SmogRank / Mecca / Michigan City

Mecca vs Michigan City: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mecca's air was about 2.0× as polluted as Michigan City's: PM2.5 averaged 12.1 µg/m³ against 6.1, on the 80 days both cities were measured. Mecca had the dirtier air on 58 of those days, Michigan City on 21. Mecca was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 25 of them, Michigan City on 0.

Right now

Mecca#87on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 77 US AQI (23.1 µg/m³)
Michigan City#1,620on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 22 US AQI (4.0 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Mecca
Michigan City
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

Nov2025DecJan2026FebMarMecca, Apr 2026: 6.7 µg/m³Michigan City, Apr 2026: 6.0 µg/m³AprMecca, May 2026: 16.9 µg/m³Michigan City, May 2026: 5.5 µg/m³MayJunJulAugMecca, Sep 2026: 11.5 µg/m³Michigan City, Sep 2026: 6.9 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Mecca. Faded: Michigan City. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Each city's worst days

Mecca

Michigan City

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

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).

Michigan City

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Mecca and Michigan City, 7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/us-mecca/us-michigan-city (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.