SmogRank / United States / Florida / Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, month by month
Daytona Beach has a measured daily mean on 1,315 days since 3 January 2023. Its worst month was March 2023, at 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³), 283rd of 911 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 24 US AQI (4.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 39 US AQI (7.0 µg/m³), against 38 US AQI (6.9 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 |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 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.
Daytona Beach's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 283rdof 911 | – |
| August 2023 | 519.3 µg/m³ | 734thof 1,980 | – |
| July 2023 | 498.8 µg/m³ | 782ndof 1,432 | – |
| February 2026 | 488.6 µg/m³ | 1,795thof 2,866 | Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, United States, February 2026 |
| May 2023 | 478.4 µg/m³ | 831stof 1,600 | – |
| June 2023 | 478.4 µg/m³ | 1,044thof 1,603 | – |
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.
Daytona Beach's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2023 | 11943.0 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, October 2023 |
| 3 Feb 2026 | 10436.7 µg/m³ | Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, United States, February 2026 |
| 4 Oct 2023 | 8728.5 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, October 2023 |
| 2 Feb 2024 | 7723.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 26 Jul 2025 | 7321.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 3 Feb 2024 | 7321.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 31 Jan 2025 | 7120.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 29 Jan 2025 | 7119.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 27 Jun 2026 | 7119.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 7019.5 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 3 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, Daytona Beach, United States, 3 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/daytona-beach/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Daytona Beach now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 00:07 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).