SmogRank / World / Japan / September 2023
Most polluted cities in Japan, September 2023
514 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Nagai at 15.9 µg/m³, #95 of 1,830 cities in the world. Cleanest: Obihiro at 3.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
← Nagai 15.9
- 1NagaiYamagata 15.9
- 2MinamataKumamoto 14.2
- 2IyoEhime 14.2
- 4HonmachiKumamoto 13.7
- 5TakasakiGunma 12.9
- 5NiihamaEhime 12.9
- 7KasaokaOkayama 12.7
- 8YatomiAichi 12.5
- 9SanoTochigi 12.4
- 10ShikokuchūōEhime 12.1
- 11TamanaKumamoto 11.6
- 12ŌtsukiYamanashi 11.2
- 12KirishimaKagoshima 11.2
- 12BizenOkayama 11.2
- 15Kan’onjichōKagawa 11.1
- 15FujinomiyaShizuoka 11.1
- 17NakatsuOita 10.8
- 17ImabariEhime 10.8
- 19MiyakonojōMiyazaki 10.7
- 19KiryūGunma 10.7
- 19ChikuseiIbaraki 10.7
- 22Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 10.6
- 23TsurusakiOita 10.5
- 23SandachōHyōgo 10.5
- 23Nara-shiNara 10.5
- 23MimaTokushima 10.5
- 27SendaiKagoshima 10.4
- 27IkedachōTokushima 10.4
- 27SaijōEhime 10.4
- 30ŌzuKumamoto 10.3
- 30MatsuyamaEhime 10.3
- 32KazoSaitama 10.2
- 33KagoshimaKagoshima 10.1
- 34TatsunoHyōgo 10.0
- 35ZentsujichóKagawa 9.9
- 35Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 9.9
- 35GyōdaSaitama 9.9
- 35MinamikyushuKagoshima 9.9
- 39ŌmutaFukuoka 9.8
- 39ŌitaOita 9.8
- 39Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 9.8
- 39HitoyoshiKumamoto 9.8
- 43UozuToyama 9.7
- 43KobayashiMiyazaki 9.7
- 43IzumiKagoshima 9.7
- 43YameFukuoka 9.7
- 47YamagaKumamoto 9.6
- 47MarugameKagawa 9.6
- 47KureHiroshima 9.6
- 47Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 9.6
- 47KotōKumamoto 9.6
- 47AraoKumamoto 9.6
- 53UtoKumamoto 9.5
- 53KochiKochi 9.5
- 53FukuyamaHiroshima 9.5
- 53UkihaFukuoka 9.5
- 57TamanoOkayama 9.4
- 57IshinomakiMiyagi 9.4
- 59OkayaNagano 9.3
- 59KurumeFukuoka 9.3
- 59KumamotoKumamoto 9.3
- 59KitakyushuFukuoka 9.3
- 59KashimaSaga 9.3
- 59IgusaSaitama 9.3
- 59AshikagaTochigi 9.3
- 59Misato, SaitamaSaitama 9.3
- 59SayamaOsaka 9.3
- 68SaikiOita 9.2
- 68OnomichiHiroshima 9.2
- 68NobeokaMiyazaki 9.2
- 68MiharaHiroshima 9.2
- 68KofuYamanashi 9.2
- 68KogaFukuoka 9.2
- 68AyaseKanagawa 9.2
- 75TakaokaToyama 9.1
- 75SaseboNagasaki 9.1
- 75ŌmuraNagasaki 9.1
- 75NamerikawaToyama 9.1
- 75NagasakiNagasaki 9.1
- 75AgeoSaitama 9.1
- 81Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 9.0
- 81TakanabeMiyazaki 9.0
- 81TakahashiOkayama 9.0
- 81ObitaNagasaki 9.0
- 81Kashihara-shiNara 9.0
- 81Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 9.0
- 81HikoneShiga 9.0
- 88YokkaichiMie 8.9
- 88TogitsuNagasaki 8.9
- 88Shin’ichiHiroshima 8.9
- 88ShidoKagawa 8.9
- 88ŌtakeHiroshima 8.9
- 88NagahamaShiga 8.9
- 88MifuneKumamoto 8.9
- 88Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 8.9
- 88KyotoKyoto 8.9
- 88KurashikiOkayama 8.9
- 88IwakuniYamaguchi 8.9
- 88IizukaFukuoka 8.9
- 88AomoriAomori 8.9
