SmogRank / World / United States / Illinois / September 2024
Most polluted cities in Illinois, United States, September 2024
24 cities in Illinois, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Elmwood Park at 9.7 µg/m³, #460 of 1,964 cities in the world. Cleanest: Winthrop Harbor at 5.4. 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.
- 1Elmwood Parklow-cost sensors 0%
- 2Brookfield 0%
- 3Chicago 0%
- 4Franklin Park 0%
- 5Cary 0%
- 6East Saint Louis 0%
- 6Naperville 0%
- 8Joliet 0%
- 9Calumet City 0%
- 9Rockford 0%
- 11Oak Lawn 0%
- 12Des Plaines 0%
- 12Northbrook 0%
- 14Wood River 0%
- 15Decatur 0%
- 16Springfield 0%
- 17Braidwood 0%
- 18Champaign 0%
- 19Peoria 0%
- 20Moline 0%
- 21Jerseyville 0%
- 22Bloomington 0%
- 23Savoy 0%
- 24Winthrop Harbor 0%
Low-cost sensors: consumer units, counted only in cities with no government-grade monitor; they read close to reference monitors on the whole, but 15 to 25% high in humid air. How we use them.
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, September 2024, smogrank.com/us/region/illinois/history/2024-09 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).
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