SmogRank / France / Île-de-France / Paris
Paris, month by month
Paris has a measured daily mean on 1,101 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 70 US AQI (19.4 µg/m³), 609th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 32 US AQI (5.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 54 US AQI (10.5 µg/m³), against 53 US AQI (10.1 µg/m³) in 2023.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
10 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2024 | 2 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | 2 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Paris's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 7019.4 µg/m³ | 609thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| February 2023 | 6919.0 µg/m³ | 156thof 1,129 | Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| March 2026 | 6516.4 µg/m³ | 736thof 2,971 | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| January 2024 | 6214.9 µg/m³ | 467thof 2,385 | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 Western Europe, January 2024 |
| March 2025 | 6214.8 µg/m³ | 964thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more |
| January 2025 | 6013.8 µg/m³ | 566thof 2,474 | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 Europe, January 2025 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Paris's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 2023 | 15256.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 13649.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 8 Mar 2026 | 13248.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| 9 Feb 2023 | 12846.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 7 Mar 2026 | 11741.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| 14 Feb 2025 | 10938.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 10 Feb 2023 | 10436.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 10436.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 10336.5 µg/m³ | Europe, March 2025 |
| 21 Mar 2026 | 10235.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Paris, France, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/fr/paris/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Paris now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 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 low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).