Cities with cleanest air in France
Auch, France has the lowest pm2.5 — annual mean of the 30 cities compared: 5 µg/m³ (European Environment Agency, 2024-12-31).
France cities ranked by annual PM2.5 concentration, not by current readings.
- Items compared
- 30
- Countries represented
- 1
- Last checked
- 2026-08-03
Source-backed answers
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| Original rank | City or place | Published value | Source and scope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auch, France | 5 µg/m³ | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 2 | Aurillac, France | 5.19 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 3 | Anglet, France | 5.75 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 4 | Bayonne, France | 5.75 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 5 | Biarritz, France | 5.75 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 6 | Manosque, France | 5.89 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 7 | Nevers, France | 5.98 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 8 | Rochefort, France | 6.21 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 9 | Rodez, France | 6.24 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 10 | Charleville-Mézières, France | 6.26 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 11 | Troyes, France | 6.27 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 12 | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 6.42 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 13 | Mâcon, France | 6.55 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 14 | Limoges, France | 6.71 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 15 | Saint-Brieuc, France | 6.71 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 16 | Niort, France | 6.74 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 17 | Alençon, France | 6.82 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 18 | La Rochelle, France | 6.83 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 19 | Chartres, France | 6.85 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 20 | Dijon, France | 6.88 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 21 | Concarneau, France | 6.88 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 22 | Quimper, France | 6.88 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 23 | Caen, France | 6.88 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 24 | Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France | 6.88 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 25 | Blois, France | 6.93 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 26 | Châteauroux, France | 6.97 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 27 | Saint-Dizier, France | 6.99 µg/m³ | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 28 | Mantes-la-Jolie, France | 7 µg/m³ | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 29 | Mantes-la-Ville, France | 7 µg/m³ | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 30 | Oyonnax, France | 7 µg/m³ | 2026-08-03 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
What the numbers say
- Auch, France leads at 5 µg/m³.
- Oyonnax, France sits at the other end with 7 µg/m³.
- The middle of this ranking is 6.74 µg/m³, across 30 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 2 µg/m³.
Quick answer
What does Cities with cleanest air in France show?
Auch, France has the lowest pm2.5 — annual mean of the 30 cities compared: 5 µg/m³ (European Environment Agency, 2024-12-31).
How this list is built
Every row is a published pm2.5 — annual mean observation measured in µg/m³, ranked lowest first. The values were observed between 2023 and 2024. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.
- Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
- A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
- Rows
- 30 places
- Geographic grain
- city
- Observation period
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-31
- Last checked
- 2026-08-03
- With an official source link
- 30 of 30
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, August 3). Cities with cleanest air in France [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e943ffbe28d68d2160e8b2582fcebb40]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/france-cities-with-cleanest-air/ Retrieved 2026-08-03. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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title = {Cities with cleanest air in France},
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