SmogRank / Breda / Enschede

Breda vs Enschede: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Breda and Enschede had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 9.0 and 8.7 µg/m³, on the 337 days both cities were measured. Breda had the dirtier air on 215 of those days, Enschede on 117. Breda was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 41 of them, Enschede on 42.

Right now

Breda#98on the 24-hour board of 1,669, at 73 US AQI (20.7 µg/m³)
Enschede#166on the 24-hour board of 1,669, at 67 US AQI (17.5 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Breda
Enschede
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

15Breda, Nov 2025: 9.2 µg/m³Enschede, Nov 2025: 8.6 µg/m³Nov 2025Breda, Dec: 10.7 µg/m³Enschede, Dec: 11.5 µg/m³DecBreda, Jan 2026: 15.1 µg/m³Enschede, Jan 2026: 16.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Breda, Feb: 10.0 µg/m³Enschede, Feb: 14.1 µg/m³FebBreda, Mar: 14.6 µg/m³Enschede, Mar: 13.9 µg/m³MarBreda, Apr: 8.0 µg/m³Enschede, Apr: 6.7 µg/m³AprBreda, May: 8.0 µg/m³Enschede, May: 5.8 µg/m³MayBreda, Jun: 5.2 µg/m³Enschede, Jun: 4.9 µg/m³JunBreda, Jul: 5.4 µg/m³Enschede, Jul: 4.9 µg/m³JulBreda, Aug: 5.3 µg/m³Enschede, Aug: 3.9 µg/m³AugBreda, Sep: 7.5 µg/m³Enschede, Sep: 5.8 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Breda. Faded: Enschede. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBredaEnschedeDays both measuredDays Breda was worse
2026 so far5048254163
20255248361241
20244934344280
2023494615381

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

Breda

Enschede

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

Breda

Side by side with Tilburg, Venray, Gujranwala.

Enschede

Side by side with Eibergen, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Breda and Enschede, 7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/nl-breda/nl-enschede (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.