SmogRank / Poland / Pomerania / Gdańsk
Gdańsk, month by month
Gdańsk has a measured daily mean on 1,108 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2026, at 94 US AQI (32.3 µg/m³), 153rd of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 47 US AQI (8.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 60 US AQI (14.1 µg/m³), against 58 US AQI (12.6 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
11 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 6 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitors, 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| May 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2026 | 13 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 17 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 | 1 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2023 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2023 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2023 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 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.
Gdańsk's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 9432.3 µg/m³ | 153rdof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 Poland, January 2026 |
| February 2026 | 8426.8 µg/m³ | 318thof 2,866 | Poland and Latvia, February 2026 Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2025 | 7823.7 µg/m³ | 322ndof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| March 2026 | 7723.2 µg/m³ | 491stof 2,971 | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| March 2025 | 7722.9 µg/m³ | 469thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more |
| March 2024 | 6717.5 µg/m³ | 199thof 1,698 | Europe, March and April 2024 Poland, 20 to 21 March 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.
Gdańsk's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2026 | 18299.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 17488.6 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | 16981.4 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | 16879.1 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 9 Mar 2025 | 15966.3 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 10 Feb 2026 | 15764.7 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Mar 2025 | 15358.1 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 19 Jan 2026 | 15155.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 17 Jan 2026 | 14151.7 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 16 Jan 2026 | 13649.9 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
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, Gdańsk, Poland, 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/pl/gdansk/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Gdańsk now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).