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Most polluted cities in New York, United States

10 measured cities, last 30 days; 0 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Buffalo at 7.2 µg/m³, #1,118 in the world.

Ohio: 27 measured citiesPennsylvania: 25 measured citiesNew York: 10 measured citiesVermont: 2 measured citiesNew Hampshire: 4 measured citiesMaine: 4 measured citiesDelaware: 4 measured citiesNew Jersey: 18 measured citiesConnecticut: 6 measured citiesRhode Island: 3 measured citiesMassachusetts: 15 measured citiesWest Virginia: 3 measured cities#10 White Plains: 2.1 µg/m³#9 New City: 2.3 µg/m³#8 Newburgh: 2.5 µg/m³#7 Utica: 3.5 µg/m³#6 Holbrook: 4.0 µg/m³#5 Albany: 4.2 µg/m³#4 Syracuse: 4.5 µg/m³#2 New York City: 4.8 µg/m³#3 Rochester: 4.8 µg/m³#1 Buffalo: 7.2 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Buffalo 7.2 µg/m³ 15 µg/m³ WHO 24-hour guideline0
Every measured city in New York, United States, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Buffalo 11▼348
  2. 2New York City 7▼324
  3. 3Rochester 7▼274
  4. 4Syracuse 7▼248
  5. 5Albany 6▼239
  6. 6Holbrook 6▼287
  7. 7Utica 5▼270
  8. 8Newburgh 4▼293
  9. 9New City 4▼300
  10. 10White Plains 3▼297
Excellent0–50
Good51–100
Lightly polluted101–150
Moderately polluted151–200
Heavily polluted201–300
Severely polluted301+

China's Air Quality Index (HJ 633-2012), PM2.5 individual index. 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

New York 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.

City7-day estimateBand
Brooklyn≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Queens≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Manhattan≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
The Bronx≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Staten Island≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Yonkers≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Amherst≈ 6 µg/m³Excellent
West Albany≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Greenburgh≈ 2 µg/m³Excellent
New Rochelle≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
Cheektowaga≈ 6 µg/m³Excellent
Mount Vernon≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Schenectady≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
Brentwood≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
Clay≈ 5 µg/m³Excellent
Hempstead≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Levittown≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Irondequoit≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Troy≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Niagara Falls≈ 6 µg/m³Excellent
Binghamton≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
West Seneca≈ 6 µg/m³Excellent
Freeport≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
West Babylon≈ 2 µg/m³Excellent
Henrietta≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Hicksville≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
Coram≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
East Meadow≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Valley Stream≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Clifton Park≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Brighton≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Commack≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
Central Islip≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
Long Beach≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Elmont≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
Huntington Station≈ 3 µg/m³Excellent
Kiryas Joel≈ 2 µg/m³Excellent
Spring Valley≈ 2 µg/m³Excellent
Rome≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent
Oceanside≈ 4 µg/m³Excellent

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in New York, United States, PM2.5, last 30 days to 2 Oct 2026, 07:00 UTC, smogrank.com/us/region/new-york?w=30d.

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Updated 2026-10-02 07:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the China AQI PM2.5 sub-index.