SmogRank / Episodes / South Korea
South Korea and Japan, June 2024
For 5 days, from 11 to 15 June 2024, 82 cities in South Korea and Japan had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea: 44.2 µg/m³ on 11 June, about 2.4× its usual 18.7.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| ŌmuraNagasaki, Japan | 1 | 26.514 June | 4.0× |
| SaikaiNagasaki, Japan | 1 | 27.514 June | 4.0× |
| MatsuuraNagasaki, Japan | 1 | 25.714 June | 3.7× |
| SagaSaga, Japan | 1 | 26.014 June | 3.6× |
| SaseboNagasaki, Japan | 1 | 27.214 June | 3.5× |
| TogitsuNagasaki, Japan | 1 | 26.514 June | 3.4× |
| Imarichō-kōSaga, Japan | 2 | 27.514 June | 3.4× |
| ChikugoFukuoka, Japan | 2 | 30.714 June | 3.4× |
| Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga, Japan | 1 | 26.314 June | 3.4× |
| GapyeongGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 37.911 June | 3.2× |
| Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka, Japan | 1 | 28.514 June | 3.2× |
| Maebaru-chūōFukuoka, Japan | 1 | 25.715 June | 3.1× |
| Hongch’ŏnGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 37.611 June | 2.9× |
| KasaokaOkayama, Japan | 1 | 31.817 June | 2.9× |
| GangneungGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 30.411 June | 2.9× |
| SantyokuGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 34.511 June | 2.8× |
| HwacheonGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 27.611 June | 2.8× |
| KurumeFukuoka, Japan | 1 | 25.514 June | 2.8× |
| GijangBusan, South Korea | 4 | 32.513 June | 2.8× |
| WŏnjuGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 40.511 June | 2.7× |
| YangguGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 29.411 June | 2.7× |
| YangjuGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 32.611 June | 2.7× |
| Donghae CityGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 33.211 June | 2.6× |
| GyeongjuGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 2 | 27.612 June | 2.6× |
| UlsanUlsan, South Korea | 5 | 38.713 June | 2.6× |
| UngsangGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 4 | 31.113 June | 2.5× |
| BusanBusan, South Korea | 2 | 33.313 June | 2.5× |
| KimhaeGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 3 | 30.913 June | 2.5× |
| ChuncheonGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 25.111 June | 2.5× |
| JumunjinGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 26.611 June | 2.5× |
| YangsanGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 4 | 29.413 June | 2.5× |
| NeietsuGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 25.411 June | 2.5× |
| ChangnyeongGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 3 | 33.613 June | 2.5× |
| SokchoGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 38.611 June | 2.5× |
| Cheongsong gunGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 1 | 25.913 June | 2.4× |
| MunsanGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 31.311 June | 2.4× |
| PohangGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 5 | 35.213 June | 2.4× |
| CheorwonGangwon-do, South Korea | 1 | 39.911 June | 2.4× |
| DaeguDaegu, South Korea | 3 | 27.611 June | 2.4× |
| YeongjuGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 1 | 33.811 June | 2.4× |
| HadongGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 1 | 28.914 June | 2.4× |
| YeonilGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 3 | 29.413 June | 2.4× |
| TongyeongGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 2 | 30.513 June | 2.4× |
| YeojuGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 44.211 June | 2.4× |
| Yangp'yŏngGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 33.511 June | 2.4× |
| AndongGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 2 | 30.011 June | 2.3× |
| Ganghwa-gunIncheon, South Korea | 1 | 37.711 June | 2.3× |
| NamyangjuGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 32.211 June | 2.3× |
| ChungjuNorth Chungcheong, South Korea | 1 | 31.711 June | 2.3× |
| JungpyongNorth Chungcheong, South Korea | 1 | 31.311 June | 2.3× |
| PubalGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 38.311 June | 2.3× |
| Gyeongsan-siGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 4 | 28.811 June | 2.3× |
| Guri-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 36.811 June | 2.3× |
| HwadoGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 34.511 June | 2.3× |
| YeongdongNorth Chungcheong, South Korea | 1 | 29.711 June | 2.3× |
| Uijeongbu-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 35.111 June | 2.3× |
| ChangwonGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 2 | 31.213 June | 2.3× |
| YecheonGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 2 | 29.611 June | 2.3× |
| WabuGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 31.111 June | 2.3× |
| HanamGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 35.511 June | 2.2× |
| SeoulSeoul, South Korea | 1 | 36.911 June | 2.2× |
| Icheon-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 34.311 June | 2.2× |
| MiryangGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 1 | 32.913 June | 2.2× |
| GwangyangJeollanam-do, South Korea | 1 | 25.914 June | 2.2× |
| HwawŏnDaegu, South Korea | 2 | 28.011 June | 2.1× |
| GwangmyeongGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 35.911 June | 2.1× |
| MungyeongGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 1 | 25.011 June | 2.1× |
| NaesŏGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 2 | 28.713 June | 2.1× |
| WaegwanGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 1 | 32.214 June | 2.1× |
| Jinan-gunJeollabuk-do, South Korea | 1 | 25.811 June | 2.1× |
| GoseongGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 1 | 26.513 June | 2.1× |
| GwangjuGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 28.211 June | 2.1× |
| EisenGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 2 | 32.413 June | 2.1× |
| Gimpo-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 39.611 June | 2.1× |
| Chinch'ŏnNorth Chungcheong, South Korea | 1 | 29.411 June | 2.1× |
| AnseongGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 25.911 June | 2.1× |
| ChangsuJeollabuk-do, South Korea | 1 | 25.111 June | 2.0× |
| Anyang-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 30.711 June | 2.0× |
| GimcheonGyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea | 1 | 27.611 June | 2.0× |
| ChinjuGyeongsangnam-do, South Korea | 1 | 26.614 June | 2.0× |
| Seongnam-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea | 1 | 27.111 June | 2.0× |
| IncheonIncheon, South Korea | 1 | 34.611 June | 2.0× |
Daily means in µg/m³. Usual: the city's median for this time of year (its days within 21 days of the date, every year, leaving out the week around it). Above usual: its highest day against that.
Against other episodes in South Korea and Japan
Number 27 of 94 episodes in South Korea and Japan since our records began, by cities reached.
- Japan, June and July 2025508
- Japan and South Korea, April 2024499
- Japan and South Korea, March 2025454
- Japan and South Korea, March 2026305
- Japan and South Korea, January 2025274
- Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025192
- Japan, July 2026172
- South Korea and Japan, January 2026169
- South Korea and Japan, February 2026147
- South Korea, February 2025132
- Japan, November 2023131
- South Korea, November 2025128
- South Korea and Japan, June 202482
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 94.
Use this page
SmogRank, South Korea and Japan, June 2024: 82 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 11 to 15 June 2024, smogrank.com/episodes/2024-06-south-korea-and-japan (accessed 3 October 2026).
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An episode is a run of days when many cities close to each other (four or more within 350 km on a day, 8 or more in all) each had a daily PM2.5 mean of at least 25 µg/m³ and at least 2 times their usual for that time of year. Found in our own measurements, not picked by hand. How we find episodes. Values are each city's daily mean of its own monitors; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.