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Cities in Thailand, 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.

The 30 days to9 May 2026 That day's board

The worst cities in Thailand for PM2.5 over the 30 days to 9 May 2026: Chiang Khong 85.6 µg/m³, Nan 75.8 µg/m³ and Phayao 70.9 µg/m³.

  1. 1Chiang KhongChiang Rai85.6
  2. 2NanNan75.8
  3. 3PhayaoPhayao70.9
  4. 4Mae SaiChiang Rai68.0
  5. 5Bueng KanBueng Kan68.0
  6. 6SukhothaiSukhothai64.4
  7. 7LampangLampang59.9
  8. 8Chiang RaiChiang Rai59.4
  9. 9PhraePhrae55.4
  10. 10LamphunLamphun54.8
  11. 11Ubon RatchathaniUbon Ratchathani49.5
  12. 12LoeiLoei48.9
  13. 13Chiang MaiChiang Mai47.8
  14. 14UttaraditUttaradit47.3
  15. 15PhichitPhichit46.7
  16. 16Uthai ThaniUthai Thani46.5
  17. 17Kamphaeng PhetKamphaeng Phet45.5
  18. 18Suphan BuriSuphan Buri44.1
  19. 19Chai NatChai Nat41.6
  20. 20Sing BuriSing Buri36.3

+ 61 more cities, 36.0 µg/m³ and below

Not counted on this day, too few days measured: Mae Sot since 2 May 2026, Nakhon Sawan since 2 May 2026 and Khon Kaen since 26 Mar 2026.

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.