SmogRank / Breda / Zaanstad

Breda vs Zaanstad: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Breda and Zaanstad had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 9.2 and 8.9 µg/m³, on the 314 days both cities were measured. Breda had the dirtier air on 179 of those days, Zaanstad on 131. Breda was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 42 of them, Zaanstad on 37.

Right now

Breda#117on the 24-hour board of 1,627, at 71 US AQI (19.9 µg/m³)
Zaanstad–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Breda
Zaanstad
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/m³Zaanstad, Nov 2025: 6.6 µg/m³Nov 2025Breda, Dec: 10.9 µg/m³Zaanstad, Dec: 9.5 µg/m³DecBreda, Jan 2026: 15.3 µg/m³Zaanstad, Jan 2026: 16.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Breda, Feb: 10.0 µg/m³Zaanstad, Feb: 15.0 µg/m³FebBreda, Mar: 14.7 µg/m³Zaanstad, Mar: 14.3 µg/m³MarBreda, Apr: 8.0 µg/m³Zaanstad, Apr: 6.8 µg/m³AprBreda, May: 7.8 µg/m³Zaanstad, May: 7.5 µg/m³MayBreda, Jun: 5.7 µg/m³Zaanstad, Jun: 6.6 µg/m³JunBreda, Jul: 5.4 µg/m³Zaanstad, Jul: 5.1 µg/m³JulBreda, Aug: 5.7 µg/m³Zaanstad, Aug: 5.0 µg/m³AugBreda, Sep: 7.4 µg/m³Zaanstad, Sep: 6.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Breda. Faded: Zaanstad. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBredaZaanstadDays both measuredDays Breda was worse
2026 so far5152242135
20254742276177
20244743198129
2023455211129

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

Zaanstad

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.

Zaanstad

Side by side with Wormer, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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