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Anan, month by month

Anan has a measured daily mean on 1,067 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was August 2025, at 68 US AQI (18.2 µg/m³), 240th of 2,901 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 38 US AQI (6.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 58 US AQI (12.6 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.4 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202652 so far260 days measured1,146th of 2,791 in the world
202452 for the year314 days measured677th of 2,097 in the world
2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)143 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Anan's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Anan marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

4 months
MonthWhy
Jan 202615 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 202415 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 202416 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 20234 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.

Anan's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
August 2025 6818.2 µg/m³31 of 31240thof 2,901Japan, 25 to 27 August 2025
Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025
June 2025 6717.6 µg/m³30 of 30293rdof 2,508Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
Japan, June 2025
July 2025 6516.7 µg/m³31 of 31300thof 2,889Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
April 2025 6114.4 µg/m³30 of 30571stof 2,951Japan and South Korea, April 2025
July 2026 6114.4 µg/m³31 of 31560thof 2,784Japan and South Korea, July 2026
March 2025 5812.9 µg/m³29 of 311,116thof 2,862Japan and South Korea, March 2025
Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025

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.

Anan's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
5 Jul 2025 15966.8 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
9 Jul 2025 11842.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
18 Apr 2024 11240.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
4 Jul 2025 11039.2 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
2 Jul 2025 10637.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
2 Mar 2025 10537.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025
6 Jul 2025 10436.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
8 Jul 2025 9935.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
3 Jul 2025 9733.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
27 Aug 2025 9633.5 µg/m³Japan, 25 to 27 August 2025

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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Anan, 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/anan/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Anan now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).