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Most polluted cities in Canterbury, New Zealand, August 2026

4 cities in Canterbury, New Zealand ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Kaiapoi at 13.9 µg/m³, #425 of 2,866 cities in the world. Cleanest: Rangiora at 10.3. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

← Kaiapoi 3% 3%0
Every city in Canterbury, New Zealand ranked for August 2026, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Kaiapoi
    3%
  2. 2Timaru
    0%
  3. 3Christchurch
    0%
  4. 4Rangiora
    0%
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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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Canterbury, New Zealand, PM2.5, August 2026, smogrank.com/nz/region/canterbury/history/2026-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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