SmogRank / World / Japan / August 2023
Most polluted cities in Japan, August 2023
495 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Takasaki at 14.8 µg/m³, #107 of 1,670 cities in the world. Cleanest: Obihiro at 4.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
← Takasaki 14.8
- 1TakasakiGunma 14.8
- 2NagaiYamagata 14.7
- 3MinamataKumamoto 11.4
- 3IyoEhime 11.4
- 5ŌtsukiYamanashi 11.2
- 5KasaokaOkayama 11.2
- 7KiryūGunma 10.7
- 7IshinomakiMiyagi 10.7
- 9FujinomiyaShizuoka 10.6
- 9ShikokuchūōEhime 10.6
- 11UozuToyama 10.4
- 11Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 10.4
- 13TakaokaToyama 10.3
- 13FukushimaFukushima 10.3
- 15SanoTochigi 10.2
- 15ChikuseiIbaraki 10.2
- 17HonmachiKumamoto 10.1
- 17SakataYamagata 10.1
- 19KofuYamanashi 10.0
- 19SagaeYamagata 10.0
- 21KushikinoKagoshima 9.9
- 21AyaseKanagawa 9.9
- 23OkayaNagano 9.8
- 24ŌmeTokyo 9.7
- 24NiihamaEhime 9.7
- 24Nara-shiNara 9.7
- 24JōetsuNiigata 9.7
- 28Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 9.6
- 28TsuruokaYamagata 9.6
- 28ShinjōYamagata 9.6
- 31IwanumaMiyagi 9.3
- 31BizenOkayama 9.3
- 33YonezawaYamagata 9.2
- 34ImaichiTochigi 9.1
- 34WakasugiFukuoka 9.1
- 36SandachōHyōgo 9.0
- 36NakatsuOita 9.0
- 36IgusaSaitama 9.0
- 39MatsumotoNagano 8.9
- 39ChichibuSaitama 8.9
- 39Natori-shiMiyagi 8.9
- 39IrumaSaitama 8.9
- 43TakanabeMiyazaki 8.8
- 43NyūzenToyama 8.8
- 43KazoSaitama 8.8
- 43GyōdaSaitama 8.8
- 43FukuyamaHiroshima 8.8
- 43MatsuyamaEhime 8.8
- 43ImabariEhime 8.8
- 43YamagataYamagata 8.8
- 43HitachiomiyaIbaraki 8.8
- 43Misato, SaitamaSaitama 8.8
- 43KogaFukuoka 8.8
- 43TsushimaNagasaki 8.8
- 55MiharaHiroshima 8.7
- 55Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 8.7
- 55MoriokaIwate 8.7
- 55ChitoseHokkaido 8.7
- 55ŌsakiMiyagi 8.7
- 60TamanaKumamoto 8.6
- 60ShibataNiigata 8.6
- 60SaseboNagasaki 8.6
- 60Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 8.6
- 60HimimachiToyama 8.6
- 60YoshiokaMiyagi 8.6
- 60SendaiMiyagi 8.6
- 60HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 8.6
- 68Shin’ichiHiroshima 8.5
- 68ShibukawaGunma 8.5
- 68NamerikawaToyama 8.5
- 68Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 8.5
- 68ItoigawaNiigata 8.5
- 68IkedachōTokushima 8.5
- 68AiharaKanagawa 8.5
- 68KōriyamaFukushima 8.5
- 68KesennumaMiyagi 8.5
- 68HigashineYamagata 8.5
- 68ItoshimaFukuoka 8.5
- 68GotōNagasaki 8.5
- 80Niitsu-honchōNiigata 8.4
- 80MinamirinkanKanagawa 8.4
- 80KitakyushuFukuoka 8.4
- 80HikoneShiga 8.4
- 80KirishimaKagoshima 8.4
- 80AmamiKagoshima 8.4
