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Most polluted cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
10 measured cities, this year; 10 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Nice at 10.6 µg/m³, #868 in the world.
About 1.37K people in these 2 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far this year.
Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.
Cities coloured by their PM2.5 over the last 24 hours. Fires, smoke and ash: Oct 5, the newest UTC day mapped.
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
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 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.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Toulon | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 13 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 08 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 15 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 09 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Antibes | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| La Seyne-sur-Mer | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 14 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Juan-les-Pins | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 12 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 11 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 10 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Hyères | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Grasse | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 04 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Cagnes-sur-Mer | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Martigues | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 03 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Aubagne | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 05 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Istres | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 06 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Le Cannet | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 01 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Vitrolles | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Draguignan | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 07 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Saint-Raphaël | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Six-Fours-les-Plages | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| La Ciotat | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Orange | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Carpentras | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Menton | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Var | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Vallauris | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Cavaillon | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Marseille 02 | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Miramas | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| La Valette-du-Var | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Allauch | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- France, July 202625 to 26 July 2026, 2 days28 cities151 µg/m³peak, Limoges
- Europe, January and February 202612 January to 12 February 2026, 32 days625 cities252 µg/m³peak, Travnik
- Europe, December 2025 to January 202625 December 2025 to 2 January 2026, 9 days189 cities110 µg/m³peak, Kempten (Allgäu)
- Italy, France and 2 more countries, June 202514 June 2025, 1 day31 cities41 µg/m³peak, Vigevano
- Europe, June 202510 to 12 June 2025, 3 days89 cities49 µg/m³peak, Villefontaine
- Europe, 14 February to 1 March 202516 days619 cities178 µg/m³peak, Krotoszyn
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 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, PM2.5, this year to 7 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC, smogrank.com/fr/region/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur?w=year.
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Updated 2026-10-07 00:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.