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Most polluted cities in Scotland, United Kingdom, September 2024

4 cities in Scotland, United Kingdom ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Glasgow at 6.9 µg/m³, #1,154 of 1,964 cities in the world. Cleanest: Grangemouth at 3.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

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.

← Glasgow 0% 0.75%0
Every city in Scotland, United Kingdom ranked for September 2024, 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. 1Glasgow
    0%
  2. 2Edinburgh
    0%
  3. 3Penicuik
    0%
  4. 4Grangemouth
    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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Scotland, United Kingdom, PM2.5, September 2024, smogrank.com/gb/region/scotland/history/2024-09 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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