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Tainan, month by month

Tainan has a measured daily mean on 840 days since 28 February 2024. Its worst month was February 2026, at 83 US AQI (26.3 µg/m³), 334th of 2,866 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2025, at 42 US AQI (7.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 67 US AQI (17.9 µg/m³), against 63 US AQI (15.7 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2024

202567 for the year257 days measured302nd of 2,681 in the world
202463 for the year303 days measured225th of 2,097 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Tainan's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Tainan marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
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

Months without a mean, and why

5 months
MonthWhy
Nov 202512 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202510 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 20256 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 25 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 2025No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 20242 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Tainan's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
February 2026 8326.3 µg/m³28 of 28334thof 2,866–
February 2025 8024.9 µg/m³28 of 28288thof 2,633–
January 2025 8024.8 µg/m³31 of 31171stof 2,474–
January 2026 7723.3 µg/m³31 of 31294thof 2,617–
March 2024 7723.0 µg/m³27 of 31112thof 1,698Taiwan, March 2024
December 2025 7723.0 µg/m³31 of 31404thof 3,006–

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.

Tainan's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
26 Feb 2025 12947.0 µg/m³–
27 Feb 2025 12645.5 µg/m³–
23 Jan 2025 12545.1 µg/m³–
17 Feb 2025 12143.7 µg/m³–
11 Mar 2025 12043.2 µg/m³Taiwan, March 2025
16 Mar 2024 11942.7 µg/m³Taiwan, March 2024
21 Jan 2025 11641.7 µg/m³–
1 Jan 2025 11641.6 µg/m³–
15 Nov 2024 11641.5 µg/m³Taiwan, November 2024
23 Feb 2026 11641.4 µg/m³–

Daily means, the highest since 28 Feb 2024; 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Tainan, Taiwan, 28 Feb 2024 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Taiwan's Ministry of Environment via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/tw/tainan/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Tainan now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).