SmogRank / United States / Texas / Austin
Austin, month by month
Austin has a measured daily mean on 1,352 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was May 2024, at 69 US AQI (18.9 µg/m³), 170th of 2,684 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2023, at 31 US AQI (5.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 48 US AQI (8.7 µg/m³), against 53 US AQI (10.0 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
Austin's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | 6918.9 µg/m³ | 170thof 2,684 | Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024 Southern United States and Mexico, 7 to 10 May 2024 |
| June 2023 | 6114.4 µg/m³ | 411thof 1,603 | Southern United States and Mexico, June 2023 |
| July 2026 | 6114.4 µg/m³ | 560thof 2,784 | – |
| July 2023 | 6014.1 µg/m³ | 197thof 1,432 | – |
| June 2026 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 391stof 2,497 | – |
| May 2023 | 5813.1 µg/m³ | 207thof 1,600 | – |
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.
Austin's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2024 | 12946.7 µg/m³ | Southern United States and Mexico, 7 to 10 May 2024 |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 12746.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 27 May 2024 | 11440.7 µg/m³ | Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024 |
| 31 Jul 2024 | 10236.1 µg/m³ | Southern and eastern United States and Mexico, July and August 2024 |
| 9 May 2024 | 10135.7 µg/m³ | Southern United States and Mexico, 7 to 10 May 2024 |
| 24 May 2024 | 9834.3 µg/m³ | Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024 |
| 26 May 2024 | 9834.3 µg/m³ | Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | 9733.7 µg/m³ | Southern United States and Mexico, April 2026 |
| 13 Jun 2023 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | Southern United States and Mexico, June 2023 |
| 25 May 2024 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | Southern United States and Mexico, 19 to 28 May 2024 |
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.
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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Austin, 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/austin/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Austin now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).