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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, #1,119 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 12▼347
  2. 2New York City 8▼312
  3. 3Rochester 8▼267
  4. 4Syracuse 8▼237
  5. 5Albany 7▼234
  6. 6Holbrook 7▼282
  7. 7Utica 7▼264
  8. 8Newburgh 5▼292
  9. 9New City 3▼299
  10. 10White Plains 3▼296
Good0–50
Satisfactory51–100
Moderate101–200
Poor201–300
Very poor301–400
Severe401+

India's National Air Quality Index (CPCB), PM2.5 sub-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/m³Good
Queens≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Manhattan≈ 4 µg/m³Good
The Bronx≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Staten Island≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Yonkers≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Amherst≈ 6 µg/m³Good
West Albany≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Greenburgh≈ 2 µg/m³Good
New Rochelle≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Cheektowaga≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Mount Vernon≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Schenectady≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Brentwood≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Clay≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Hempstead≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Levittown≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Irondequoit≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Troy≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Niagara Falls≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Binghamton≈ 3 µg/m³Good
West Seneca≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Freeport≈ 4 µg/m³Good
West Babylon≈ 2 µg/m³Good
Henrietta≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Hicksville≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Coram≈ 3 µg/m³Good
East Meadow≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Valley Stream≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Clifton Park≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Brighton≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Commack≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Central Islip≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Long Beach≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Elmont≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Huntington Station≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Kiryas Joel≈ 2 µg/m³Good
Spring Valley≈ 2 µg/m³Good
Rome≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Oceanside≈ 4 µg/m³Good

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in New York, United States, PM2.5, last 30 days to 2 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC, smogrank.com/us/region/new-york?w=30d.

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Updated 2026-10-02 06:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the India AQI PM2.5 sub-index.