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Air Quality in France

Cities tracked

8.5

Avg PM2.5 (µg/m³)

2030 compliant

Not yet compliant

City Air Quality Rankings

#	City	Country	PM2.5	PM10	NO₂	AQI	2030 Status
1	Saint Denis	France	4.0	9.2	9.7	4	✓COMPLIANT
2	Bayonne	France	5.8	18.3	10.7	6	✗NOT ON TRACK
3	Troyes	France	6.3	11.1	8.6	6	✗NOT ON TRACK
4	Dijon	France	6.4	12.9	12.6	6	✗NOT ON TRACK
5	Clermont-Ferrand	France	6.5	11.0	-	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
6	Limoges	France	6.7	10.7	11.6	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
7	Saint-Brieuc	France	6.7	13.3	6.3	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
8	La Rochelle	France	6.8	13.8	10.7	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
9	Chartres	France	6.8	11.5	12.8	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
10	Caen	France	6.9	11.4	8.9	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
11	Orléans	France	7.0	11.7	12.6	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
12	Bourges	France	7.1	10.7	7.7	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
13	Lyon	France	7.3	19.2	16.4	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
14	Le Mans	France	7.3	10.8	7.7	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
15	Angers	France	7.4	12.5	14.0	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
16	Pau	France	7.5	13.6	12.9	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
17	Saint-Nazaire	France	7.5	12.4	6.0	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
18	Arras	France	7.5	14.1	9.2	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
19	Perpignan	France	7.6	18.6	24.5	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
20	Tours	France	7.6	11.6	12.0	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
21	Rennes	France	7.7	13.4	18.2	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
22	Reims	France	7.7	15.9	16.4	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
23	Chambéry	France	7.7	11.3	14.3	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
24	Brest	France	7.9	14.8	13.1	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
25	Lorient	France	7.9	13.2	9.1	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
26	Cherbourg	France	7.9	12.8	8.5	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
27	Nantes	France	8.1	14.4	15.8	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
28	Saint-Etienne	France	8.1	12.8	27.8	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
29	Metz	France	8.1	11.6	13.0	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
30	Nîmes	France	8.1	16.0	17.2	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
31	Bordeaux	France	8.2	14.5	20.1	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
32	Toulon	France	8.2	-	18.3	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
33	Annecy	France	8.2	18.1	16.6	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
34	Martigues	France	8.3	16.3	-	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
35	Annemasse	France	8.4	-	18.0	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
36	Amiens	France	8.5	12.3	11.8	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
37	Nancy	France	8.5	12.8	14.0	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
38	Fréjus	France	8.7	17.3	7.8	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
39	Mulhouse	France	8.8	13.3	17.1	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
40	Montpellier	France	8.9	17.4	17.6	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
41	Creil	France	8.9	13.0	14.7	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
42	Toulouse	France	9.0	15.9	-	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
43	Grenoble	France	9.1	16.3	19.6	9	✓COMPLIANT
44	Nice	France	9.2	19.2	-	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
45	Avignon	France	9.3	15.6	12.3	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
46	Calais	France	9.3	15.5	14.1	9	✓COMPLIANT
47	Strasbourg	France	9.4	33.0	13.3	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
48	Valenciennes	France	9.5	14.3	18.1	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
49	Marseille	France	9.6	20.6	25.0	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
50	Saint-Quentin	France	9.6	14.0	10.7	10	✓COMPLIANT
51	Melun	France	9.6	18.5	19.9	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
52	Les Abymes	France	9.7	21.1	12.7	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
53	Douai	France	9.7	14.3	10.2	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
54	Boulogne-sur-Mer	France	9.8	16.3	9.6	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
55	Belfort	France	11.1	12.8	13.6	11	✗NOT ON TRACK
56	Cayenne	France	11.6	25.9	-	12	✗NOT ON TRACK
57	Rouen	France	11.8	12.7	16.4	12	✗NOT ON TRACK
58	Aix-en-Provence	France	12.3	16.6	18.3	12	✗NOT ON TRACK
59	Valence	France	12.8	16.3	17.1	13	✗NOT ON TRACK
60	Mamoudzou	France	15.1	42.8	4.7	15	✗NOT ON TRACK
61	Lille	France	-	16.0	19.3		✗NOT ON TRACK
62	Le Havre	France	-	13.3	21.2		✗NOT ON TRACK
63	Besançon	France	-	11.8	14.1		✗NOT ON TRACK
64	Colmar	France	-	12.8	16.5		✗NOT ON TRACK
65	Poitiers	France	-	11.1	13.7		✗NOT ON TRACK
66	Dunkerque	France	-	15.8	11.9		✗NOT ON TRACK
67	Fort-de-France	France	-	31.7	12.2		✗NOT ON TRACK
68	Paris (greater city)	France	-	13.4	24.8		✗NOT ON TRACK
69	Mantes en Yvelines	France	-	-	13.1		✗NOT ON TRACK
70	Lens-Lievin	France	-	15.0	-		✗NOT ON TRACK
71	Roanne	France	-	9.9	10.7		✗NOT ON TRACK

2030 Compliance Summary

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Air Quality Overview for France

France has 71 cities in our tracking network, with an average PM2.5 level of 8.5 µg/m³. 4 cities already meet the EU 2030 PM2.5 target of 10 µg/m³.

The most polluted city is Mamoudzou with a PM2.5 annual mean of 15.1 µg/m³ , which is 3.0x above the WHO guideline.