SmogRank / United States / California / Bakersfield
Bakersfield, month by month
Bakersfield has a measured daily mean on 1,362 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was December 2024, at 88 US AQI (29.0 µg/m³), 102nd of 2,616 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was March 2024, at 27 US AQI (4.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 58 US AQI (12.9 µg/m³), against 57 US AQI (12.3 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
Bakersfield's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 8829.0 µg/m³ | 102ndof 2,616 | California, United States, December 2024 California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| December 2023 | 8225.5 µg/m³ | 92ndof 2,247 | Western United States and Mexico, December 2023 California and Oregon, United States, December 2023 |
| January 2026 | 7823.8 µg/m³ | 281stof 2,617 | California, United States, 30 January to 6 February 2026 California, United States, 26 to 27 January 2026and 1 more |
| November 2025 | 7220.2 µg/m³ | 404thof 2,715 | – |
| January 2025 | 7019.4 µg/m³ | 319thof 2,474 | California, United States, January 2025 |
| December 2025 | 7019.1 µg/m³ | 553rdof 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.
Bakersfield's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2024 | 15561.0 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 6 Dec 2024 | 15459.5 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 8 Dec 2024 | 15358.8 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 17 Dec 2023 | 15358.6 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2023 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | 15357.7 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 4 Dec 2024 | 14252.2 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 16 Dec 2023 | 14151.9 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2023 |
| 2 Dec 2024 | 13649.7 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 3 Dec 2024 | 13549.5 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 9 Dec 2024 | 12645.6 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 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, Bakersfield, 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/bakersfield/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Bakersfield now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).