SmogRank / Amsterdam / Breda

Amsterdam vs Breda: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Amsterdam and Breda had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 9.1 and 9.2 µg/m³, on the 313 days both cities were measured. Amsterdam had the dirtier air on 146 of those days, Breda on 163. Amsterdam was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 37 of them, Breda on 42.

Right now

Amsterdam#443on the 24-hour board of 1,669, at 54 US AQI (10.6 µg/m³)
Breda#98on the 24-hour board of 1,669, at 73 US AQI (20.7 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Amsterdam
Breda
Each city's daily mean from 7 Oct 2025 to 6 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

15Amsterdam, Nov 2025: 7.0 µg/m³Breda, Nov 2025: 9.2 µg/m³Nov 2025Amsterdam, Dec: 10.1 µg/m³Breda, Dec: 10.9 µg/m³DecAmsterdam, Jan 2026: 16.5 µg/m³Breda, Jan 2026: 15.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Amsterdam, Feb: 14.3 µg/m³Breda, Feb: 10.0 µg/m³FebAmsterdam, Mar: 14.6 µg/m³Breda, Mar: 14.7 µg/m³MarAmsterdam, Apr: 7.1 µg/m³Breda, Apr: 8.0 µg/m³AprAmsterdam, May: 7.4 µg/m³Breda, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayAmsterdam, Jun: 6.8 µg/m³Breda, Jun: 6.0 µg/m³JunAmsterdam, Jul: 5.6 µg/m³Breda, Jul: 5.3 µg/m³JulAmsterdam, Aug: 5.4 µg/m³Breda, Aug: 5.7 µg/m³AugAmsterdam, Sep: 6.8 µg/m³Breda, Sep: 7.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Amsterdam. Faded: Breda. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearAmsterdamBredaDays both measuredDays Amsterdam was worse
2026 so far5251241118
20254647277132
20244847198106
20235248161109

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

Amsterdam

Breda

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

Amsterdam

Side by side with Badhoevedorp, Gujranwala.

Breda

Side by side with Tilburg, Venray, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Amsterdam and Breda, 8 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/nl-amsterdam/nl-breda (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.