SmogRank / World / United States / Illinois / December 2023
Most polluted cities in Illinois, United States, December 2023
22 cities in Illinois, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Granite City at 10.2 µg/m³, #639 of 2,197 cities in the world. Cleanest: Savoy at 6.3. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.
- 1Granite City 0%
- 2Oak Lawn 0%
- 3Chicago 0%
- 4Franklin Park 0%
- 5Calumet City 0%
- 6East Saint Louis 0%
- 7Naperville 0%
- 8Rockford 0%
- 9Northbrook 0%
- 10Des Plaines 0%
- 10Joliet 0%
- 12Decatur 0%
- 12Peoria 0%
- 14Cary 0%
- 14Winthrop Harbor 0%
- 16Braidwood 0%
- 17Springfield 0%
- 17Moline 0%
- 19Bloomington 0%
- 20Jerseyville 0%
- 20Wood River 0%
- 20Savoy 0%
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
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Illinois, United States, PM2.5, December 2023, smogrank.com/us/region/illinois/history/2023-12 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).
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