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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.

The 30 days to7 Aug 2026 That day's board

The worst cities in Poland for PM2.5 over the 30 days to 7 Aug 2026: Kalisz 13.3 µg/m³, Radomsko 12.2 µg/m³ and Jastrzębie Zdrój 11.8 µg/m³.

  1. 1KaliszGreater Poland13.3
  2. 2RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship12.2
  3. 3Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia11.8
  4. 4Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz11.7
  5. 5WrocławLower Silesia11.6
  6. 6OtwockMazovia11.4
  7. 7EłkWarmia-Masuria11.3
  8. 8ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship11.3
  9. 9GdyniaPomerania11.1
  10. 10StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie10.8
  11. 11ŁódźŁódź Voivodeship10.7
  12. 12RadomMazovia10.6
  13. 13ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie10.5
  14. 14KrakówLesser Poland10.4
  15. 15GdańskPomerania10.4
  16. 16ZamośćLublin10.3
  17. 17KłodzkoLower Silesia10.2
  18. 18PołaniecŚwiętokrzyskie10.1
  19. 19NiskoSubcarpathia10.1
  20. 20RzeszówSubcarpathia9.8

+ 39 more cities, 9.8 µg/m³ and below

Not counted on this day, too few days measured: Wawer since 29 Jul 2026 and Augustów since 17 Jul 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.