SmogRank / History / February 18, 2026
Most polluted cities on February 18, 2026
2,052 cities ranked by their average PM2.5 over the day. Each city's own local calendar day.
| # | City | µg/m³ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gujranwala low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 240.0 | |
| 2 | Faisalabad low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 219.0 | |
| 3 | Dhaka low-cost sensors Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | 173.0 | |
| 4 | Lahore low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 162.5 | |
| 5 | Peshawar low-cost sensors Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | 161.0 | |
| 6 | Sialkot low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 154.0 | |
| 7 | Jammu low-cost sensors Jammu and Kashmir, India | 137.5 | |
| 8 | Kojomkul low-cost sensors Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan | 137.0 | |
| 9 | Bahawalpur low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 116.5 | |
| 10 | Kampala low-cost sensors Central Region, Uganda | 101.1 | |
| 11 | Rawalpindi low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 97.8 | |
| 12 | Multan low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 95.2 | |
| 13 | Kathmandu low-cost sensors Bagmati Province, Nepal | 92.5 | |
| 14 | Tuxtla Chiapas, Mexico | 92.2 | |
| 15 | Kalisz Greater Poland, Poland | 90.7 | |
| 16 | Łask Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | 86.0 | |
| 17 | Delhi Delhi, India | 84.3 | |
| 18 | Zgierz Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | 81.9 | |
| 19 | Otegen Batyra low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 80.0 | |
| 20 | Dushanbe Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 77.0 | |
| 21 | Sukuta low-cost sensors Western, Gambia | 76.2 | |
| 22 | Burunday low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 75.9 | |
| 23 | Almaty low-cost sensors Almaty, Kazakhstan | 75.6 | |
| 24 | Dębica Subcarpathia, Poland | 72.1 | |
| 25 | Otwock Mazovia, Poland | 69.1 | |
| 26 | Islamabad low-cost sensors Islamabad, Pakistan | 67.9 | |
| 27 | Lebedinovka low-cost sensors Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan | 66.5 | |
| 28 | Quetta low-cost sensors Balochistan, Pakistan | 60.8 | |
| 29 | Łódź Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | 60.6 | |
| 30 | Brikama low-cost sensors Western, Gambia | 55.4 | |
| 31 | Zielona Góra Lubusz, Poland | 55.1 | |
| 32 | Talghar low-cost sensors Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 54.7 | |
| 33 | Radomsko Łódź Voivodeship, Poland | 53.9 | |
| 34 | Tlaquepaque Jalisco, Mexico | 53.5 | |
| 35 | Rzeszów Subcarpathia, Poland | 53.4 | |
| 36 | Hyderabad low-cost sensors Sindh, Pakistan | 51.5 | |
| 37 | Starachowice Świętokrzyskie, Poland | 51.1 | |
| 38 | El Paso Texas, United States | 50.5 | |
| 39 | Wrocław Lower Silesia, Poland | 49.4 | |
| 40 | Pruszków Mazovia, Poland | 48.9 | |
| 41 | Legionowo Mazovia, Poland | 48.1 | |
| 42 | Changchun low-cost sensors Jilin, China | 47.9 | |
| 43 | Chiang Mai low-cost sensors Chiang Mai, Thailand | 47.6 | |
| 44 | Murree low-cost sensors Punjab, Pakistan | 47.5 | |
| 45 | Żyrardów Mazovia, Poland | 46.6 | |
| 46 | Karachi low-cost sensors Sindh, Pakistan | 46.1 | |
| 47 | Żary Lubusz, Poland | 45.4 | |
| 48 | Warsaw Mazovia, Poland | 45.0 | |
| 49 | Reading Pennsylvania, United States | 44.8 | |
| 50 | Phuntsholing low-cost sensors Chukha, Bhutan | 44.3 | |
| 50 | Włocławek Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 44.3 | |
| 52 | Lebanon Pennsylvania, United States | 44.2 | |
| 53 | Zamość Lublin, Poland | 44.1 | |
| 53 | Gorzów Wielkopolski Lubusz, Poland | 44.1 | |
| 55 | Jarosław Subcarpathia, Poland | 43.8 | |
| 56 | Mielec Subcarpathia, Poland | 43.7 | |
| 57 | San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí, Mexico | 43.5 | |
| 58 | Konstancin-Jeziorna Mazovia, Poland | 42.9 | |
| 59 | Radom Mazovia, Poland | 41.8 | |
| 60 | Poznań Greater Poland, Poland | 41.4 | |
