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San Pawl il-Baħar vs Valletta: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Valletta's air was 16% more polluted than San Pawl il-Baħar's: PM2.5 averaged 13.6 µg/m³ against 11.7, on the 223 days both cities were measured. Valletta had the dirtier air on 196 of those days, San Pawl il-Baħar on 26. Valletta was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 55 of them, San Pawl il-Baħar on 40.

Right now

San Pawl il-Baħar#1,253on the 24-hour board of 2,547, at 36 US AQI (6.5 µg/m³)
Valletta#1,017on the 24-hour board of 2,547, at 43 US AQI (7.7 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

San Pawl il-Baħar
Valletta
Each city's daily mean from 11 Oct 2025 to 10 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

San Pawl il-Baħar, Nov 2025: 7.4 µg/m³Valletta, Nov 2025: 9.8 µg/m³Nov2025DecSan Pawl il-Baħar, Jan 2026: 18.8 µg/m³Valletta, Jan 2026: 17.4 µg/m³Jan2026San Pawl il-Baħar, Feb 2026: 14.2 µg/m³Valletta, Feb 2026: 15.5 µg/m³FebSan Pawl il-Baħar, Mar 2026: 9.5 µg/m³Valletta, Mar 2026: 12.2 µg/m³MarSan Pawl il-Baħar, Apr 2026: 15.9 µg/m³Valletta, Apr 2026: 16.9 µg/m³AprSan Pawl il-Baħar, May 2026: 9.9 µg/m³Valletta, May 2026: 12.6 µg/m³MaySan Pawl il-Baħar, Jun 2026: 10.4 µg/m³Valletta, Jun 2026: 12.9 µg/m³JunSan Pawl il-Baħar, Jul 2026: 13.2 µg/m³Valletta, Jul 2026: 16.2 µg/m³JulAugSan Pawl il-Baħar, Sep 2026: 7.7 µg/m³Valletta, Sep 2026: 10.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: San Pawl il-Baħar. Faded: Valletta. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearSan Pawl il-BaħarVallettaDays both measuredDays San Pawl il-Baħar was worse
2026 so far586118222
2025525523833
2024555816422

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

San Pawl il-Baħar

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

San Pawl il-Baħar

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

Valletta

Side by side with Żabbar (the nearest), Mosta (Malta's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, San Pawl il-Baħar and Valletta, 11 Oct 2025 – 10 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/mt-san-pawl-il-bahar/mt-valletta (accessed 11 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-11 05:07 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); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).