SmogRank / Seonghwan / Suncheon
Seonghwan vs Suncheon: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Seonghwan's air was about 1.8× as polluted as Suncheon's: PM2.5 averaged 23.3 µg/m³ against 12.9, on the 348 days both cities were measured. Seonghwan had the dirtier air on 322 of those days, Suncheon on 26. Seonghwan was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 229 of them, Suncheon on 91.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Seonghwan | Suncheon | Days Seonghwan was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 77 | 58 | 247 |
| 2025 | 76 | 57 | 329 |
| 2024 | 71 | 56 | 249 |
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
Seonghwan
- 14 Feb 202616676.7 µg/m³
- 13 Feb 202616473.4 µg/m³
- 16 Jan 202616169.8 µg/m³
Suncheon
- 27 Mar 202612243.9 µg/m³
- 10 Mar 202611340.3 µg/m³
- 24 Mar 202610737.9 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
Seonghwan
Side by side with Pyeongtaek (the nearest), Kimje (South Korea's 2nd worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Suncheon
Side by side with Kwangyang (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Seonghwan and Suncheon, 10 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/kr-seonghwan/kr-suncheon (accessed 9 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 2026-10-09 15:07 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).