- 80TatsunoHyōgo 8.4
- 87YaeHiroshima 8.3
- 87TomiokaGunma 8.3
- 87KashimaSaga 8.3
- 87FukuokaFukuoka 8.3
- 87AnanTokushima 8.3
- 87IwakiFukushima 8.3
- 87MatsuuraNagasaki 8.3
- 87Minami-SōmaFukushima 8.3
- 87MimaTokushima 8.3
- 96Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 8.2
- 96OnomichiHiroshima 8.2
- 96NichinanMiyazaki 8.2
- 96NagahamaShiga 8.2
- 96MorohongōSaitama 8.2
- 96MenumaSaitama 8.2
- 96KochiKochi 8.2
- 96HanyūSaitama 8.2
- 96AgeoSaitama 8.2
- 105TatebayashiGunma 8.1
- 105ŌzuKumamoto 8.1
- 105Imarichō-kōSaga 8.1
- 105AshikagaTochigi 8.1
- 105Tagajō-shiMiyagi 8.1
- 105NakaIbaraki 8.1
- 105TsuchiuraIbaraki 8.1
- 105ShonaiYamagata 8.1
- 105MinamikyushuKagoshima 8.1
- 114ToyamaToyama 8.0
- 114Tottori-shiTottori 8.0
- 114TamanoOkayama 8.0
- 114TaharaAichi 8.0
- 114OyamaTochigi 8.0
- 114NobeokaMiyazaki 8.0
- 114MiyakonojōMiyazaki 8.0
- 114MatsushimaMiyagi 8.0
- 114HachinoheAomori 8.0
- 123YukuhashiFukuoka 7.9
- 123YaitaTochigi 7.9
- 123TsurusakiOita 7.9
- 123SuwaNagano 7.9
- 123MinatoWakayama 7.9
- 123SendaiKagoshima 7.9
- 123NakanojōGunma 7.9
- 123MatsutōIshikawa 7.9
- 123MarugameKagawa 7.9
- 123MakiNiigata 7.9
- 123KureHiroshima 7.9
- 123KogaFukuoka 7.9
- 123Kan’onjichōKagawa 7.9
- 123KandaFukuoka 7.9
- 123AyabeKyoto 7.9
- 123HirosakiAomori 7.9
- 123Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 7.9
- 123HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 7.9
- 123SayamaOsaka 7.9
- 142TokorozawaSaitama 7.8
- 142TogitsuNagasaki 7.8
- 142Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 7.8
- 142ŌmutaFukuoka 7.8
- 142NanaoIshikawa 7.8
- 142KyotoKyoto 7.8
- 142KaminokawaTochigi 7.8
- 142IwadeWakayama 7.8
- 142HitoyoshiKumamoto 7.8
- 142HachiōjiTokyo 7.8
- 142GifuGifu 7.8
- 142MinawaKanagawa 7.8
- 142ShiroishiMiyagi 7.8
- 142ImizuToyama 7.8
- 156YokkaichiMie 7.7
- 156UtsunomiyaTochigi 7.7
- 156SekimachiGifu 7.7
- 156ŌtsuShiga 7.7
- 156OnodaYamaguchi 7.7
- 156NiigataNiigata 7.7
- 156Kameda-honchōNiigata 7.7
- 156IzumoShimane 7.7
- 156ChigasakiKanagawa 7.7
- 156KodairaTokyo 7.7
- 166YoukaichiShiga 7.6
- 166ŌtakeHiroshima 7.6
- 166Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 7.6
- 166NagasakiNagasaki 7.6
- 166GionHiroshima 7.6
- 166HanamakiIwate 7.6
- 166SōmaFukushima 7.6
- 166AraoKumamoto 7.6
- 174ObitaNagasaki 7.5
- 174NōgataFukuoka 7.5
- 174KumamotoKumamoto 7.5
- 174KōnosuSaitama 7.5
- 174KagoshimaKagoshima 7.5
- 174IwakuniYamaguchi 7.5
- 174NagatoYamaguchi 7.5
- 174MiuraKanagawa 7.5
- 174YokoteAkita 7.5