| 61 | Târgu Mureş low-cost sensors Mureș County, Romania | 41.1 | |
| 62 | Ciechanów Mazovia, Poland | 41.0 | |
| 63 | Ziguinchor low-cost sensors Ziguinchor, Senegal | 40.7 | |
| 64 | Płock Mazovia, Poland | 40.3 | |
| 65 | Sai Mai low-cost sensors Bangkok, Thailand | 39.8 | |
| 66 | Khlong Luang low-cost sensors Pathum Thani, Thailand | 39.7 | |
| 67 | Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua, Mexico | 39.2 | |
| 68 | Uttaradit low-cost sensors Uttaradit, Thailand | 39.1 | |
| 69 | Tarnów Lesser Poland, Poland | 39.0 | |
| 70 | Socorro Texas, United States | 38.9 | |
| 71 | Nisko Subcarpathia, Poland | 38.7 | |
| 72 | San Salvador Tizatlalli México, Mexico | 38.3 | |
| 73 | Żywiec Silesia, Poland | 37.5 | |
| 74 | Przemyśl Subcarpathia, Poland | 37.2 | |
| 74 | Augustów Podlasie, Poland | 37.2 | |
| 74 | Royal Oak low-cost sensors Michigan, United States | 37.2 | |
| 77 | Bangkok low-cost sensors Bangkok, Thailand | 37.0 | |
| 78 | Cuautla Morelos, Mexico | 36.9 | |
| 79 | Tema low-cost sensors Greater Accra, Ghana | 36.6 | |
| 80 | Toruń Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 36.3 | |
| 81 | Lublin Lublin, Poland | 36.0 | |
| 82 | Krosno Subcarpathia, Poland | 35.9 | |
| 82 | Bishkek low-cost sensors Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 35.9 | |
| 82 | Newton low-cost sensors Massachusetts, United States | 35.9 | |
| 85 | Ban Khlong Prawet low-cost sensors Bangkok, Thailand | 35.8 | |
| 86 | Allentown Pennsylvania, United States | 35.3 | |
| 86 | Carlisle Pennsylvania, United States | 35.3 | |
| 88 | Lagos low-cost sensors Lagos, Nigeria | 34.8 | |
| 88 | Harrisburg Pennsylvania, United States | 34.8 | |
| 90 | Eisenhüttenstadt Brandenburg, Germany | 34.4 | |
| 91 | Stendal Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 34.2 | |
| 92 | Baia Mare Maramureş, Romania | 33.9 | |
| 93 | Zagreb low-cost sensors Zagreb, Croatia | 33.5 | |
| 94 | Bethlehem Pennsylvania, United States | 33.4 | |
| 95 | Albany New York, United States | 33.3 | |
| 96 | Kraków Lesser Poland, Poland | 33.2 | |
| 97 | Lexington low-cost sensors Massachusetts, United States | 32.9 | |
| 98 | Hacienda Santa Fe Jalisco, Mexico | 32.8 | |
| 99 | Kielce Świętokrzyskie, Poland | 32.6 | |
| 100 | Danbury Connecticut, United States | 32.0 | |
| 101 | Opole Opole Voivodeship, Poland | 31.9 | |
| 101 | San Francisco Tlalcilalcalpan México, Mexico | 31.9 | |
| 103 | Debrecen low-cost sensors Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary | 31.8 | |
| 103 | Lubnjow Brandenburg, Germany | 31.8 | |
| 105 | Elizabeth New Jersey, United States | 31.7 | |
| 106 | Suwałki Podlasie, Poland | 31.6 | |
| 106 | New York City New York, United States | 31.6 | |
| 108 | Santiago de Querétaro Querétaro, Mexico | 31.5 | |
| 109 | Wawer Mazovia, Poland | 30.9 | |
| 109 | York Pennsylvania, United States | 30.9 | |
| 109 | Blankenfelde-Mahlow Brandenburg, Germany | 30.9 | |
| 112 | Teltow Brandenburg, Germany | 30.8 | |
| 112 | Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg, Germany | 30.8 | |
| 114 | Kavadarci Kavadarci, North Macedonia | 30.7 | |
| 115 | Szczecin West Pomerania, Poland | 30.6 | |
| 116 | Paterson New Jersey, United States | 30.5 | |
| 117 | Potsdam Brandenburg, Germany | 30.1 | |
| 118 | Frankfurt (Oder) Brandenburg, Germany | 30.0 | |
| 118 | Pennsauken New Jersey, United States | 30.0 | |
| 118 | Hartford Connecticut, United States | 30.0 | |
| 121 | Brownsville Texas, United States | 29.8 | |
| 121 | Springfield Massachusetts, United States | 29.8 | |
| 123 | Bydgoszcz Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 29.7 | |
| 124 | Königs Wusterhausen Brandenburg, Germany | 29.6 | |
| 124 | Tehuacán Puebla, Mexico | 29.6 | |
| 124 | Lancaster Pennsylvania, United States | 29.6 | |
| 127 | Puebla Puebla, Mexico | 29.4 | |
| 127 | Fort Lee New Jersey, United States | 29.4 | |
| 129 | Brzeg Opole Voivodeship, Poland | 29.3 | |
| 130 | Chrang Chamreh Muoy low-cost sensors Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 29.2 | |
