SmogRank / United States / New Jersey / Jersey City
Jersey City, month by month
Jersey City has a measured daily mean on 1,364 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 69 US AQI (19.0 µg/m³), 284th of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 27 US AQI (4.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 39 US AQI (7.1 µg/m³), against 37 US AQI (6.7 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
Jersey City's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 6919.0 µg/m³ | 284thof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| July 2023 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 248thof 1,432 | North-eastern United States, 19 July 2023 North-eastern United States, 4 to 5 July 2023and 1 more |
| July 2026 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 669thof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| June 2025 | 5410.7 µg/m³ | 1,091stof 2,508 | – |
| July 2024 | 5410.5 µg/m³ | 631stof 2,566 | – |
| July 2025 | 5310.2 µg/m³ | 1,223rdof 2,889 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 North-eastern United States and Canada, 24 to 28 July 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.
Jersey City's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2023 | 190110.5 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 15966.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 15864.8 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 14854.5 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 14051.3 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 18 Jul 2026 | 13047.1 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 5 Jul 2023 | 12244.2 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States, 4 to 5 July 2023 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 10938.7 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 9935.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 9532.5 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Jersey City, 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/jersey-city/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
You're welcome to reuse a single chart, image or figure with this citation and a link. Terms. Raw monitor readings in bulk are published by OpenAQ, under each provider's licence.
Jersey City now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 03:07 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).