Lakewood vs Mecca: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Mecca's air was about 3.8× as polluted as Lakewood's: PM2.5 averaged 12.8 µg/m³ against 3.4, on the 44 days both cities were measured. Mecca had the dirtier air on 38 of those days, Lakewood on 5. Mecca was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 16 of them, Lakewood on 0.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Each city's worst days
Lakewood
- 15 Sept 2026468.3 µg/m³
- 1 Apr 2026346.2 µg/m³
- 6 Oct 2026274.9 µg/m³
Mecca
- 21 May 202614854.6 µg/m³
- 1 Oct 20268225.9 µg/m³
- 22 May 20267723.1 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
Lakewood
Side by side with Denver (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).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Lakewood and Mecca, 8 Oct 2025 – 7 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/us-lakewood/us-mecca (accessed 8 Oct 2026).
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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.
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).