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Most polluted cities in Occitanie, France

7 measured cities, this year; 7 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Nîmes at 8.1 µg/m³, #1,769 in the world.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

New Aquitaine: 9 measured citiesOccitanie: 7 measured citiesAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 20 measured citiesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: 10 measured cities#7 Rodez: 6.6 µg/m³#6 Lourdes: 7.0 µg/m³#3 Toulouse: 7.9 µg/m³#4 Perpignan: 7.9 µg/m³#5 Castres: 7.9 µg/m³#2 Tarbes: 8.0 µg/m³#1 Nîmes: 8.1 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Rodez 1% 0.75%0
Every measured city in Occitanie, France, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Rodezlast full day 3 Oct 1%
  2. 2Nîmes 0%
  3. 3Tarbeslast full day 3 Oct 0%
  4. 4Toulouselast full day 3 Oct 0%
  5. 4Perpignanlast full day 3 Oct 0%
  6. 4Castreslast full day 3 Oct 0%
  7. 7Lourdeslast full day 3 Oct 0%
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Occitanie cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City7-day estimateBand
Béziers≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Narbonne≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Carcassonne≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Alès≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Sète≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Colomiers≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Tournefeuille≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Auch≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Muret≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Blagnac≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Cahors≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Millau≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Agde≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Frontignan≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Bagnols-sur-Cèze≈ 9 µg/m³Moderate
Plaisance-du-Touch≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Mauguio≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Castelnau-le-Lez≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Lattes≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Pamiers≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Balma≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Cugnaux≈ 7 µg/m³Good

Bad-air episodes in Occitanie

Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Occitanie, France, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC, smogrank.com/fr/region/occitanie?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-06 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.