SmogRank / United Kingdom / Wales / Newport

Newport, month by month

Newport has a measured daily mean on 810 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was March 2026, at 54 US AQI (10.5 µg/m³), 1,539th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2024, at 23 US AQI (4.2 µg/m³).

Every month since 2023

2026too few days for a mean (a year needs 200)98 days measured
Jan37#1,901Feb33#2,447Mar54#1,539AprnoneMaynoneJunnoneJulnoneAugnoneSep1 dayOct18#2,654
2025too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)228 days measured
202437 for the year264 days measured1,626th of 2,097 in the world
2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)220 days measured
Jan21 daysFeb3 daysMar10 daysApr45#803May18 daysJun18 daysJul18 daysAug20 daysSep49#838Oct14 daysNov37#1,514Dec35#1,743
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Newport's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Newport marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Unhealthy for 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

Months without a mean, and why

22 months
MonthWhy
Sep 20261 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 2026No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 2026No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jun 2026No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
May 2026No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Apr 2026No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Nov 202512 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 20252 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 2025No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 2025No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Dec 2024No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Nov 2024No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Apr 202418 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202421 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202314 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 202320 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 202318 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jun 202318 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
May 202318 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202310 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 20233 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive.
Jan 202321 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 6 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 4 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.

Newport's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
March 2026 5410.5 µg/m³26 of 311,539thof 2,971Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
April 2025 529.6 µg/m³28 of 301,282ndof 2,951–
September 2023 498.8 µg/m³23 of 30838thof 2,176–
January 2024 468.2 µg/m³29 of 311,182ndof 2,385–
April 2023 458.1 µg/m³22 of 30803rdof 1,622–
September 2024 447.9 µg/m³28 of 30871stof 2,010–

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.

Newport's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
14 Feb 2023 9030.2 µg/m³Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023
9 Mar 2026 8628.0 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
15 Feb 2023 8627.7 µg/m³Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023
21 Mar 2026 8125.1 µg/m³Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
25 Jan 2023 7923.9 µg/m³–
20 Sept 2024 7622.7 µg/m³–
20 Mar 2026 7622.4 µg/m³Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
5 Mar 2026 7421.3 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
21 Sept 2024 7220.6 µg/m³–
4 Apr 2025 7220.5 µg/m³–

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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Newport, United Kingdom, 1 Jan 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from UK-AIR (Defra), read from the publisher; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/gb/newport/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-13 03:07 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).