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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.

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The 30 days to5 Jul 2026 That day's board

The worst cities in Poland for PM2.5 over the 30 days to 5 Jul 2026: Kalisz 14.0 µg/m³, Wrocław 12.6 µg/m³ and Gorzów Wielkopolski 12.5 µg/m³.

  1. 1KaliszGreater Poland14.0
  2. 2WrocławLower Silesia12.6
  3. 3Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz12.5
  4. 4OtwockMazovia12.2
  5. 5RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship12.2
  6. 6Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia11.8
  7. 7ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship11.3
  8. 8KrakówLesser Poland11.3
  9. 9StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie11.2
  10. 10ŻywiecSilesia11.0
  11. 11PołaniecŚwiętokrzyskie10.7
  12. 12ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie10.6
  13. 13GdyniaPomerania10.5
  14. 14RzeszówSubcarpathia10.4
  15. 15NiskoSubcarpathia10.4
  16. 16ŁódźŁódź Voivodeship10.4
  17. 17RadomMazovia10.2
  18. 18EłkWarmia-Masuria10.0
  19. 19ZgierzŁódź Voivodeship10.0
  20. 20KielceŚwiętokrzyskie9.9

+ 35 more cities, 9.9 µg/m³ and below

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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.