SmogRank / World / United States / Washington / July 2026
Most polluted cities in Washington, United States, July 2026
47 cities in Washington, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Walla Walla at 16.6 µg/m³, #435 of 2,751 cities in the world. Cleanest: Picnic Point-North Lynnwood at 2.7. 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.
- 1Walla Walla 10%
- 2Moses Lake 10%
- 3Mead 7%
- 4Spokane 6%
- 5Airway Heights 6%
- 6Ephrata 6%
- 7Spokane Valley 3%
- 8Liberty Lake 3%
- 9Pullman 3%
- 10Wenatchee 3%
- 11Tri-Cities 0%
- 12Sunnyside 0%
- 13Quincy 0%
- 14Prosser 0%
- 15Grandview 0%
- 16Toppenish 0%
- 17Ellensburg 0%
- 18Bellingham 0%
- 18Yakima 0%
- 20White Center 0%
- 21Auburn 0%
- 21Vancouver 0%
- 23Renton 0%
- 23Tacoma 0%
- 25North Bend 0%
- 25Seattle 0%
- 27Lynden 0%
- 28Bremerton 0%
- 29Kent 0%
- 30Port Angeles 0%
- 30Shoreline 0%
- 32Longview 0%
- 32Ridgefield 0%
- 34Chehalis 0%
- 35Aberdeen 0%
- 35Shelton 0%
- 37Union Hill-Novelty Hilllow-cost sensors 0%
- 38Bellevue 0%
- 38Burien 0%
- 40Mount Vernon 0%
- 41Anacortes 0%
- 41Parkland 0%
- 43Bothelllow-cost sensors 0%
- 43Columbia Citylow-cost sensors 0%
- 43Port Townsend 0%
- 46Lacey 0%
- 47Picnic Point-North Lynnwood 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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