SmogRank / United States / Ohio / Cincinnati
Cincinnati, month by month
Cincinnati has a measured daily mean on 1,366 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 81 US AQI (25.2 µg/m³), 175th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2026, at 32 US AQI (5.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 51 US AQI (9.2 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
Cincinnati's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 8125.2 µg/m³ | 175thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 United States and Canada, June 2023and 1 more |
| July 2025 | 6114.2 µg/m³ | 484thof 2,889 | North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| July 2026 | 5813.1 µg/m³ | 712thof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 North-eastern United States, June and July 2026 |
| July 2023 | 5812.9 µg/m³ | 294thof 1,432 | United States and Canada, July 2023 North-eastern United States, 4 to 5 July 2023and 1 more |
| August 2023 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 311thof 1,980 | – |
| June 2025 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 774thof 2,508 | Northern United States and Canada, May and June 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.
Cincinnati's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun 2023 | 193116.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 27 Jun 2023 | 15257.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 15256.8 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 7 Jun 2023 | 12746.2 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 12444.9 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 12444.9 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States, July 2025 |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 10235.9 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 16 Jul 2023 | 10135.6 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, July 2023 |
| 19 Jul 2026 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 18 Jun 2023 | 9432.1 µg/m³ | United States and Canada, 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, Cincinnati, 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/cincinnati/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Cincinnati 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).