| 131 | San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida Puebla, Mexico | 29.1 | |
| 131 | Wilmington Delaware, United States | 29.1 | |
| 133 | Waterbury Connecticut, United States | 29.0 | |
| 134 | Nauen Brandenburg, Germany | 28.9 | |
| 135 | Luckenwalde Brandenburg, Germany | 28.7 | |
| 136 | Berlin State of Berlin, Germany | 28.2 | |
| 137 | Linden New Jersey, United States | 27.9 | |
| 138 | Norristown Pennsylvania, United States | 27.8 | |
| 139 | Oranienburg Brandenburg, Germany | 27.7 | |
| 140 | Ashaiman low-cost sensors Greater Accra, Ghana | 27.6 | |
| 140 | Kłodzko Lower Silesia, Poland | 27.6 | |
| 140 | Jersey City New Jersey, United States | 27.6 | |
| 143 | Pylaía Central Macedonia, Greece | 27.4 | |
| 143 | Hamburg Hamburg, Germany | 27.4 | |
| 145 | Suceava Suceava, Romania | 27.2 | |
| 146 | Bijelo Polje Bijelo Polje, Montenegro | 26.9 | |
| 146 | Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States | 26.9 | |
| 148 | Piatra Neamţ Neamț County, Romania | 26.6 | |
| 148 | Cottbus Brandenburg, Germany | 26.6 | |
| 150 | Mexico City Mexico City, Mexico | 26.5 | |
| 151 | Strumica Strumica, North Macedonia | 26.3 | |
| 151 | Czechowice-Dziedzice Silesia, Poland | 26.3 | |
| 151 | Aberdeen South Dakota, United States | 26.3 | |
| 154 | State College Pennsylvania, United States | 26.2 | |
| 155 | Dakar low-cost sensors Dakar, Senegal | 25.9 | |
| 155 | Mixquiahuala de Juárez Hidalgo, Mexico | 25.9 | |
| 155 | Edinburg Texas, United States | 25.9 | |
| 155 | Pawtucket Rhode Island, United States | 25.9 | |
| 159 | Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland | 25.8 | |
| 159 | Ann Arbor low-cost sensors Michigan, United States | 25.8 | |
| 161 | Ełk Warmia-Masuria, Poland | 25.7 | |
| 162 | Katowice Silesia, Poland | 25.6 | |
| 163 | Sopot Pomerania, Poland | 25.5 | |
| 164 | Olsztyn Warmia-Masuria, Poland | 25.4 | |
| 164 | Limoges New Aquitaine, France | 25.4 | |
| 164 | Pljevlja Pljevlja, Montenegro | 25.4 | |
| 167 | Hansestadt Salzwedel Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 25.3 | |
| 167 | Redford Michigan, United States | 25.3 | |
| 169 | Kikinda Vojvodina, Serbia | 25.1 | |
| 169 | Jastrzębie Zdrój Silesia, Poland | 25.1 | |
| 171 | Jasło Subcarpathia, Poland | 25.0 | |
| 172 | Buxtehude Lower Saxony, Germany | 24.9 | |
| 172 | Racibórz Silesia, Poland | 24.9 | |
| 172 | Gdynia Pomerania, Poland | 24.9 | |
| 172 | Hagerstown Maryland, United States | 24.9 | |
| 176 | Pachuca de Soto Hidalgo, Mexico | 24.8 | |
| 177 | Randolph New Jersey, United States | 24.7 | |
| 178 | Białystok Podlasie, Poland | 24.6 | |
| 178 | Framingham Massachusetts, United States | 24.6 | |
| 180 | Wan Chai Wan Chai, Hong Kong | 24.5 | |
| 180 | Lüneburg Lower Saxony, Germany | 24.5 | |
| 182 | Vientiane low-cost sensors Vientiane Prefecture, Laos | 24.4 | |
| 182 | Fredrikstad Østfold, Norway | 24.4 | |
| 182 | Mission Texas, United States | 24.4 | |
| 185 | Halstenbek Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | 24.3 | |
| 185 | Kędzierzyn-Koźle Opole Voivodeship, Poland | 24.3 | |
| 187 | Haarlem low-cost sensors North Holland, The Netherlands | 24.2 | |
| 187 | Falkensee Brandenburg, Germany | 24.2 | |
| 189 | Strausberg Brandenburg, Germany | 24.1 | |
| 190 | Naucalpan de Juárez México, Mexico | 23.8 | |
| 190 | Bridgeport Connecticut, United States | 23.8 | |
| 192 | Bernau bei Berlin Brandenburg, Germany | 23.7 | |
| 193 | Kościerzyna Pomerania, Poland | 23.6 | |
| 193 | Ashburn Virginia, United States | 23.6 | |
| 193 | North Chicopee Massachusetts, United States | 23.6 | |
| 196 | Beitbridge low-cost sensors Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe | 23.5 | |
| 196 | Ponca City Oklahoma, United States | 23.5 | |
| 198 | Tuen Mun Tuen Mun, Hong Kong | 23.4 | |
| 198 | Santa Catarina Nuevo León, Mexico | 23.4 | |
| 200 | Rēzekne Rēzekne, Latvia | 23.3 |
Top 200 of 2,052 shown.
Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data