- 174KamisuIbaraki 7.5
- 174AkishimaTokyo 7.5
- 174TonamiToyama 7.5
- 174KotōKumamoto 7.5
- 174TakuSaga 7.5
- 174HigashikurumeTokyo 7.5
- 174MineYamaguchi 7.5
- 190YamagaKumamoto 7.4
- 190TakeoSaga 7.4
- 190TagawaFukuoka 7.4
- 190ShironeNiigata 7.4
- 190ShimonosekiYamaguchi 7.4
- 190SaikiOita 7.4
- 190ŌmuraNagasaki 7.4
- 190ŌitaOita 7.4
- 190NaganoNagano 7.4
- 190MiyoshiHiroshima 7.4
- 190IwataShizuoka 7.4
- 190IkomaNara 7.4
- 190IkarugaHyōgo 7.4
- 190IchinomiyaAichi 7.4
- 190FukuroiShizuoka 7.4
- 190KitaibarakiIbaraki 7.4
- 190IchinosekiIwate 7.4
- 190OwariasahiAichi 7.4
- 190NiizaSaitama 7.4
- 190KasugaFukuoka 7.4
- 190SadoNiigata 7.4
- 190HigashigōSaga 7.4
- 190FujiyoshidaYamanashi 7.4
- 190SaikaiNagasaki 7.4
- 214ZentsujichóKagawa 7.3
- 214TokyoTokyo 7.3
- 214ShidoKagawa 7.3
- 214SakaiOsaka 7.3
- 214KomatsuIshikawa 7.3
- 214KasukabeSaitama 7.3
- 214Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 7.3
- 214HadanoKanagawa 7.3
- 214GōtsuchōShimane 7.3
- 214AtamiShizuoka 7.3
- 214AsakaSaitama 7.3
- 214HitachiIbaraki 7.3
- 214NeyagawaOsaka 7.3
- 214ChikumaNagano 7.3
- 214TakashimaShiga 7.3
- 214Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 7.3
- 214MunakataFukuoka 7.3
- 214HyūgaMiyazaki 7.3
- 214ShirakawaFukushima 7.3
- 214AsakuchiOkayama 7.3
- 234AtsugiKanagawa 7.2
- 234UbeYamaguchi 7.2
- 234SagaSaga 7.2
- 234OkazakiAichi 7.2
- 234MiyazakiMiyazaki 7.2
- 234KawaguchiSaitama 7.2
- 234HonjōSaitama 7.2
- 234SaijōEhime 7.2
- 234MookaTochigi 7.2
- 234HigashimurayamaTokyo 7.2
- 234YamatoKanagawa 7.2
- 234ShūnanYamaguchi 7.2
- 246AkashiHyōgo 7.1
- 246YokotaTokyo 7.1
- 246YasugichōShimane 7.1
- 246TakeharaHiroshima 7.1
- 246TakayamaGifu 7.1
- 246NumataGunma 7.1
- 246NakamaFukuoka 7.1
- 246MiyazuKyoto 7.1
- 246KamakuraKanagawa 7.1
- 246HandaAichi 7.1
- 246AmagasakiHyōgo 7.1
- 246SayamaSaitama 7.1
- 246BandōIbaraki 7.1
- 246NasukarasuyamaTochigi 7.1
- 246KuriharaMiyagi 7.1
- 246MinokamoGifu 7.1
- 246OgōriFukuoka 7.1
- 246FuchūTokyo 7.1
- 246TomeMiyagi 7.1
- 265YokohamaKanagawa 7.0
- 265YawataKyoto 7.0
- 265UtoKumamoto 7.0
- 265TsuMie 7.0
- 265SakadoSaitama 7.0
- 265NagoyaAichi 7.0
- 265MachidaTokyo 7.0
- 265KurashikiOkayama 7.0
- 265KawagoeSaitama 7.0
- 265KashiwaraNara 7.0
- 265Kashihara-shiNara 7.0
- 265IzumiKagoshima 7.0
- 265IsahayaNagasaki 7.0
- 265HannōSaitama 7.0
- 265KamaishiIwate 7.0
- 265MinamiashigaraKanagawa 7.0
- 265KōkaShiga 7.0
- 265OgaAkita 7.0
- 265SaitamaSaitama 7.0
- 265Minami-AlpsYamanashi 7.0
- 265UnnanShimane 7.0
- 286OsakaOsaka 6.9
- 286OgawamachiSaitama 6.9
