SmogRank / Japan / Shizuoka / Gotemba
Gotemba, month by month
Gotemba has a measured daily mean on 872 days since 17 February 2024. Its worst month was July 2024, at 61 US AQI (14.5 µg/m³), 199th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 20 US AQI (3.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 49 US AQI (8.8 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.9 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2024
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
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2024 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | 5 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 8 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Gotemba's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 6114.5 µg/m³ | 199thof 2,566 | Japan, 6 to 8 July 2024 |
| July 2026 | 6014.0 µg/m³ | 596thof 2,784 | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 Japan, July 2026 |
| August 2025 | 5913.2 µg/m³ | 542ndof 2,901 | Japan, 25 to 27 August 2025 Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025 |
| April 2024 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 653rdof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| August 2024 | 5611.8 µg/m³ | 360thof 2,010 | – |
| July 2025 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 942ndof 2,889 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 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.
Gotemba's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2025 | 10537.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 10537.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 10135.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 9331.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| 4 Aug 2025 | 9331.8 µg/m³ | Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 9030.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 Japan, July 2026 |
| 6 Jul 2025 | 9029.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 6 Jul 2024 | 8929.4 µg/m³ | Japan, 6 to 8 July 2024 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 8828.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 7 Jul 2024 | 8728.5 µg/m³ | Japan, 6 to 8 July 2024 |
Daily means, the highest since 17 Feb 2024; 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, Gotemba, Japan, 17 Feb 2024 – 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/gotemba/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Gotemba 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).