Buan vs Mokpo: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Buan's air was 18% more polluted than Mokpo's: PM2.5 averaged 19.9 µg/m³ against 16.8, on the 340 days both cities were measured. Buan had the dirtier air on 232 of those days, Mokpo on 106. Buan was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 204 of them, Mokpo on 168.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Buan | Mokpo | Days Buan was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 71 | 64 | 195 |
| 2025 | 67 | 62 | 230 |
| 2024 | 65 | 59 | 200 |
Means in US AQI over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.
Each city's worst days
Buan
- 7 Nov 202516372.9 µg/m³
- 16 Mar 202615561.1 µg/m³
- 15 Jan 202615257.5 µg/m³
Mokpo
- 15 Jan 202612645.5 µg/m³
- 14 Feb 202612545.3 µg/m³
- 16 Mar 202612344.3 µg/m³
Daily means in US AQI, with µg/m³ beside them, since the index stops at its top value, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.
Compare either city with another
Buan
Side by side with Kimje (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Mokpo
Side by side with Muan (the nearest), Kimje (South Korea's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
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SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Buan and Mokpo, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/kr-buan/kr-mokpo (accessed 8 Oct 2026).
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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.
Updated 2026-10-08 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).