SmogRank / Breda / Waalre

Breda vs Waalre: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Waalre's air was 10% more polluted than Breda's: PM2.5 averaged 9.8 µg/m³ against 8.9, on the 329 days both cities were measured. Waalre had the dirtier air on 209 of those days, Breda on 116. Waalre was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 38 of them, Breda on 39.

Right now

Breda#98on the 24-hour board of 1,669, at 73 US AQI (20.7 µg/m³)
Waalre#355on the 24-hour board of 1,669, at 57 US AQI (12.3 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Breda
Waalre
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: 8.2 µg/m³Waalre, Nov 2025: 9.1 µg/m³Nov 2025Breda, Dec: 11.2 µg/m³Waalre, Dec: 12.5 µg/m³DecBreda, Jan 2026: 15.1 µg/m³Waalre, Jan 2026: 16.9 µg/m³Jan 2026Breda, Feb: 10.0 µg/m³Waalre, Feb: 10.6 µg/m³FebBreda, Mar: 14.7 µg/m³Waalre, Mar: 15.7 µg/m³MarBreda, Apr: 8.0 µg/m³Waalre, Apr: 9.2 µg/m³AprBreda, May: 8.0 µg/m³Waalre, May: 8.4 µg/m³MayBreda, Jun: 5.2 µg/m³Waalre, Jun: 7.1 µg/m³JunBreda, Jul: 5.4 µg/m³Waalre, Jul: 7.3 µg/m³JulBreda, Aug: 5.4 µg/m³Waalre, Aug: 5.7 µg/m³AugBreda, Sep: 7.2 µg/m³Waalre, Sep: 6.2 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Breda. Faded: Waalre. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBredaWaalreDays both measuredDays Breda was worse
2026 so far505225992
20255251348201
20244952303132
2023465411018

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

Waalre

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.

Waalre

Side by side with Tilburg, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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