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Most polluted cities in Washington, United States, September 2025
44 cities in Washington, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Wenatchee at 34.8 µg/m³, #57 of 3,052 cities in the world. Cleanest: Oak Harbor at 3.1. 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.
- 1Wenatchee 30%
- 2Toppenish 13%
- 3Mead 10%
- 4Ephrata 10%
- 5Yakima 10%
- 6Ellensburg 10%
- 7Airway Heights 7%
- 8Quincy 7%
- 9Spokane 7%
- 10Spokane Valley 7%
- 11Moses Lake 4%
- 12Sunnyside 4%
- 13Tri-Cities 4%
- 14Prosser 3%
- 15Inglewood-Finn Hilllow-cost sensors 3%
- 16Kirklandlow-cost sensors 3%
- 17Shelton 3%
- 18Pullman 0%
- 19Walla Walla 0%
- 20White Center 0%
- 21Auburn 0%
- 21North Bend 0%
- 23Anacortes 0%
- 24Picnic Point-North Lynnwood 0%
- 25Shoreline 0%
- 26Seattle 0%
- 27Lynden 0%
- 28Bellevue 0%
- 29Tacoma 0%
- 30Vancouver 0%
- 31Renton 0%
- 32Burien 0%
- 33Parkland 0%
- 33Ridgefield 0%
- 35Chehalis 0%
- 35Port Angeles 0%
- 37Bremerton 0%
- 38Bellingham 0%
- 39Lacey 0%
- 40Longview 0%
- 41Aberdeen 0%
- 41Port Townsend 0%
- 43Mount Vernon 0%
- 44Oak Harbor 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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