SmogRank / United States / New York / New York City
New York City, month by month
New York City has a measured daily mean on 1,357 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was June 2023, at 80 US AQI (24.7 µg/m³), 181st of 1,603 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 27 US AQI (4.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 43 US AQI (7.8 µg/m³), against 41 US AQI (7.4 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
1 month
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 11 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 19 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.
New York City's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 8024.7 µg/m³ | 181stof 1,603 | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 United States and Canada, June 2023and 1 more |
| July 2026 | 6315.5 µg/m³ | 489thof 2,784 | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| July 2023 | 5913.2 µg/m³ | 268thof 1,432 | North-eastern United States, 19 July 2023 North-eastern United States, 4 to 5 July 2023and 1 more |
| June 2025 | 5511.2 µg/m³ | 966thof 2,508 | – |
| February 2026 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 1,208thof 2,866 | North-eastern United States and Canada, 14 to 19 February 2026 |
| July 2025 | 5410.6 µg/m³ | 1,136thof 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.
New York City's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2023 | 245170.0 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 8 Jun 2023 | 17792.6 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 17184.6 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 6 Jun 2023 | 16879.9 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, May and June 2023 |
| 18 Jul 2026 | 15561.1 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 30 Jun 2023 | 15257.4 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 13649.6 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | 12947.0 µg/m³ | Northern United States and Canada, July 2026 |
| 29 Jun 2023 | 9934.6 µg/m³ | Eastern United States and Canada, June and July 2023 |
| 1 Jul 2023 | 9633.5 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, New York 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/new-york-city/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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New York City now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).