SmogRank / Gangneung / Mokpo

Gangneung vs Mokpo: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mokpo's air was 38% more polluted than Gangneung's: PM2.5 averaged 17.0 µg/m³ against 12.3, on the 335 days both cities were measured. Mokpo had the dirtier air on 267 of those days, Gangneung on 68. Mokpo was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 167 of them, Gangneung on 86.

Right now

Gangneung–not on the 24-hour board right now
Mokpo–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Gangneung
Mokpo
Each city's daily mean from 9 Oct 2025 to 8 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Gangneung, Nov 2025: 15.6 µg/m³Mokpo, Nov 2025: 22.4 µg/m³Nov2025Gangneung, Dec 2025: 13.6 µg/m³Mokpo, Dec 2025: 19.8 µg/m³DecGangneung, Jan 2026: 14.4 µg/m³Mokpo, Jan 2026: 19.0 µg/m³Jan2026Gangneung, Feb 2026: 17.5 µg/m³Mokpo, Feb 2026: 21.3 µg/m³FebGangneung, Mar 2026: 21.8 µg/m³Mokpo, Mar 2026: 24.1 µg/m³MarGangneung, Apr 2026: 10.4 µg/m³Mokpo, Apr 2026: 18.2 µg/m³AprGangneung, May 2026: 10.0 µg/m³Mokpo, May 2026: 13.3 µg/m³MayGangneung, Jun 2026: 9.2 µg/m³Mokpo, Jun 2026: 10.3 µg/m³JunGangneung, Jul 2026: 9.6 µg/m³Mokpo, Jul 2026: 9.7 µg/m³JulGangneung, Aug 2026: 6.8 µg/m³Mokpo, Aug 2026: 11.9 µg/m³AugGangneung, Sep 2026: 8.6 µg/m³Mokpo, Sep 2026: 15.0 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Gangneung. Faded: Mokpo. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearGangneungMokpoDays both measuredDays Gangneung was worse
2026 so far576425360
20255962363149
20245659279104

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

Gangneung

Mokpo

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

Gangneung

Side by side with Jumunjin (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).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Gangneung and Mokpo, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/kr-gangneung/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).