- 286HigashinozoeHyōgo 6.9
- 286KobayashiMiyazaki 6.9
- 286KaratsuSaga 6.9
- 286IidaNagano 6.9
- 286HiratsukaKanagawa 6.9
- 286HigashiosakaOsaka 6.9
- 286HakuiIshikawa 6.9
- 286GoshogawaraAomori 6.9
- 286InabeMie 6.9
- 286BuzenFukuoka 6.9
- 286IkiNagasaki 6.9
- 299YanaiYamaguchi 6.8
- 299YamaguchiYamaguchi 6.8
- 299UrayasuChiba 6.8
- 299TosuSaga 6.8
- 299SōkaSaitama 6.8
- 299OwaseMie 6.8
- 299OdawaraKanagawa 6.8
- 299ObamaFukui 6.8
- 299NodaChiba 6.8
- 299Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 6.8
- 299MikuniFukui 6.8
- 299KukichūōSaitama 6.8
- 299KōtariKyoto 6.8
- 299HiroshimaHiroshima 6.8
- 299Fukui-shiFukui 6.8
- 299ŌdateAkita 6.8
- 299KujiIwate 6.8
- 299KuwanaMie 6.8
- 299TakizawaIwate 6.8
- 299KizugawaKyoto 6.8
- 299AmaAichi 6.8
- 320YaoOsaka 6.7
- 320UjiKyoto 6.7
- 320TakarazukaHyōgo 6.7
- 320TajimiGifu 6.7
- 320SōjaOkayama 6.7
- 320MasudaShimane 6.7
- 320KishiwadaOsaka 6.7
- 320Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 6.7
- 320KanumaTochigi 6.7
- 320Kashima-shiIbaraki 6.7
- 320HagiYamaguchi 6.7
- 320FujisawaKanagawa 6.7
- 320ChiryūAichi 6.7
- 320ChibaChiba 6.7
- 320HashimaGifu 6.7
- 320KaizuGifu 6.7
- 320MinamiuonumaNiigata 6.7
- 320SugaiKyoto 6.7
- 320AzaminoKanagawa 6.7
- 339TsurugaFukui 6.6
- 339TochigiTochigi 6.6
- 339SetoAichi 6.6
- 339OkayamaOkayama 6.6
- 339NishinomiyaHyōgo 6.6
- 339KashiwaChiba 6.6
- 339IzumiOsaka 6.6
- 339HōfuYamaguchi 6.6
- 339YokoshibaChiba 6.6
- 339Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 6.6
- 339AridaWakayama 6.6
- 350TakahashiOkayama 6.5
- 350Sakai-nakajimaGunma 6.5
- 350NumazuShizuoka 6.5
- 350MifuneKumamoto 6.5
- 350MatsudoChiba 6.5
- 350KitahamaShiga 6.5
- 350KanazawaIshikawa 6.5
- 350IzumisanoOsaka 6.5
- 350HirakataOsaka 6.5
- 350HamadaShimane 6.5
- 350FujiShizuoka 6.5
- 350HakodateHokkaido 6.5
- 350Kawachi-NaganoOsaka 6.5
- 350NarashinoChiba 6.5
- 350MizuhoGifu 6.5
- 350TōkaiAichi 6.5
- 350NantanKyoto 6.5
- 367SuzukaMie 6.4
- 367KurihamaKanagawa 6.4
- 367KobeHyōgo 6.4
- 367KakamigaharaGifu 6.4
- 367AnamizuIshikawa 6.4
- 367MiyakoIwate 6.4
- 367HokotaIbaraki 6.4
- 367AkitaAkita 6.4
- 367InashikiIbaraki 6.4
- 367OyabeToyama 6.4
- 367JōsōIbaraki 6.4
- 367InzaiChiba 6.4
- 367IgaMie 6.4
- 367MatsusakaMie 6.4
- 381GeroGifu 6.3
- 381TsuyamaOkayama 6.3
- 381SuzakaNagano 6.3
- 381SaikūMie 6.3
- 381KameokaKyoto 6.3
- 381HimejiHyōgo 6.3
- 381KasamaIbaraki 6.3
- 381NoboritoKanagawa 6.3
- 389Ueno-ebisumachiMie 6.2
- 389TondabayashichōOsaka 6.2
- 389TakamatsuKagawa 6.2
- 389ŌtaGunma 6.2
