SmogRank / World / North America / United States / Minnesota
Most polluted cities in Minnesota, United States
16 measured cities, this year; 16 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Duluth at 9.6 µg/m³, #1,098 in the world.
About 4.44K people in this city breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far this year.
Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.
- 1Minneapolis 4.44K
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
Estimated: cities without a monitor
Minnesota cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Bloomington | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Brooklyn Park | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Plymouth | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Maple Grove | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Woodbury | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Eagan | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Eden Prairie | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| West Coon Rapids | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Coon Rapids | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Lakeville | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Minnetonka | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Edina | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Minnetonka Mills | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Saint Louis Park | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Moorhead | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Richfield | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Cottage Grove | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Roseville | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Inver Grove Heights | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Andover | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Brooklyn Center | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Savage | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Longfellow Community | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Oakdale | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Fridley | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Winona | ≈ 3 µg/m³ |
| Shoreview | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Ramsey | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Owatonna | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Chanhassen | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Prior Lake | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| White Bear Lake | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Chaska | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Austin | ≈ 3 µg/m³ |
| Elk River | ≈ 5 µg/m³ |
| Champlin | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Faribault | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Rosemount | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Crystal | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
| Farmington | ≈ 6 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Minnesota
- Northern United States and Canada, July 202614 to 21 July 2026, 8 days327 cities548 µg/m³peak, Superior
- Northern United States and Canada, August 202511 to 13 August 2025, 3 days19 cities74 µg/m³peak, Winnipeg
- North-eastern United States and Canada, 29 July to 9 August 202512 days292 cities112 µg/m³peak, Marquette
- North-eastern United States and Canada, 24 to 28 July 20255 days113 cities88 µg/m³peak, Sorel-Tracy
- Northern United States, July 202520 to 22 July 2025, 3 days47 cities45 µg/m³peak, Virginia
- Northern United States and Canada, July 202511 to 16 July 2025, 6 days139 cities143 µg/m³peak, Virginia
Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Minnesota, United States, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC, smogrank.com/us/region/minnesota?w=year.
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Updated 2026-10-06 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.