SmogRank / Japan / Kagoshima / Amami
Amami, month by month
Amami has a measured daily mean on 1,137 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was April 2025, at 52 US AQI (9.4 µg/m³), 1,349th of 2,951 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2024, at 17 US AQI (3.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 38 US AQI (6.9 µg/m³), against 37 US AQI (6.7 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
1 month
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jul 2023 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Amami's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | 529.4 µg/m³ | 1,349thof 2,951 | – |
| February 2025 | 519.1 µg/m³ | 1,327thof 2,633 | – |
| April 2024 | 509.0 µg/m³ | 1,165thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| February 2026 | 509.0 µg/m³ | 1,670thof 2,866 | – |
| March 2024 | 498.9 µg/m³ | 602ndof 1,698 | – |
| April 2026 | 498.8 µg/m³ | 1,282ndof 2,941 | – |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Amami's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2024 | 10738.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 11 Feb 2024 | 9130.8 µg/m³ | Japan, 11 to 12 February 2024 |
| 8 May 2024 | 7522.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 28 Mar 2025 | 7320.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 28 Nov 2025 | 7320.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 31 Dec 2023 | 7220.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 15 Oct 2025 | 7119.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 12 Apr 2025 | 7019.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 12 Feb 2024 | 7019.1 µg/m³ | Japan, 11 to 12 February 2024 |
| 20 Apr 2024 | 6918.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
Daily means, the highest since 28 Jul 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Amami, Japan, 28 Jul 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring System via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/jp/amami/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Amami now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).