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Breda vs Nijmegen: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Breda's air was 11% more polluted than Nijmegen's: PM2.5 averaged 9.0 µg/m³ against 8.1, on the 346 days both cities were measured. Breda had the dirtier air on 241 of those days, Nijmegen on 95. Breda was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 42 of them, Nijmegen on 39.

Right now

Breda#98on the 24-hour board of 1,669, at 73 US AQI (20.7 µg/m³)
Nijmegen#220on the 24-hour board of 1,669, at 64 US AQI (16.1 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Breda
Nijmegen
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: 9.1 µg/m³Nijmegen, Nov 2025: 8.1 µg/m³Nov 2025Breda, Dec: 10.5 µg/m³Nijmegen, Dec: 9.5 µg/m³DecBreda, Jan 2026: 15.1 µg/m³Nijmegen, Jan 2026: 16.0 µg/m³Jan 2026Breda, Feb: 10.0 µg/m³Nijmegen, Feb: 11.0 µg/m³FebBreda, Mar: 14.7 µg/m³Nijmegen, Mar: 13.5 µg/m³MarBreda, Apr: 8.0 µg/m³Nijmegen, Apr: 5.9 µg/m³AprBreda, May: 8.0 µg/m³Nijmegen, May: 5.4 µg/m³MayBreda, Jun: 5.1 µg/m³Nijmegen, Jun: 5.2 µg/m³JunBreda, Jul: 5.2 µg/m³Nijmegen, Jul: 4.1 µg/m³JulBreda, Aug: 5.9 µg/m³Nijmegen, Aug: 4.1 µg/m³AugBreda, Sep: 7.1 µg/m³Nijmegen, Sep: 6.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Breda. Faded: Nijmegen. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBredaNijmegenDays both measuredDays Breda was worse
2026 so far5046262183
20255247363276
20244951345112
2023485116236

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

Nijmegen

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.

Nijmegen

Side by side with Lunteren, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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