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Air quality in Switzerland

Capital: BernGerman, French, Italian, RomanshUpdated October 2026
8µg/m³ national average

Air quality in Switzerland

People in Switzerland breathe an average of 8 µg/m³ of PM2.5 (2023), 2× the WHO guideline. Fairly clean.

Air quality by place in Switzerland

Measured annual averages from the WHO Ambient Air Quality Database.

PlacePM2.5YearLevel
Bern9 µg/m³2021Fairly clean
Lausanne9 µg/m³2021Fairly clean
Zurich10 µg/m³2021Fairly clean
Geneva10 µg/m³2021Fairly clean
Lucerne10 µg/m³2021Fairly clean
Basel11 µg/m³2021Moderate
Lugano11 µg/m³2021Moderate

Air quality by place

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