SmogRank / Mecca / San Luis Obispo

Mecca vs San Luis Obispo: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mecca's air was 29% more polluted than San Luis Obispo's: PM2.5 averaged 10.3 µg/m³ against 8.0, on the 55 days both cities were measured. Mecca had the dirtier air on 27 of those days, San Luis Obispo on 28. Mecca was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 10 of them, San Luis Obispo on 2.

Right now

Mecca#87on the 24-hour board of 2,002, at 77 US AQI (23.1 µg/m³)
San Luis Obispo–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Mecca
San Luis Obispo
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/m³San Luis Obispo, Apr 2026: 5.9 µg/m³AprMecca, May 2026: 16.9 µg/m³San Luis Obispo, May 2026: 10.1 µg/m³MayJunJulAugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Mecca. Faded: San Luis Obispo. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Each city's worst days

Mecca

San Luis Obispo

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).

San Luis Obispo

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Mecca and San Luis Obispo, 7 Oct 2025 – 6 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/us-mecca/us-san-luis-obispo (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.