SmogRank / United States / California / Burbank
Burbank, month by month
Burbank has a measured daily mean on 1,288 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was December 2024, at 74 US AQI (21.6 µg/m³), 208th of 2,616 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was April 2026, at 33 US AQI (5.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 55 US AQI (11.2 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
Months without a mean, and why
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 1 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 2 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.
Burbank's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 7421.6 µg/m³ | 208thof 2,616 | South-western United States and Mexico, December 2024 to January 2025 California, United States, December 2024and 1 more |
| July 2024 | 6215.2 µg/m³ | 176thof 2,566 | California and Nevada, United States, July 2024 |
| January 2025 | 6215.2 µg/m³ | 477thof 2,474 | Western United States and Mexico, January and February 2025 South-western United States and Mexico, December 2024 to January 2025 |
| October 2024 | 6114.4 µg/m³ | 279thof 2,020 | – |
| July 2023 | 6114.2 µg/m³ | 190thof 1,432 | California, United States, July 2023 |
| December 2025 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 808thof 3,006 | Western United States and Mexico, December 2025 |
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.
Burbank's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2025 | 17183.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 5 Jul 2024 | 16879.7 µg/m³ | California and Nevada, United States, July 2024 |
| 1 Jan 2025 | 13750.1 µg/m³ | South-western United States and Mexico, December 2024 to January 2025 |
| 9 Jan 2025 | 13549.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 5 Dec 2024 | 12244.2 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 23 Dec 2024 | 11942.9 µg/m³ | California, United States, December 2024 |
| 4 Dec 2024 | 10537.0 µg/m³ | California and Oregon, United States, December 2024 |
| 22 Dec 2024 | 9633.5 µg/m³ | California, United States, December 2024 |
| 5 Jul 2023 | 9432.3 µg/m³ | California, United States, July 2023 |
| 9 Dec 2024 | 9331.6 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Burbank, 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/burbank/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Burbank 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).