SmogRank / World / United States / Illinois / June 2025
Most polluted cities in Illinois, United States, June 2025
31 cities in Illinois, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Elmwood Park at 21.8 µg/m³, #197 of 2,453 cities in the world. Cleanest: Jerseyville at 10.2. 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 21%
- 2Dolton 10%
- 3Braidwood 10%
- 4Winthrop Harbor 7%
- 5Franklin Park 7%
- 6Bridgeview 7%
- 7Joliet 7%
- 8Lincolnwood 7%
- 9Naperville 7%
- 10Peoria 7%
- 11Calumet City 7%
- 12Oak Lawn 7%
- 13Chicago 3%
- 14Des Plaines 3%
- 15Elgin 3%
- 16Cary 3%
- 17Warrenville 3%
- 18Northbrook 3%
- 19Bloomington 3%
- 20Springfield 3%
- 21Rockford 0%
- 22Champaign 0%
- 23Brookfield 0%
- 23Moline 0%
- 25Upper Alton 0%
- 26Wood River 0%
- 27Decatur 0%
- 28East Saint Louis 0%
- 29Savoy 0%
- 30Granite City 0%
- 31Jerseyville 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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