, Sep 2026: 10.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Mosta. Faded: Valletta. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearMostaVallettaDays both measuredDays Mosta was worse
2026 so far586119322
2025515523943
2024565818646

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

Mosta

Valletta

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

Mosta

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

Valletta

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Mosta and Valletta, 10 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/mt-mosta/mt-valletta (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).