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Cities in Poland, worst air first, day by day

Each measured city's average over the 30 days to every day since January 2023, worst first. Find your own city to follow it through the race, or keep to one country.

CountriesCities
The 30 days to16 Oct 2024 That day's board

The worst cities in Poland for PM2.5 over the 30 days to 16 Oct 2024: Zgierz 18.4 µg/m³, Kalisz 18.4 µg/m³ and Skarżysko-Kamienna 17.8 µg/m³.

  1. 1ZgierzŁódź Voivodeship18.4
  2. 2KaliszGreater Poland18.4
  3. 3Skarżysko-KamiennaŚwiętokrzyskie17.8
  4. 4Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia17.4
  5. 5RacibórzSilesia17.3
  6. 6OtwockMazovia17.2
  7. 7LublinLublin17.2
  8. 8ŁukówLublin16.9
  9. 9ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship16.7
  10. 10PruszkówMazovia16.6
  11. 11KutnoŁódź Voivodeship16.6
  12. 12StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie16.5
  13. 13ChojnówLower Silesia16.4
  14. 14WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie16.3
  15. 15RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship16.2
  16. 16KatowiceSilesia16.0
  17. 17RadomMazovia15.7
  18. 18KielceŚwiętokrzyskie15.6
  19. 19LegionowoMazovia15.5
  20. 20ŻyrardówMazovia15.2

+ 52 more cities, 15.1 µg/m³ and below

Not counted on this day, too few days measured: Mielec since 16 Oct 2024 and Połaniec since 20 Sep 2024.

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GoodModerateSensitive groupsUnhealthyVery unhealthyHazardousWHO 24-hour guideline, 15 µg/m³Fades where it stood: not counted that day

A city's number is its average over the 30 days, shown only when 21 of them were measured (5 of 7 on the 7-day race), the same minimum as the 30- and 7-day boards. A city whose monitors go quiet fades out where it stood rather than sliding down, so a gap never reads as cleaner air. Some large countries are thin or missing because their monitors' licences don't allow reuse. How we rank.

Not covered: the government monitoring networks of China and Turkey, which publish only on their own websites; we are building the readers for them. Most cities there are missing from this board, not clean. Why.