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Most polluted cities in Kentucky, United States, 2025
17 cities in Kentucky, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 365 days; 17 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Louisville at 8.7 µg/m³, #1,444 of 2,624 cities in the world. Cleanest: Pikeville at 5.8. 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.
- 1Oak Grove 0%
- 2Louisville 0%
- 3Hazard 0%
- 4Owensboro 0%
- 5Flatwoods 0%
- 5Valley Station 0%
- 7Middlesboro 0%
- 8Jeffersontown 0%
- 9Saint Matthews 0%
- 10Paducah 0%
- 11Ashland 0%
- 12Lexington-Fayette 0%
- 13Elizabethtown 0%
- 14Somerset 0%
- 15Highland Heights 0%
- 15Nicholasville 0%
- 17Pikeville 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 Kentucky, United States, PM2.5, 2025, smogrank.com/us/region/kentucky/history/2025 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).
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