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Most polluted cities in Texas, United States

35 measured cities, this year; 35 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Mission at 12.2 µg/m³, #710 in the world.

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.

New Mexico: 7 measured citiesTexas: 35 measured citiesLouisiana: 9 measured citiesMississippi: 7 measured citiesColorado: 17 measured citiesKansas: 7 measured citiesOklahoma: 9 measured citiesMissouri: 10 measured citiesIllinois: 31 measured citiesArkansas: 4 measured cities#35 Lubbock: 5.8 µg/m³#34 Amarillo: 6.4 µg/m³#32 Cedar Park: 7.8 µg/m³#33 Seabrook: 7.8 µg/m³#31 Kaufman: 8.1 µg/m³#30 Belton: 8.2 µg/m³#28 College Station: 8.3 µg/m³#29 Galveston: 8.3 µg/m³#26 River Oaks: 8.4 µg/m³#27 Odessa: 8.4 µg/m³#25 Corsicana: 8.5 µg/m³#24 Port Arthur: 8.7 µg/m³#23 Denton: 8.8 µg/m³#22 Mission Bend: 8.9 µg/m³#20 Conroe: 9.1 µg/m³#21 Missouri City: 9.1 µg/m³#19 Fort Worth: 9.2 µg/m³#18 Lacy-Lakeview: 9.5 µg/m³#17 Helotes: 9.6 µg/m³#13 Texarkana: 9.7 µg/m³#14 Timberwood Park: 9.7 µg/m³#15 Wells Branch: 9.7 µg/m³#16 Socorro: 9.7 µg/m³#12 Pasadena: 9.9 µg/m³#11 Windcrest: 10.3 µg/m³#10 San Antonio: 10.4 µg/m³#9 Houston: 10.5 µg/m³#8 Austin: 11.0 µg/m³#7 Eagle Pass: 11.2 µg/m³#6 Highlands: 11.3 µg/m³#4 Corpus Christi: 11.4 µg/m³#5 Edinburg: 11.4 µg/m³#3 El Paso: 11.6 µg/m³#2 Port Isabel: 11.8 µg/m³#1 Mission: 12.2 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Eagle Pass 2% 1.5%0
Every measured city in Texas, United States, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Eagle Pass 2%
  2. 2Edinburg 1%
  3. 3Port Isabellast full day 28 Sept 1%
  4. 4Socorro 1%
  5. 5Mission 1%
  6. 6El Paso 1%
  7. 7Mission Bend 0%
  8. 8Windcrestlast full day 1 Oct 0%
  9. 9Heloteslast full day 3 Oct 0%
  10. 10Missouri City 0%
  11. 11Pasadena 0%
  12. 12San Antonio 0%
  13. 13Corpus Christi 0%
  14. 14Houston 0%
  15. 15Highlandslast full day 2 Oct 0%
  16. 16Austin 0%
  17. 17Texarkana 0%
  18. 17Timberwood Park 0%
  19. 17Wells Branchlast full day 2 Oct 0%
  20. 20Lacy-Lakeview 0%
  21. 21Fort Worth 0%
  22. 22Conroe 0%
  23. 23Denton 0%
  24. 24Port Arthur 0%
  25. 25Corsicanalast full day 2 Oct 0%
  26. 26River Oakslast full day 2 Oct 0%
  27. 26Odessa 0%
  28. 28College Stationlast full day 3 Oct 0%
  29. 28Galveston 0%
  30. 30Beltonlast full day 2 Oct 0%
  31. 31Kaufmanlast full day 3 Oct 0%
  32. 32Cedar Park 0%
  33. 32Seabrooklast full day 2 Oct 0%
  34. 34Amarillo 0%
  35. 35Lubbock 0%
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

Texas 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
Plano≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Laredo≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Garland≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Irving≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Cypress≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Grand Prairie≈ 7 µg/m³Good
McKinney≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Frisco≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Mesquite≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Killeen≈ 4 µg/m³Good
McAllen≈ 9 µg/m³Moderate
Carrollton≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Midland≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Waco≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Abilene≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Round Rock≈ 3 µg/m³Good
Beaumont≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Richardson≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Pearland≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Wichita Falls≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Lewisville≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Tyler≈ 5 µg/m³Good
San Angelo≈ 5 µg/m³Good
League City≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Allen≈ 6 µg/m³Good
The Woodlands≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Sugar Land≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Longview≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Bryan≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Pharr≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Baytown≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Temple≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Flower Mound≈ 6 µg/m³Good
New Braunfels≈ 4 µg/m³Good
North Richland Hills≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Victoria≈ 4 µg/m³Good
Harlingen≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Celina≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Mansfield≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Georgetown≈ 3 µg/m³Good

Bad-air episodes in Texas

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 Texas, United States, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC, smogrank.com/us/region/texas?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.