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All 2,895 cities by PM2.5, last 7 days
Every city with enough measurements in this window, worst first.
CPCB in India: no readings since 12 Oct (488 monitors). EEA in Spain: no readings since 13 Oct (310 monitors). Their cities show older figures or are missing from this board, not clean.
- =1089College StationTexas, United States 47 US AQI▼195
- =1089BridgeviewIllinois, United States 47 US AQI▲330
- =1089MarshallMinnesota, United States 47 US AQI▼194
- =1089Alta SierraCalifornia, United States 47 US AQI▲63
- =1089AnaheimCalifornia, United States 47 US AQI▼94
- =1089TurlockCalifornia, United States 47 US AQI▼248
- =1089HabikinoOsaka, Japan 47 US AQI▲244
- =1089Kawachi-NaganoOsaka, Japan 47 US AQI▲203
- =1089ThrakomakedónesAttica, Greece 47 US AQI▼70
- =1089MineYamaguchi, Japan 47 US AQI▲131
- =1111YanagawaFukuoka, Japan 47 US AQI▲188
- =1111ShimodaShizuoka, Japan 47 US AQI▲17
- =1111SabaeFukui, Japan 47 US AQI▲151
- =1111OnoHyōgo, Japan 47 US AQI▲84
- =1111OkayaNagano, Japan 47 US AQI▲230
- =1111OgawamachiSaitama, Japan 47 US AQI▲231
- =1111KōtariKyoto, Japan 47 US AQI▲120
- =1111KobeHyōgo, Japan 47 US AQI▲57
- =1111KanoyaKagoshima, Japan 47 US AQI▼235
- =1111IzumisanoOsaka, Japan 47 US AQI▲124
- =1111Tagajō-shiMiyagi, Japan 47 US AQI▲156
- =1111SlatinaSouth Moravian, Czechia 47 US AQI▼120
- =1111ElblągWarmia-Masuria, Poland 47 US AQI▼179
- =1111KranjUrban Municipality of Kranj, Slovenia 47 US AQI▼355
- =1111Cadereyta JiménezNuevo León, Mexico 47 US AQI▼276
- =1111AthensGeorgia, United States 47 US AQI▲277
- =1111ValdostaGeorgia, United States 47 US AQI▲307
- =1111Cedar RapidsIowa, United States 47 US AQI▲213
- =1111WaterlooIowa, United States 47 US AQI▲75
- =1111West MifflinPennsylvania, United States 47 US AQI▲144
- =1111ŌsakiMiyagi, Japan 47 US AQI▲180
- =1111IzunokuniShizuoka, Japan 47 US AQI▼56
- =1111SaikaiNagasaki, Japan 47 US AQI▲79
- =1134GyeongjuGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea 46 US AQI▲59
- =1134YonagoTottori, Japan 46 US AQI▲125
- =1134YamaguchiYamaguchi, Japan 46 US AQI▲202
- =1134UtsunomiyaTochigi, Japan 46 US AQI▲203
- =1134ŌtsukiYamanashi, Japan 46 US AQI▲206
- =1134ObitaNagasaki, Japan 46 US AQI▲62
- =1134NobeokaMiyazaki, Japan 46 US AQI▲94
- =1134NishinomiyaHyōgo, Japan 46 US AQI▲95
- =1134KawaguchiTokushima, Japan 46 US AQI▲99
- =1134KanumaTochigi, Japan 46 US AQI▲240
- =1134IzumiKagoshima, Japan 46 US AQI▲35
- =1134HōfuYamaguchi, Japan 46 US AQI▲168
- =1134AshikagaTochigi, Japan 46 US AQI▲170
- =1134TorideIbaraki, Japan 46 US AQI▲132
- =1134ShinjōYamagata, Japan 46 US AQI▲38
- =1134MookaTochigi, Japan 46 US AQI▲242
- =1134KawasakiMiyagi, Japan 46 US AQI▲171
- =1134LiverpoolNew South Wales, Australia 46 US AQI▲244
- =1134BrisbaneQueensland, Australia 46 US AQI▲339
- =1134GranadaAndalusia, Spain 46 US AQI
- =1134El Planlast full day 11 OctMurcia, Spain 46 US AQI
- =1134SereďTrnava Region, Slovakia 46 US AQI▼463
- =1134Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz, Poland 46 US AQI▼52
- =1134MadridMadrid, Spain 46 US AQI
- =1134BeneventoCampania, Italy 46 US AQI▼597
- =1134SrbacSrpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina 46 US AQI▼16
- =1134CampinasSão Paulo, Brazil 46 US AQI▼245
- =1134GaryIndiana, United States 46 US AQI▲193
- =1134Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima, Japan 46 US AQI▲155
- =1134Tannum SandsQueensland, Australia 46 US AQI▲326
- =1134HiragiKagawa, Japan 46 US AQI▲83
- =1134YameFukuoka, Japan 46 US AQI▲160
- =1166SvishtovVeliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 46 US AQI▼105
