SmogRank / World / United States / Pennsylvania / January 2026
Most polluted cities in Pennsylvania, United States, January 2026
35 cities in Pennsylvania, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: New Holland at 13.2 µg/m³, #864 of 2,593 cities in the world. Cleanest: Warren at 5.6. 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.
- 1New Holland 3%
- 2West Mifflin 3%
- 3York 0%
- 4Abingtonlow-cost sensors 0%
- 5Lancaster 0%
- 6Lebanon 0%
- 7Philadelphia 0%
- 7Wyomissing 0%
- 9Hershey 0%
- 10Harrisburg 0%
- 11Bensalem 0%
- 12Norristown 0%
- 13Kennett Square 0%
- 13Schlusser 0%
- 15Beaver Falls 0%
- 16Bethlehem 0%
- 17Allentown 0%
- 18Kennedy Township 0%
- 19New Brighton 0%
- 19Scranton 0%
- 21Johnstown 0%
- 21Wilkinsburg 0%
- 23Greensburg 0%
- 23Monessen 0%
- 23Pittsburgh 0%
- 26Natrona Heights 0%
- 27Hermitage 0%
- 27State College 0%
- 29Altoona 0%
- 30Jefferson Hills 0%
- 31Bridgeville 0%
- 31Canonsburg 0%
- 33Uniontown 0%
- 34Erie 0%
- 35Warren 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.
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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