Dessel vs Wielsbeke AQI Comparison

Side-by-side OpenAQ-derived air quality comparison for Dessel and Wielsbeke. Values use mapped daily PM2.5 and PM10 observations normalized to US EPA AQI.

Lower average AQI: Dessel (25-pt gap)PM2.5: Dessel 9.7 ug/m3 · Wielsbeke 20.2 ug/m3

Source: OpenAQ local exports mapped to AQI Now cities; city summaries cover 2024-01-01–2024-12-31 and 2024-01-01–2024-12-31.

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City B

Dessel vs Wielsbeke

Dessel

Flanders, Belgium

PM2.5: 9.7 ug/m3
PM10: 16.6 ug/m3
Worst month: May
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Good

Wielsbeke

Flanders, Belgium

PM2.5: 20.2 ug/m3
PM10: 23.8 ug/m3
Worst month: November
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

Lower average AQI in this selected period: Dessel. Values are historical OpenAQ-derived city summaries, not live readings.

Yearly EPA AQI trend

Seasonal EPA AQI heatmap

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Dessel

Wielsbeke

What this comparison measures

Average EPA AQI — city-level daily AQI values averaged across the OpenAQ coverage window.
PM2.5 and PM10 — mapped monitor concentrations aggregated to daily city averages.
Seasonality — worst and cleanest months from the monthly city rollups.
Trend — difference between the earliest and latest yearly AQI average in this build.