Mokpo vs Suwon: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Suwon's air was 7% more polluted than Mokpo's: PM2.5 averaged 17.6 µg/m³ against 16.5, on the 353 days both cities were measured. Suwon had the dirtier air on 180 of those days, Mokpo on 171. Suwon was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 164 of them, Mokpo on 169.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Mokpo | Suwon | Days Mokpo was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 63 | 66 | 117 |
| 2025 | 62 | 69 | 128 |
| 2024 | 59 | 63 | 112 |
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
Mokpo
- 15 Jan 202612645.5 µg/m³
- 16 Mar 202612344.3 µg/m³
- 16 Jan 202611942.7 µg/m³
Suwon
- 13 Feb 202615865.7 µg/m³
- 25 Nov 202515560.5 µg/m³
- 5 Feb 202615358.8 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
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).
Suwon
Side by side with Anyang-si (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Mokpo and Suwon, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/kr-mokpo/kr-suwon (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).