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Seonghwan vs Yeoju: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Seonghwan's air was 17% more polluted than Yeoju's: PM2.5 averaged 23.1 µg/m³ against 19.7, on the 345 days both cities were measured. Seonghwan had the dirtier air on 228 of those days, Yeoju on 111. Seonghwan was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 227 of them, Yeoju on 207.

Right now

Seonghwan#40on the 24-hour board of 2,706, at 110 US AQI (39.1 µg/m³)
Yeoju#166on the 24-hour board of 2,706, at 74 US AQI (21.2 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Seonghwan
Yeoju
Each city's daily mean from 10 Oct 2025 to 9 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Seonghwan, Nov 2025: 30.3 µg/m³Yeoju, Nov 2025: 25.2 µg/m³Nov2025Seonghwan, Dec 2025: 26.0 µg/m³Yeoju, Dec 2025: 22.4 µg/m³DecSeonghwan, Jan 2026: 24.8 µg/m³Yeoju, Jan 2026: 21.5 µg/m³Jan2026Seonghwan, Feb 2026: 30.4 µg/m³Yeoju, Feb 2026: 28.1 µg/m³FebSeonghwan, Mar 2026: 39.2 µg/m³Yeoju, Mar 2026: 31.1 µg/m³MarSeonghwan, Apr 2026: 26.2 µg/m³Yeoju, Apr 2026: 19.7 µg/m³AprSeonghwan, May 2026: 20.1 µg/m³Yeoju, May 2026: 18.2 µg/m³MaySeonghwan, Jun 2026: 19.1 µg/m³Yeoju, Jun 2026: 18.0 µg/m³JunSeonghwan, Jul 2026: 13.5 µg/m³Yeoju, Jul 2026: 15.5 µg/m³JulSeonghwan, Aug 2026: 14.5 µg/m³Yeoju, Aug 2026: 13.3 µg/m³AugSeonghwan, Sep 2026: 16.2 µg/m³Yeoju, Sep 2026: 13.7 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Seonghwan. Faded: Yeoju. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearSeonghwanYeojuDays both measuredDays Seonghwan was worse
2026 so far7671267167
20257670349244
20247170278133

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

Yeoju

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).

Yeoju

Side by side with Pubal (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Seonghwan and Yeoju, 10 Oct 2025 – 9 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/kr-seonghwan/kr-yeoju (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).