Bangkok Suffers Increasing PM 2.5 Pollution Over Past 4 Years

Bangkok is engulfed in dust as data from the past four years reveal that PM 2.5 pollution has exceeded safety standards for increasingly longer periods, averaging 31 to 50 days per year. This highlights the air pollution problem affecting city residents, despite advance preparations.

2021

PM 2.5 levels exceeded standards for 50 days that year.

High pollution occurred from December through March.

2022

PM 2.5 levels exceeded standards for 31 days that year.

High pollution occurred from October through April.

2023

PM 2.5 levels exceeded standards for 55 days that year.

High pollution occurred from December through April.

2024

PM 2.5 levels exceeded standards for 40 days that year.

High pollution occurred from October through May.

Data provided by the Big Data Institute (Public Organization).

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