SmogRank / France / Occitanie / Perpignan
Perpignan, month by month
Perpignan has a measured daily mean on 919 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2023, at 58 US AQI (12.8 µg/m³), 492nd of 1,129 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was April 2023, at 27 US AQI (4.8 µg/m³).
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
21 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 16 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2026 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2026 | 18 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2025 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2025 | 12 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2025 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 11 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 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. |
| Jan 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. |
| Oct 2024 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 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 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 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. |
| Jan 2023 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 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.
Perpignan's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 492ndof 1,129 | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| July 2026 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 996thof 2,784 | France, July 2026 |
| January 2024 | 5511.2 µg/m³ | 775thof 2,385 | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 Western Europe, January 2024 |
| August 2025 | 5410.7 µg/m³ | 1,069thof 2,901 | – |
| March 2026 | 5410.5 µg/m³ | 1,539thof 2,971 | – |
| February 2025 | 5310.0 µg/m³ | 1,186thof 2,633 | – |
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.
Perpignan's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jul 2026 | 8929.6 µg/m³ | France, July 2026 |
| 12 Feb 2023 | 8728.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 14 Jan 2024 | 8527.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 Western Europe, January 2024 |
| 5 Jan 2025 | 8426.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 13 Jan 2024 | 8326.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 29 Dec 2023 | 8024.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Feb 2024 | 7924.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 5 Mar 2023 | 7924.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 7923.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 17 Jan 2024 | 7823.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
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, Perpignan, 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/perpignan/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Perpignan now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).