SmogRank / Mecca / New London

Mecca vs New London: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mecca's air was about 2.5× as polluted as New London's: PM2.5 averaged 12.1 µg/m³ against 4.9, on the 80 days both cities were measured. Mecca had the dirtier air on 60 of those days, New London on 20. Mecca was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 25 of them, New London on 1.

Right now

Mecca#87on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 77 US AQI (23.1 µg/m³)
New London#1,960on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 9 US AQI (1.7 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Mecca
New London
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/m³New London, Apr 2026: 5.8 µg/m³AprMecca, May 2026: 16.9 µg/m³New London, May 2026: 5.8 µg/m³MayJunJulAugMecca, Sep 2026: 11.5 µg/m³New London, Sep 2026: 3.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Mecca. Faded: New London. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Each city's worst days

Mecca

New London

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).

New London

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Mecca and New London, 7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/us-mecca/us-new-london (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.