China: annual PM2.5 levels Guangzhou 2023

According to the monitoring data from the Consulate of the United States, there was on average 21.1 micrograms of PM2.5 particles per cubic meter to be found in the air in Guangzhou during 2022. The air quality in Guangzhou has improved significantly since 2013. However, air pollution increased again in 2023 compared to the previous year. This was most probably related to the lifting of all COVID-19 restrictions and transportation and production activities reaching pre-pandemic levels again.

Average annual PM2.5 air pollution levels in Guangzhou, China from 2013 to 2023 (in micrograms per cubic meter of air)

Characteristic	PM2.5 level in micrograms per cubic meter of air
2023	29.32
2022	21.1
2021*	25.24
2020	22.69
2019	29.16
2018	32.28
2017	35.39
2016	32.97
2015	39.46
2014	49.68
2013	55.38

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Release date

February 2024

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China

Survey time period

2013 to 2023

Supplementary notes

* Only raw data until end of July, 2021 has been included.

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 Guangzhou. 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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