SmogRank / United States / North Carolina / Charlotte
Charlotte, month by month
Charlotte has a measured daily mean on 1,371 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 60 US AQI (14.0 µg/m³), 439th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 33 US AQI (6.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 46 US AQI (8.2 µg/m³), against 46 US AQI (8.2 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
Charlotte's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 6014.0 µg/m³ | 439thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| July 2023 | 5812.7 µg/m³ | 316thof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| November 2023 | 5410.5 µg/m³ | 510thof 2,243 | – |
| March 2026 | 5310.2 µg/m³ | 1,620thof 2,971 | South-eastern United States, March 2026 |
| July 2026 | 529.9 µg/m³ | 1,385thof 2,784 | – |
| August 2023 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 701stof 1,980 | – |
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.
Charlotte's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jul 2023 | 12645.8 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 17 Jul 2023 | 11039.3 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 10637.5 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 15 Mar 2024 | 9030.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States, March 2024 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 8527.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 8527.1 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 21 Nov 2025 | 8527.1 µg/m³ | North Carolina and South Carolina, United States, November 2025 |
| 21 Mar 2026 | 8125.3 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, March 2026 |
| 14 Mar 2025 | 7823.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 10 Jun 2023 | 7723.2 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
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, Charlotte, 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/charlotte/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Charlotte 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).