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Most polluted cities in Silesia, Poland

5 measured cities, this year; 5 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Żywiec at 27.7 µg/m³, #340 in the world.

The 83 monitors run by EEA in Poland haven't reported since 30 Sept, 22:00 UTC. Cities that rely on them are missing from the 24-hour board and may drop from the longer ones; they return when the data does.

Lower Silesia: 3 measured citiesŁódź Voivodeship: 3 measured citiesLesser Poland: 2 measured citiesMazovia: 10 measured citiesOpole Voivodeship: 3 measured citiesSilesia: 6 measured citiesŚwiętokrzyskie: 2 measured citiesGreater Poland: 2 measured cities#5 Katowice: 15.2 µg/m³#4 Racibórz: 15.5 µg/m³#3 Czechowice-Dziedzice: 20.6 µg/m³#2 Jastrzębie Zdrój: 20.9 µg/m³#1 Żywiec: 27.7 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Żywiec 27.7 WHO annual guideline
Every measured city in Silesia, Poland, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Żywiec 27.75.5×▼185
  2. 2Jastrzębie Zdrój 20.94.2×▼249
  3. 3Czechowice-Dziedzice 20.64.1×▼256
  4. 4Racibórz 15.53.1×▼279
  5. 5Katowice 15.23.0×▼276
Good0–5
Fair6–15
Moderate16–50
Poor51–90
Very poor91–140
Extremely poor141+

The European Environment Agency's air quality index bands for PM2.5 (2024 revision); it has bands, not numbers, so values stay in µg/m³. Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Silesia cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City7-day estimateBand
Częstochowa≈ 10 µg/m³Fair
Sosnowiec≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Gliwice≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Zabrze≈ 13 µg/m³Fair
Bytom≈ 13 µg/m³Fair
Ruda Śląska≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Rybnik≈ 17 µg/m³Moderate
Tychy≈ 14 µg/m³Fair
Dąbrowa Górnicza≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Chorzów≈ 13 µg/m³Fair
Jaworzno≈ 11 µg/m³Fair
Siemianowice Śląskie≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Mysłowice≈ 11 µg/m³Fair
Żory≈ 14 µg/m³Fair
Tarnowskie Góry≈ 13 µg/m³Fair
Piekary Śląskie≈ 13 µg/m³Fair
Będzin≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Świętochłowice≈ 13 µg/m³Fair
Zawiercie≈ 11 µg/m³Fair
Wodzisław Śląski≈ 17 µg/m³Moderate
Knurów≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Mikołów≈ 14 µg/m³Fair
Cieszyn≈ 9 µg/m³Fair
Czeladź≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Myszków≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Czerwionka-Leszczyny≈ 14 µg/m³Fair
Pszczyna≈ 14 µg/m³Fair
Lubliniec≈ 9 µg/m³Fair
Łaziska Górne≈ 14 µg/m³Fair
Rydułtowy≈ 17 µg/m³Moderate
Bieruń≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Pyskowice≈ 13 µg/m³Fair
Orzesze≈ 14 µg/m³Fair
Radlin≈ 17 µg/m³Moderate
Radzionków≈ 13 µg/m³Fair
Lędziny≈ 12 µg/m³Fair
Ustroń≈ 10 µg/m³Fair

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Silesia, Poland, PM2.5, this year to 2 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC, smogrank.com/pl/region/silesia?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-02 04:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors in µg/m³.