SmogRank / United States / California / Anaheim
Anaheim, month by month
Anaheim has a measured daily mean on 1,319 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was December 2024, at 71 US AQI (20.1 µg/m³), 260th of 2,616 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was March 2023, at 26 US AQI (4.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 54 US AQI (10.8 µg/m³), against 55 US AQI (11.2 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
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
1 month
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Feb 2023 | 19 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 6 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 3 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Anaheim's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 7120.1 µg/m³ | 260thof 2,616 | South-western United States and Mexico, December 2024 to January 2025 California, United States, December 2024and 1 more |
| December 2025 | 6617.1 µg/m³ | 639thof 3,006 | Western United States and Mexico, December 2025 |
| December 2023 | 6114.7 µg/m³ | 292ndof 2,247 | Western United States and Mexico, December 2023 |
| November 2025 | 6114.3 µg/m³ | 613thof 2,715 | California, United States, November 2025 |
| September 2023 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 243rdof 2,176 | California and Oregon, United States, September 2023 |
| October 2024 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 321stof 2,020 | – |
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.
Anaheim's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2025 | 13951.0 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, December 2024 to January 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2023 | 12846.3 µg/m³ | California, United States, July 2023 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 12143.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 12043.2 µg/m³ | Western United States and Mexico, December 2025 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | 11842.4 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, December 2024 to January 2025 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | 11340.2 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 29 Dec 2024 | 11240.0 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, December 2024 to January 2025 |
| 13 Dec 2025 | 10838.5 µg/m³ | Western United States and Mexico, December 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2026 | 10537.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 10336.3 µg/m³ | Western United States and Mexico, December 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; 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, Anaheim, United States, 1 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/anaheim/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Anaheim now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 23:07 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).