SmogRank / World / United States / Texas / January 2026
Most polluted cities in Texas, United States, January 2026
35 cities in Texas, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Houston at 12.5 µg/m³, #909 of 2,593 cities in the world. Cleanest: Lubbock at 4.2. 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.
- 1Mission Bend 5%
- 2Missouri City 4%
- 3Port Isabel 3%
- 4Windcrest 3%
- 5Pasadena 3%
- 6Houston 3%
- 7San Antonio 3%
- 8Helotes 3%
- 9El Paso 0%
- 10Mission 0%
- 11Highlands 0%
- 12Socorro 0%
- 13Texarkana 0%
- 14Conroe 0%
- 15Austin 0%
- 16Fort Worth 0%
- 17Wells Branch 0%
- 18Lacy-Lakeview 0%
- 19Corpus Christi 0%
- 20Timberwood Park 0%
- 21Belton 0%
- 21River Oaks 0%
- 23Corsicana 0%
- 23Eagle Pass 0%
- 25College Station 0%
- 26Seabrook 0%
- 27Kaufman 0%
- 28Denton 0%
- 29Pflugerville 0%
- 30Odessa 0%
- 31Lockhart 0%
- 31San Marcos 0%
- 33Cedar Park 0%
- 34Galveston 0%
- 35Lubbock 0%
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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