SmogRank / Ireland / Leinster / Dublin
Dublin, month by month
Dublin has a measured daily mean on 1,048 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was March 2025, at 57 US AQI (12.4 µg/m³), 1,177th of 2,862 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was August 2023, at 21 US AQI (3.7 µg/m³). 2024 averaged 42 US AQI (7.5 µg/m³), against 37 US AQI (6.6 µg/m³) in 2023.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
15 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2025 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 15 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2025 | 6 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 24 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Jan 2023 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 7 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 5 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Dublin's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | 5712.4 µg/m³ | 1,177thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| November 2024 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 626thof 2,624 | – |
| February 2025 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 1,052ndof 2,633 | – |
| January 2025 | 529.8 µg/m³ | 1,031stof 2,474 | – |
| March 2026 | 529.7 µg/m³ | 1,734thof 2,971 | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 |
| May 2024 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 853rdof 2,684 | – |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Dublin's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 2024 | 10336.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Mar 2025 | 9734.0 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 21 Mar 2026 | 9733.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 |
| 27 Nov 2024 | 9633.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 9633.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 |
| 7 Jan 2024 | 9331.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Sept 2023 | 8527.2 µg/m³ | United Kingdom, Belgium and 2 more countries, September 2023 |
| 12 Nov 2024 | 8426.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Mar 2025 | 8426.7 µg/m³ | Europe, March 2025 |
| 8 Mar 2024 | 8426.6 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Dublin, Ireland, 1 Jan 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ie/dublin/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Dublin now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).