Mokpo vs Wanju: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Wanju's air was 14% more polluted than Mokpo's: PM2.5 averaged 19.0 µg/m³ against 16.7, on the 345 days both cities were measured. Wanju had the dirtier air on 214 of those days, Mokpo on 128. Wanju was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 200 of them, Mokpo on 168.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Mokpo | Wanju | Days Mokpo was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 64 | 70 | 75 |
| 2025 | 62 | 65 | 149 |
| 2024 | 59 | 62 | 106 |
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
- 14 Feb 202612545.3 µg/m³
- 16 Mar 202612344.3 µg/m³
Wanju
- 15 Jan 202615257.4 µg/m³
- 11 Feb 202614352.7 µg/m³
- 7 Dec 202513950.9 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).
Wanju
Side by side with Jeonju (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Mokpo and Wanju, 9 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/kr-mokpo/kr-wanju (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).