China: annual PM2.5 levels Shanghai 2022

According to the monitoring data from the Consulate of the United States, there was on average 26.5 micrograms of PM2.5 particles per cubic meter to be found in the air in Shanghai during 2022. The air quality has improved gradually over recent years.

Average annual PM2.5 air pollution levels in Shanghai, China from 2013 to 2022 (in micrograms per cubic meter of air)

Characteristic	PM2.5 level in micrograms per cubic meter of air
2022	26.52
2021	27.44
2020	29.61
2019	37.02
2018*	36.21
2017	39.63
2016	45.38
2015	50.73
2014	49.63
2013	59.86

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

China

Survey time period

2013 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Raw data incomplete.

Average calculated by Statista, based on hourly data provided by the US Department of State. Invalid or missing measuring data were excluded from calculation.

Measures for PM2.5 concentration are taken in front of the U.S. consulate building in Shanghai. According to the source, data has not been fully validated.

The source does not provide a release date. The date given is the date of data access.

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