Kairaki vs Timaru AQI Comparison

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

Lower average AQI: Timaru (1-pt gap)PM2.5: Kairaki 9.9 ug/m3 · Timaru 8.6 ug/m3

Source: OpenAQ local exports mapped to AQI Now cities; city summaries cover 2024-01-03–2024-12-31 and 2024-01-01–2024-12-31.

Compare two cities

City A

City B

Kairaki vs Timaru

Kairaki

Canterbury, New Zealand

PM2.5: 9.9 ug/m3
PM10: 15.9 ug/m3
Worst month: July
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Good

Timaru

Canterbury, New Zealand

PM2.5: 8.6 ug/m3
PM10: 18.9 ug/m3
Worst month: June
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Good

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

Yearly EPA AQI trend

Seasonal EPA AQI heatmap

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Kairaki

Timaru

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.