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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.

  1. =595HiwasauraTokushima, Japan 55 US AQI▼15
  2. =595HanyūSaitama, Japan 55 US AQI▲72
  3. =595GwangyangJeollanam-do, South Korea 55 US AQI▼25
  4. =595LučenecBanská Bystrica Region, Slovakia 55 US AQI▼213
  5. =595OstravaMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia 55 US AQI▼62
  6. =595Pachuca de SotoHidalgo, Mexico 55 US AQI▲93
  7. =595Fort WorthTexas, United States 55 US AQI▼120
  8. =595San Diegolast full day 11 OctCalifornia, United States 55 US AQI▲9
  9. =595El PasoTexas, United States 55 US AQI▼49
  10. =610Konstancin-JeziornaMazovia, Poland 54 US AQI▼106
  11. =610ToufenTaiwan, Taiwan 54 US AQI▲389
  12. =610NiihamaEhime, Japan 54 US AQI▼15
  13. =610KureHiroshima, Japan 54 US AQI▲2
  14. =610AiharaKanagawa, Japan 54 US AQI▲96
  15. =610StudénkaMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia 54 US AQI▼78
  16. =610BraPiedmont, Italy 54 US AQI▼185
  17. =610KotōKumamoto, Japan 54 US AQI▲18
  18. =610AmaAichi, Japan 54 US AQI▲81
  19. =619WawerMazovia, Poland 54 US AQI▼131
  20. =619ShingūWakayama, Japan 54 US AQI▲151
  21. =619Ōyanomachi-noboritateKumamoto, Japan 54 US AQI▼40
  22. =619KukichūōSaitama, Japan 54 US AQI▲62
  23. =619IgusaSaitama, Japan 54 US AQI▲84
  24. =619GoshogawaraAomori, Japan 54 US AQI▲88
  25. =619DunaújvárosFejér, Hungary 54 US AQI▼189
  26. =619PraguePrague, Czechia 54 US AQI▼76
  27. =619MostÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia 54 US AQI▼75
  28. =619DěčínÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia 54 US AQI▼126
  29. =619NikšićOpština Nikšić, Montenegro 54 US AQI▼294
  30. =619LimaOhio, United States 54 US AQI▼16
  31. =631YangsanGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea 54 US AQI▲31
  32. =631ChinjuGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea 54 US AQI▲32
  33. =631YoriiSaitama, Japan 54 US AQI▲140
  34. =631TogitsuNagasaki, Japan 54 US AQI▼6
  35. =631Kan’onjichōKagawa, Japan 54 US AQI▲3
  36. =631PoznańGreater Poland, Poland 54 US AQI▼96
  37. =631KrakówLesser Poland, Poland 54 US AQI▼32
  38. =631Bielsko-BialaSilesia, Poland 54 US AQI▲186
  39. =631Salamancalast full day 11 OctGuanajuato, Mexico 54 US AQI▼31
  40. =631IndianapolisIndiana, United States 54 US AQI▼30
  41. =631MaderaCalifornia, United States 54 US AQI▼107
  42. =631HashimaGifu, Japan 54 US AQI▲59
  43. =631Barra da TijucaRio de Janeiro, Brazil 54 US AQI▼11
  44. =631KuwanaMie, Japan 54 US AQI▲132
  45. =645MielecSubcarpathia, Poland 54 US AQI▼107
  46. =645BiałystokPodlasie, Poland 54 US AQI▼98
  47. =645DaxiTaiwan, Taiwan 54 US AQI▲452
  48. =645YokotaTokyo, Japan 54 US AQI▲51
  49. =645TenriNara, Japan 54 US AQI▲104
  50. =645SaseboNagasaki, Japan 54 US AQI▼19
  51. =645KakamigaharaGifu, Japan 54 US AQI▲232
  52. =645GotembaShizuoka, Japan 54 US AQI▲146
  53. =645BeppuOita, Japan 54 US AQI▲23
  54. =645IshinomakiMiyagi, Japan 54 US AQI▼10
  55. =645ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland 54 US AQI▼134
  56. =645NovaraPiedmont, Italy 54 US AQI▼266
  57. =645AcariRio de Janeiro, Brazil 54 US AQI▼6
  58. =645MonroeLouisiana, United States 54 US AQI▼43
  59. =645Imperial BeachCalifornia, United States 54 US AQI▼148
  60. =645RiversideCalifornia, United States 54 US AQI▼100
  61. =661UlsanUlsan, South Korea 54 US AQI▼16
  62. =661OnodaYamaguchi, Japan 54 US AQI▲41
  63. =661AgeoSaitama, Japan 54 US AQI▲115
  64. =661AsakaSaitama, Japan 54 US AQI▲91
  65. =661Valašské MeziříčíZlín, Czechia 54 US AQI▼75
  66. =661BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland 54 US AQI▼139
  67. =661Texarkanalast full day 11 OctTexas, United States 54 US AQI▲122
  68. =668AsprópyrgosAttica, Greece 53 US AQI▼47
  69. =668Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto, Japan 53 US AQI▲30
  70. =668SekimachiGifu, Japan 53 US AQI▲203
  71. =668ŌtakeHiroshima, Japan 53 US AQI▲60
  72. =668KofuYamanashi, Japan 53 US AQI▲121
  73. =668KawaguchiSaitama, Japan 53 US AQI▲83
  74. =668KanbaraShizuoka, Japan 53 US AQI▲14
  75. =668HiratsukaKanagawa, Japan 53 US AQI▲15
  76. =668HigashiosakaOsaka, Japan 53 US AQI▲16
  77. =668HamamatsuShizuoka, Japan 53 US AQI▲162
  78. =668GrazStyria, Austria 53 US AQI▼208
  79. =668EsztergomKomárom-Esztergom, Hungary 53 US AQI▼185
  80. =668OščadnicaŽilina Region, Slovakia 53 US AQI▼83
  81. =668BerounCentral Bohemia, Czechia 53 US AQI▼80
  82. =668WyomingMichigan, United States 53 US AQI▼11
  83. =668Yuba CityCalifornia, United States 53 US AQI▼116
  84. =684WarsawMazovia, Poland 53 US AQI▼206
  85. =684ChanthaburiChanthaburi, Thailand 53 US AQI▼54
  86. =684HwacheonGangwon-do, South Korea 53 US AQI▼53
  87. =684TamanaKumamoto, Japan 53 US AQI▲42
  88. =684SakadoSaitama, Japan 53 US AQI▲66
  89. =684SagaSaga, Japan 53 US AQI▼4
  90. =684NakanojōGunma, Japan 53 US AQI▲226
  91. =684KameyamaMie, Japan 53 US AQI▲144
  92. =684IidaNagano, Japan 53 US AQI▲232
  93. =684KladnoCentral Bohemia, Czechia 53 US AQI▼97
  94. =684MantuaLombardy, Italy 53 US AQI
  95. =684JundiaíSão Paulo, Brazil 53 US AQI▼123
  96. =684WichitaKansas, United States 53 US AQI▼28
  97. =684BakersfieldCalifornia, United States 53 US AQI▼121
  98. =684YamanashiYamanashi, Japan 53 US AQI▲80
  99. =699TaitungTaiwan, Taiwan 53 US AQI▲145
  100. =699YangjuGyeonggi-do, South Korea 53 US AQI▲276

What stands behind each figure: Checked at 2+ sites One reference monitor Low-cost sensors About these marks

Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Unhealthy for 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

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.

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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.

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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).