SmogRank / Breda / Utrecht

Breda vs Utrecht: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Breda and Utrecht had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 8.9 and 8.9 µg/m³, on the 352 days both cities were measured. Breda had the dirtier air on 185 of those days, Utrecht on 158. Breda was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 42 of them, Utrecht on 48.

Right now

Breda#117on the 24-hour board of 1,627, at 71 US AQI (19.9 µg/m³)
Utrecht#152on the 24-hour board of 1,627, at 68 US AQI (18.0 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Breda
Utrecht
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: 9.0 µg/m³Utrecht, Nov 2025: 9.0 µg/m³Nov 2025Breda, Dec: 10.5 µg/m³Utrecht, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecBreda, Jan 2026: 15.1 µg/m³Utrecht, Jan 2026: 17.5 µg/m³Jan 2026Breda, Feb: 10.0 µg/m³Utrecht, Feb: 13.3 µg/m³FebBreda, Mar: 14.7 µg/m³Utrecht, Mar: 14.8 µg/m³MarBreda, Apr: 8.0 µg/m³Utrecht, Apr: 7.2 µg/m³AprBreda, May: 7.9 µg/m³Utrecht, May: 5.6 µg/m³MayBreda, Jun: 5.2 µg/m³Utrecht, Jun: 5.4 µg/m³JunBreda, Jul: 5.2 µg/m³Utrecht, Jul: 4.9 µg/m³JulBreda, Aug: 5.4 µg/m³Utrecht, Aug: 4.9 µg/m³AugBreda, Sep: 7.1 µg/m³Utrecht, Sep: 6.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Breda. Faded: Utrecht. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBredaUtrechtDays both measuredDays Breda was worse
2026 so far4950267143
20255247364264
20244944345194
2023485116354

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

Utrecht

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.

Utrecht

Side by side with Breukelen, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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

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Updated 2026-10-06 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.