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Most polluted cities in West Virginia, United States, 2023

3 cities in West Virginia, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 365 days; 3 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Moundsville at 10.9 µg/m³, #325 of 1,302 cities in the world. Cleanest: Charleston at 7.9. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

OpenAQ's archive, where our readings come from, has almost none for 56 of these 365 days. Cities in the United States and Europe have them from the EPA's and the European Environment Agency's own records of the same monitors; elsewhere a city's average is over its other days. Why.

← Moundsville 10.9 µg/m³ 10 µg/m³5 WHO annual guideline0
Every city in West Virginia, United States ranked for 2023, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right; height is PM2.5 in µg/m³. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Moundsville
    542.2×
  2. 2Weirton Heights
    481.7×
  3. 3Charleston
    441.6×
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 West Virginia, United States, PM2.5, 2023, smogrank.com/us/region/west-virginia/history/2023 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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