SmogRank / United States / Florida / Tampa
Tampa, month by month
Tampa has a measured daily mean on 1,316 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was March 2023, at 55 US AQI (11.3 µg/m³), 188th of 911 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 24 US AQI (4.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 40 US AQI (7.2 µg/m³), against 42 US AQI (7.5 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
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
Months without a mean, and why
1 month
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 7 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Tampa's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | 5511.3 µg/m³ | 188thof 911 |
| July 2023 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 700thof 1,432 |
| June 2026 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 729thof 2,497 |
| February 2023 | 529.4 µg/m³ | 705thof 1,129 |
| July 2026 | 529.4 µg/m³ | 1,517thof 2,784 |
| May 2023 | 519.2 µg/m³ | 604thof 1,600 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Tampa's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2024 | 12244.1 µg/m³ | Florida and Georgia, United States, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| 3 Oct 2023 | 11039.2 µg/m³ | South-eastern United States, October 2023 |
| 1 Jan 2026 | 10236.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 14 Feb 2024 | 8326.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 24 Feb 2023 | 7421.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 3 Mar 2023 | 7119.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 10 Jul 2024 | 7019.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 25 Feb 2023 | 6918.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 1 Mar 2023 | 6717.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 31 Dec 2023 | 6717.7 µg/m³ | Florida and Georgia, United States, December 2023 to January 2024 |
Daily means, the highest since 11 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Tampa, United States, 11 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from AirNow, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/us/tampa/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Tampa now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).