SmogRank / World / United States / Illinois / December 2025
Most polluted cities in Illinois, United States, December 2025
31 cities in Illinois, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Elmwood Park at 17.0 µg/m³, #646 of 2,960 cities in the world. Cleanest: Northbrook at 7.7. 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 4%
- 2Franklin Park 0%
- 3Brookfield 0%
- 4Des Plaines 0%
- 4Lincolnwood 0%
- 6Dolton 0%
- 7Calumet City 0%
- 8Granite City 0%
- 9Chicago 0%
- 9Moline 0%
- 11Elgin 0%
- 12Bridgeview 0%
- 12Peoria 0%
- 14Wood River 0%
- 15East Saint Louis 0%
- 15Upper Alton 0%
- 17Rockford 0%
- 18Joliet 0%
- 19Warrenville 0%
- 20Savoy 0%
- 21Decatur 0%
- 21Bloomington 0%
- 21Naperville 0%
- 21Oak Lawn 0%
- 25Braidwood 0%
- 25Champaign 0%
- 27Jerseyville 0%
- 28Cary 0%
- 29Winthrop Harbor 0%
- 30Springfield 0%
- 30Northbrook 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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