SmogRank / Taiwan / Taipei / Xizhi
Xizhi, month by month
Xizhi has a measured daily mean on 833 days since 28 February 2024. Its worst month was April 2025, at 68 US AQI (18.3 µg/m³), 423rd of 2,951 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2024, at 38 US AQI (6.8 µg/m³).
Every month since 2024
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
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 12 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | 6 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 25 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | 2 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.
Xizhi's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | 6818.3 µg/m³ | 423rdof 2,951 | – |
| April 2024 | 6717.9 µg/m³ | 303rdof 2,520 | – |
| March 2024 | 6516.4 µg/m³ | 211thof 1,698 | – |
| March 2025 | 6315.4 µg/m³ | 913thof 2,862 | Taiwan, March 2025 |
| February 2025 | 6215.2 µg/m³ | 855thof 2,633 | Taiwan, 26 to 28 February 2025 Taiwan, 17 February 2025 |
| February 2026 | 6214.8 µg/m³ | 792ndof 2,866 | – |
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.
Xizhi's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2024 | 12244.0 µg/m³ | Taiwan, December 2024 |
| 17 Feb 2025 | 10637.5 µg/m³ | Taiwan, 17 February 2025 |
| 27 Feb 2025 | 9834.4 µg/m³ | Taiwan, 26 to 28 February 2025 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 9532.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 30 Mar 2026 | 9331.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 13 Apr 2025 | 9331.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 26 Feb 2025 | 9231.1 µg/m³ | Taiwan, 26 to 28 February 2025 |
| 12 Apr 2024 | 9029.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 11 Mar 2025 | 8929.6 µg/m³ | Taiwan, March 2025 |
| 28 Nov 2025 | 8929.6 µg/m³ | Taiwan, 28 November 2025 |
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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Xizhi, 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/xizhi/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Xizhi now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 03:07 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).