SmogRank / Hwado / Mokpo

Hwado vs Mokpo: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Hwado's air was 15% more polluted than Mokpo's: PM2.5 averaged 19.4 µg/m³ against 16.9, on the 332 days both cities were measured. Hwado had the dirtier air on 197 of those days, Mokpo on 133. Hwado was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 183 of them, Mokpo on 163.

Right now

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

The last year, day by day

Hwado
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

Hwado, Nov 2025: 25.1 µg/m³Mokpo, Nov 2025: 22.4 µg/m³Nov2025Hwado, Dec 2025: 24.5 µg/m³Mokpo, Dec 2025: 19.8 µg/m³DecHwado, Jan 2026: 22.9 µg/m³Mokpo, Jan 2026: 19.0 µg/m³Jan2026Hwado, Feb 2026: 28.8 µg/m³Mokpo, Feb 2026: 20.4 µg/m³FebHwado, Mar 2026: 32.5 µg/m³Mokpo, Mar 2026: 24.1 µg/m³MarHwado, Apr 2026: 21.9 µg/m³Mokpo, Apr 2026: 18.2 µg/m³AprHwado, May 2026: 17.9 µg/m³Mokpo, May 2026: 13.4 µg/m³MayHwado, Jun 2026: 17.3 µg/m³Mokpo, Jun 2026: 10.4 µg/m³JunHwado, Jul 2026: 10.6 µg/m³Mokpo, Jul 2026: 10.6 µg/m³JulHwado, Aug 2026: 7.7 µg/m³Mokpo, Aug 2026: 10.9 µg/m³AugHwado, Sep 2026: 9.0 µg/m³Mokpo, Sep 2026: 15.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Hwado. Faded: Mokpo. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearHwadoMokpoDays both measuredDays Hwado was worse
2026 so far6964251156
20256862362231
20246359267160

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

Hwado

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

Hwado

Side by side with Namyangju (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, Hwado and Mokpo, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/kr-hwado/kr-mokpo (accessed 8 Oct 2026).

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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).