SmogRank / Malta / Ħaż-Żabbar / Żabbar
Żabbar, month by month
Żabbar has a measured daily mean on 863 days since 30 May 2023. Its worst month was October 2023, at 68 US AQI (18.3 µg/m³), 83rd of 2,012 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2024, at 42 US AQI (7.5 µg/m³).
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 |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | No day measured. The others: 11 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Sep 2026 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2026 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2025 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 11 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2025 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2024 | 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 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 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 | 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 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. |
| Jan 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2023 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2023 | 12 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2023 | 2 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Żabbar's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | 6818.3 µg/m³ | 83rdof 2,012 |
| September 2023 | 6617.1 µg/m³ | 134thof 2,176 |
| April 2026 | 6516.4 µg/m³ | 506thof 2,941 |
| July 2024 | 6315.5 µg/m³ | 167thof 2,566 |
| May 2024 | 6215.2 µg/m³ | 270thof 2,684 |
| January 2026 | 6215.0 µg/m³ | 756thof 2,617 |
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.
Żabbar's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2023 | 215140.0 µg/m³ |
| 13 Apr 2026 | 16676.6 µg/m³ |
| 14 Apr 2026 | 16372.2 µg/m³ |
| 29 Mar 2024 | 16169.6 µg/m³ |
| 27 Mar 2024 | 15764.3 µg/m³ |
| 12 Oct 2023 | 12645.5 µg/m³ |
| 24 Mar 2025 | 12444.7 µg/m³ |
| 5 Jan 2026 | 12344.5 µg/m³ |
| 6 Jan 2026 | 12043.1 µg/m³ |
| 19 May 2024 | 11742.1 µg/m³ |
Daily means, the highest since 30 May 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, Żabbar, Malta, 30 May 2023 – 4 Aug 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/mt/zabbar/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Żabbar now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).