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Most polluted cities in Kentucky, United States, June 2026
17 cities in Kentucky, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Owensboro at 9.1 µg/m³, #776 of 2,466 cities in the world. Cleanest: Pikeville at 5.2. 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.
- 1Owensboro 0%
- 2Oak Grove 0%
- 3Flatwoods 0%
- 4Ashland 0%
- 4Louisville 0%
- 6Middlesboro 0%
- 7Somerset 0%
- 8Saint Matthews 0%
- 8Valley Station 0%
- 10Paducah 0%
- 10Jeffersontown 0%
- 12Elizabethtown 0%
- 13Lexington-Fayette 0%
- 13Nicholasville 0%
- 15Highland Heights 0%
- 16Hazard 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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