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Most polluted cities in New Zealand, April 2024

4 cities in New Zealand ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Timaru at 7.7 µg/m³, #1,241 of 2,194 cities in the world. Cleanest: Christchurch at 5.9. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Timaru 7.7 µg/m³ 20 µg/m³0
Every city in New Zealand ranked for April 2024, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1TimaruCanterbury
    43
  2. 2RangioraCanterbury
    41
  3. 3AshburtonCanterbury
    37
  4. 4ChristchurchCanterbury
    33
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

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