- =1166SanzhiTaipei, Taiwan 46 US AQI▲490
- =1166YokosukaKanagawa, Japan 46 US AQI▲169
- =1166UrayasuChiba, Japan 46 US AQI▲172
- =1166TondabayashichōOsaka, Japan 46 US AQI▲205
- =1166TakanabeMiyazaki, Japan 46 US AQI▼221
- =1166ShironeNiigata, Japan 46 US AQI▲134
- =1166SakuNagano, Japan 46 US AQI▲298
- =1166OkayamaOkayama, Japan 46 US AQI▲97
- =1166KumagawaFukui, Japan 46 US AQI▲179
- =1166KochiKochi, Japan 46 US AQI▲66
- =1166HirakataOsaka, Japan 46 US AQI▲99
- =1166ŌmihachimanShiga, Japan 46 US AQI▲242
- =1166NaritaChiba, Japan 46 US AQI▲71
- =1166MobaraChiba, Japan 46 US AQI▲102
- =1166ChibaChiba, Japan 46 US AQI▲140
- =1166Toongabbie WestNew South Wales, Australia 46 US AQI▼57
- =1166RockhamptonQueensland, Australia 46 US AQI▲269
- =1166MackayQueensland, Australia 46 US AQI▲270
- =1166MostaIl-Mosta, Malta 46 US AQI▼242
- =1166WolfsbergCarinthia, Austria 46 US AQI▼458
- =1166KościerzynaPomerania, Poland 46 US AQI▼50
- =1166GarcíaNuevo León, Mexico 46 US AQI▲153
- =1166Kendale LakesFlorida, United States 46 US AQI▲18
- =1166KaufmanTexas, United States 46 US AQI▼19
- =1166Iowa CityIowa, United States 46 US AQI▲228
- =1166Elmwood ParkIllinois, United States 46 US AQI▲114
- =1166PeoriaIllinois, United States 46 US AQI▲192
- =1166King CityCalifornia, United States 46 US AQI▼13
- =1166KagaIshikawa, Japan 46 US AQI▲166
- =1166YachiyoChiba, Japan 46 US AQI▲124
- =1166Candler-McAfeeGeorgia, United States 46 US AQI▲293
- =1166MotonaChiba, Japan 46 US AQI▲234
- =1199VilniusVilnius, Lithuania 45 US AQI▲455
- =1199VratsaVratsa, Bulgaria 45 US AQI▼507
What stands behind each figure: Checked at 2+ sites One reference monitor Low-cost sensors About these marks
Low-cost sensors: consumer units, counted only in cities with no government-grade monitor; they read close to reference monitors on the whole, but 15 to 25% high in humid air. How we use them.
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
Not covered: the government monitoring networks of China, Turkey and Iran, which publish only on their own websites. We are building the reader for China's network. The networks of Turkey and Iran don't answer requests from outside their countries, so we can't read them. Most cities there are missing from this board, not clean. Why.
Use this board
SmogRank, all cities ranked by mean PM2.5 (µg/m³), last 7 days to 14 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC: each city's mean of its daily means, cities measured on 5 or more of the 7 days. Monitor data from national networks via OpenAQ and the publishers listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/rankings?w=7d. Ranked on low-cost sensors, with no reference monitor in the city: #1 Kuala Lumpur, #3 Dhaka, #4 Faisalabad, #5 Kasur, #6 Gujranwala, #7 Lahore, #8 Peshawar, #9 Multan and #10 Jakarta. Some readings from Vietnam's government monitors; Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Aurassure; Department of Environment, Nepal; RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver); Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland), no reuse terms published.
You're welcome to reuse a single chart, image or figure with this citation and a link. Terms. Raw monitor readings in bulk are published by OpenAQ, under each provider's licence.
Updated 2026-10-14 07:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Vietnam's government monitors; Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Aurassure; Department of Environment, Nepal; RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver); Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland), no reuse terms published (why we use them).