SmogRank / United States / Missouri / Kansas City
Kansas City, month by month
Kansas City has a measured daily mean on 1,354 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 62 US AQI (15.0 µg/m³), 382nd of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was April 2026, at 28 US AQI (5.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 41 US AQI (7.4 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
Kansas City's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 6215.0 µg/m³ | 382ndof 1,603 | – |
| September 2023 | 5511.1 µg/m³ | 414thof 2,176 | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| July 2026 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 1,259thof 2,784 | Northern United States, July 2026 |
| August 2025 | 5310.2 µg/m³ | 1,192ndof 2,901 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| July 2023 | 5310.0 µg/m³ | 663rdof 1,432 | – |
| May 2023 | 519.3 µg/m³ | 585thof 1,600 | – |
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.
Kansas City's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Aug 2025 | 12947.0 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 5 Jul 2026 | 12344.4 µg/m³ | Northern United States, July 2026 |
| 7 Sept 2023 | 12143.5 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 14 Mar 2025 | 11842.6 µg/m³ | United States and Mexico, March 2025 |
| 6 Sept 2023 | 9331.4 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, August and September 2023 |
| 2 Aug 2025 | 9230.9 µg/m³ | North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 2025 |
| 14 Jun 2023 | 8427.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Jun 2023 | 8326.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 4 Jul 2023 | 8125.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 8024.6 µg/m³ | – |
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, Kansas 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/kansas-city/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kansas City now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).