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Most polluted cities in Illinois, United States, February 2026

34 cities in Illinois, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 28 days. Worst: Skokie at 15.0 µg/m³, #777 of 2,841 cities in the world. Cleanest: Savoy at 7.6. 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.

← Skokie 0% 0.75%0
Every city in Illinois, United States ranked for February 2026, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Skokielow-cost sensors
    0%
  2. 2Evergreen Parklow-cost sensors
    0%
  3. 3Elmwood Parklow-cost sensors
    0%
  4. 4Evanstonlow-cost sensors
    0%
  5. 5Brookfield
    0%
  6. 5Franklin Park
    0%
  7. 7Dolton
    0%
  8. 8Lincolnwood
    0%
  9. 9Des Plaines
    0%
  10. 10Elgin
    0%
  11. 11Bridgeview
    0%
  12. 11Chicago
    0%
  13. 13Calumet City
    0%
  14. 14Granite City
    0%
  15. 15Peoria
    0%
  16. 15Rockford
    0%
  17. 17East Saint Louis
    0%
  18. 17Upper Alton
    0%
  19. 17Wood River
    0%
  20. 17Warrenville
    0%
  21. 21Moline
    0%
  22. 22Joliet
    0%
  23. 23Oak Lawn
    0%
  24. 24Naperville
    0%
  25. 25Cary
    0%
  26. 25Winthrop Harbor
    0%
  27. 27Northbrook
    0%
  28. 28Jerseyville
    0%
  29. 29Springfield
    0%
  30. 29Bloomington
    0%
  31. 31Decatur
    0%
  32. 31Champaign
    0%
  33. 33Braidwood
    0%
  34. 33Savoy
    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.

Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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, February 2026, smogrank.com/us/region/illinois/history/2026-02 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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