SmogRank / The Netherlands / Limburg / Venray
Venray, month by month
Venray has a measured daily mean on 1,105 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 69 US AQI (18.5 µg/m³), 664th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was April 2026, at 28 US AQI (5.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³), against 45 US AQI (8.1 µg/m³) in 2024.
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
9 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| May 2026 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2023 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2023 | 4 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 26 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2023 | 5 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 26 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 24 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2023 | 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 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. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Venray's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 6918.5 µg/m³ | 664thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| March 2025 | 6416.0 µg/m³ | 860thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more |
| January 2026 | 6013.8 µg/m³ | 823rdof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2023 | 5913.6 µg/m³ | 443rdof 1,129 | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| January 2025 | 5712.4 µg/m³ | 684thof 2,474 | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| January 2024 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 669thof 2,385 | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
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.
Venray's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb 2025 | 13047.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 25 Jan 2023 | 12745.9 µg/m³ | France, The Netherlands and United Kingdom, January 2023 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | 12444.9 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 11942.8 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 11742.1 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 10838.2 µg/m³ | Europe, March 2025 |
| 4 Mar 2025 | 10738.0 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 10 Mar 2025 | 10737.9 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 9 Feb 2025 | 10336.4 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 9 Mar 2025 | 9532.9 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
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, Venray, The Netherlands, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from RIVM Luchtmeetnet and EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/nl/venray/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Venray now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).