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Most polluted cities in Washington, United States, August 2025

40 cities in Washington, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Pullman at 9.1 µg/m³, #1,409 of 2,841 cities in the world. Cleanest: Oak Harbor at 2.8. 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.

← Pullman 0% 0.75%0
Every city in Washington, United States ranked for August 2025, 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.

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.

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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Washington, United States, PM2.5, August 2025, smogrank.com/us/region/washington/history/2025-08 (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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