Bakersfield vs Mecca: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mecca's air was 36% more polluted than Bakersfield's: PM2.5 averaged 12.1 µg/m³ against 8.9, on the 80 days both cities were measured. Mecca had the dirtier air on 46 of those days, Bakersfield on 34. Mecca was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 25 of them, Bakersfield on 1.

Right now

Bakersfield#373on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 57 US AQI (12.3 µg/m³)

Mecca#87on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 77 US AQI (23.1 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Bakersfield

Mecca

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

Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Bakersfield. Faded: Mecca. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Each city's worst days

Bakersfield

3 Oct 20266617.1 µg/m³
2 Oct 20266114.5 µg/m³
24 Sept 20266114.4 µg/m³

Mecca

21 May 202614854.6 µg/m³
16 May 202613047.2 µg/m³
18 May 20269733.8 µg/m³

Daily means in US AQI, with µg/m³ beside them, since the index stops at its top value, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Bakersfield

Side by side with Shafter (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Mecca

Side by side with Indio (the nearest), Hanford (United States's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Bakersfield and Mecca, 7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/us-bakersfield/us-mecca (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-07 08:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.