This dataset contains particulate matter (TSP and PM10) data samples collected during Brazilian truckers’ strike (2018) in the cities of Limeira (SP, Brazil) and Campinas (SP, Brazil). The data was obtained from both manual and automatic monitoring stations in Limeira, and from an automatic station in Campinas. The raw data from the automatic stations are available in the QUALAR database: https://cetesb.sp.gov.br/ar/qualar/. The manual station is located at the School of Technology of the University of Campinas (22°33’43’’S; 47°25’23’’W). The samples were collected by a Hi-Vol sampler, with a constant flow of 1.13 m3min−1, in glass-fiber filters, to obtain the concentration of PM10 in May 2018.