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Most polluted cities in West Virginia, United States, October 2026

5 cities in West Virginia, United States ranked by their average PM2.5 so far (5 of 31 days). Worst: Charleston at 7.9 µg/m³, #847 of 2,246 cities in the world. Cleanest: Weirton Heights at 5.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

About 0 people in this city breathed unhealthy air on an average day of October 2026.

Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.

  1. 1Weirton
    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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in West Virginia, United States, PM2.5, October 2026 (so far), smogrank.com/us/region/west-virginia/history/2026-10 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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