SmogRank / Framingham / Uxbridge
Framingham vs Uxbridge: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Framingham's air was 9% more polluted than Uxbridge's: PM2.5 averaged 5.8 µg/m³ against 5.3, on the 345 days both cities were measured. Framingham had the dirtier air on 216 of those days, Uxbridge on 113. Framingham was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 8 of them, Uxbridge on 7.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Framingham | Uxbridge | Days Framingham was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 33 | 31 | 155 |
| 2025 | 35 | 31 | 300 |
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
Framingham
- 18 Jul 202611340.4 µg/m³
- 15 Jul 20268527.4 µg/m³
- 18 Feb 20268024.6 µg/m³
Uxbridge
- 18 Jul 202611741.8 µg/m³
- 15 Jul 20268828.8 µg/m³
- 16 Jul 20267421.5 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
Framingham
Side by side with Mecca (United States's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Uxbridge
Side by side with Worcester (the nearest), Mecca (United States's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Framingham and Uxbridge, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/us-framingham/us-uxbridge (accessed 8 Oct 2026).
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Updated 2026-10-08 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).