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Most polluted cities in Massachusetts, United States, 2026

17 cities in Massachusetts, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 so far (278 of 365 days); 17 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Springfield at 6.9 µg/m³, #2,235 of 2,745 cities in the world. Cleanest: Ware 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.

← Lexington 1% 0.75%0
Every city in Massachusetts, United States ranked for 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. 1Lexingtonlow-cost sensors
    1%
  2. 2Pittsfield
    0%
  3. 3Ware
    0%
  4. 4Uxbridge
    0%
  5. 5Haverhill
    0%
  6. 6North Chicopee
    0%
  7. 7Framingham
    0%
  8. 7Lowell
    0%
  9. 9Greenfield
    0%
  10. 10Springfield
    0%
  11. 11Brockton
    0%
  12. 12Boston
    0%
  13. 13Lynn
    0%
  14. 14Worcester
    0%
  15. 15Quincy
    0%
  16. 16Fall River
    0%
  17. 17North Adams
    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 Massachusetts, United States, PM2.5, 2026 (so far), smogrank.com/us/region/massachusetts/history/2026 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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