- 389OnoHyōgo 6.2
- 389NiimiOkayama 6.2
- 389KumagayaSaitama 6.2
- 389FukuchiyamaKyoto 6.2
- 389ŌharaChiba 6.2
- 389SapporoHokkaido 6.2
- 389ŌshūIwate 6.2
- 389NisshinAichi 6.2
- 389JōyōKyoto 6.2
- 402TanabeWakayama 6.1
- 402TakinomiyaKagawa 6.1
- 402KusatsuShiga 6.1
- 402KakegawaShizuoka 6.1
- 402GobōWakayama 6.1
- 402AnjōAichi 6.1
- 402TorideIbaraki 6.1
- 402NaritaChiba 6.1
- 402YoshinogawaTokushima 6.1
- 411YokosukaKanagawa 6.0
- 411TsubataIshikawa 6.0
- 411TokushimaTokushima 6.0
- 411ShizuokaShizuoka 6.0
- 411NabariMie 6.0
- 411MaizuruKyoto 6.0
- 411Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 6.0
- 411InuyamaAichi 6.0
- 411MobaraChiba 6.0
- 411TomakomaiHokkaido 6.0
- 411EbinaKanagawa 6.0
- 411SōsaChiba 6.0
- 411KikugawaShizuoka 6.0
- 411YurihonjōAkita 6.0
- 411SennanOsaka 6.0
- 426ToyookaHyōgo 5.9
- 426ToyohashiAichi 5.9
- 426TenriNara 5.9
- 426SusakiKochi 5.9
- 426ShimaMie 5.9
- 426GamagōriAichi 5.9
- 426YotsukaidōChiba 5.9
- 426WakuyaMiyagi 5.9
- 426AjikiChiba 5.9
- 426KushiroHokkaido 5.9
- 426HabikinoOsaka 5.9
- 426YawatahamaEhime 5.9
- 426KamagayaChiba 5.9
- 439YonagoTottori 5.8
- 439ShimadaShizuoka 5.8
- 439SabaeFukui 5.8
- 439KoshigayaSaitama 5.8
- 439KisarazuChiba 5.8
- 439InaNagano 5.8
- 439HamamatsuShizuoka 5.8
- 439ŌmihachimanShiga 5.8
- 439KosaiShizuoka 5.8
- 448YanagawaFukuoka 5.7
- 448SakaiminatoTottori 5.7
- 448OnoFukui 5.7
- 448NakamuraKochi 5.7
- 448KudamatsuYamaguchi 5.7
- 448KariyaAichi 5.7
- 448HōryūjiNara 5.7
- 448KimitsuChiba 5.7
- 448SakuraChiba 5.7
- 448OmigawaChiba 5.7
- 448KagaIshikawa 5.7
- 459UedaNagano 5.6
- 459ToyotaAichi 5.6
- 459ToyonakaOsaka 5.6
- 459InoKochi 5.6
- 459IchiharaChiba 5.6
- 459ChoshiChiba 5.6
- 465NonoichiIshikawa 5.5
- 465MatsueShimane 5.5
- 465IseMie 5.5
- 465FujiedaShizuoka 5.5
- 465UwajimaEhime 5.5
- 465YachimataChiba 5.5
- 465NasushiobaraTochigi 5.5
- 465KyōtangoKyoto 5.5
- 473KameyamaMie 5.4
- 473KainanWakayama 5.4
- 473HiragiKagawa 5.4
- 476TateyamaChiba 5.3
- 476AsahikawaHokkaido 5.3
- 476YonoOsaka 5.3
- 479HamakitaShizuoka 5.2
- 479TōganeChiba 5.2
- 479KitamiHokkaido 5.2
- 479AsoKumamoto 5.2
- 479SusonoShizuoka 5.2
- 484HikariYamaguchi 5.1
- 484KumanoMie 5.1
- 486HekinanAichi 4.9
- 487ShinagawaEhime 4.7
- 487NankokuKochi 4.7
- 489SumotoHyōgo 4.5
- 489KogaIbaraki 4.5
- 491ShingūWakayama 4.3
- 491SodegauraChiba 4.3
- 493NishiwakiHyōgo 4.2
- 494IbiGifu 4.0
- 494ObihiroHokkaido 4.0
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+
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