SmogRank / France / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne, month by month
Saint-Étienne has a measured daily mean on 1,028 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2023, at 63 US AQI (15.6 µg/m³), 305th of 1,129 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was February 2026, at 24 US AQI (4.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 46 US AQI (8.2 µg/m³), against 47 US AQI (8.4 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
16 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. |
| Jan 2026 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 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. |
| Aug 2025 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 14 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 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. |
| Jan 2025 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2024 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 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 | 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.
Saint-Étienne's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | 6315.6 µg/m³ | 305thof 1,129 | Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| February 2025 | 6214.9 µg/m³ | 869thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| January 2024 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 574thof 2,385 | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| November 2024 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 644thof 2,624 | – |
| March 2023 | 5511.0 µg/m³ | 200thof 911 | Europe, 4 to 7 March 2023 Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 |
| December 2025 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 1,251stof 3,006 | – |
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.
Saint-Étienne's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2024 | 12243.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 4 Mar 2023 | 12143.8 µg/m³ | Europe, 4 to 7 March 2023 Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 |
| 13 Jan 2024 | 11842.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 12 Feb 2023 | 11741.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 20 Jan 2025 | 11741.8 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| 11 Feb 2023 | 11139.4 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 3 Mar 2023 | 10838.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 |
| 11 Jun 2025 | 10838.2 µg/m³ | Europe, June 2025 |
| 18 Feb 2025 | 10637.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 5 Mar 2023 | 9834.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 4 to 7 March 2023 |
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, Saint-Étienne, France, 1 Jan 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/fr/saint-etienne/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Saint-Étienne now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 01:07 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).