- 88IrumaSaitama 8.9
- 102ToyamaToyama 8.8
- 102TatebayashiGunma 8.8
- 102OnodaYamaguchi 8.8
- 102ŌmeTokyo 8.8
- 102MinamirinkanKanagawa 8.8
- 102IwadeWakayama 8.8
- 102IsahayaNagasaki 8.8
- 102Imarichō-kōSaga 8.8
- 102HanyūSaitama 8.8
- 102GifuGifu 8.8
- 102AiharaKanagawa 8.8
- 102SagaeYamagata 8.8
- 114Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 8.7
- 114SakataYamagata 8.7
- 114Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 8.7
- 114IkomaNara 8.7
- 114FukuokaFukuoka 8.7
- 114TsuchiuraIbaraki 8.7
- 114HigashigōSaga 8.7
- 121TsuyamaOkayama 8.6
- 121TsuruokaYamagata 8.6
- 121TsuMie 8.6
- 121SōjaOkayama 8.6
- 121MinatoWakayama 8.6
- 121MenumaSaitama 8.6
- 121KashiwaraNara 8.6
- 121ChigasakiKanagawa 8.6
- 121NakaIbaraki 8.6
- 121HitachiomiyaIbaraki 8.6
- 121TakashimaShiga 8.6
- 121InabeMie 8.6
- 121HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 8.6
- 121KunisakiOita 8.6
- 135KandaFukuoka 8.5
- 135NeyagawaOsaka 8.5
- 135IgaMie 8.5
- 135KuwanaMie 8.5
- 139AkashiHyōgo 8.4
- 139YoukaichiShiga 8.4
- 139UbeYamaguchi 8.4
- 139SuzukaMie 8.4
- 139ShibukawaGunma 8.4
- 139SekimachiGifu 8.4
- 139SakaiOsaka 8.4
- 139OkayamaOkayama 8.4
- 139NagoyaAichi 8.4
- 139ImaichiTochigi 8.4
- 139HōfuYamaguchi 8.4
- 139MinawaKanagawa 8.4
- 139OwariasahiAichi 8.4
- 139BuzenFukuoka 8.4
- 139SugaiKyoto 8.4
- 139TakuSaga 8.4
- 139MineYamaguchi 8.4
- 139TōkaiAichi 8.4
- 139ShūnanYamaguchi 8.4
- 158YanaiYamaguchi 8.3
- 158YamaguchiYamaguchi 8.3
- 158ObamaFukui 8.3
- 158NabariMie 8.3
- 158MiyazakiMiyazaki 8.3
- 158MikuniFukui 8.3
- 158HandaAichi 8.3
- 158GionHiroshima 8.3
- 158AyabeKyoto 8.3
- 158YonezawaYamagata 8.3
- 158ShinjōYamagata 8.3
- 158JōetsuNiigata 8.3
- 158NantanKyoto 8.3
- 171YoriiSaitama 8.2
- 171YawataKyoto 8.2
- 171UjiKyoto 8.2
- 171SagaSaga 8.2
- 171HigashinozoeHyōgo 8.2
- 171FukuroiShizuoka 8.2
- 171AnanTokushima 8.2
- 171IwanumaMiyagi 8.2
- 171FukushimaFukushima 8.2
- 171NiizaSaitama 8.2
- 171HashimaGifu 8.2
- 171HyūgaMiyazaki 8.2
- 171KodairaTokyo 8.2
- 171SaikaiNagasaki 8.2
- 185YaeHiroshima 8.1
- 185UtsunomiyaTochigi 8.1
- 185TakeoSaga 8.1
- 185TaharaAichi 8.1
- 185ShimonosekiYamaguchi 8.1
- 185OkazakiAichi 8.1
- 185Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 8.1
- 185NagoOkinawa 8.1
- 185KaminokawaTochigi 8.1
- 185HigashiosakaOsaka 8.1
- 185YoshiokaMiyagi 8.1
- 185AkishimaTokyo 8.1
- 185KaizuGifu 8.1
- 185OgōriFukuoka 8.1
- 185JōyōKyoto 8.1
- 185AsakuchiOkayama 8.1
- 201YukuhashiFukuoka 8.0
- 201Tottori-shiTottori 8.0
- 201ŌtsuShiga 8.0
- 201KōnosuSaitama 8.0
- 201IwataShizuoka 8.0
- 201IkarugaHyōgo 8.0
- 201Fukui-shiFukui 8.0
- 201AnjōAichi 8.0
- 201Natori-shiMiyagi 8.0
- 201KōriyamaFukushima 8.0
- 201MatsuuraNagasaki 8.0
- 201Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 8.0
- 201MinokamoGifu 8.0
- 201MatsusakaMie 8.0
- 201ItoshimaFukuoka 8.0
- 216YaitaTochigi 7.9
- 216TakamatsuKagawa 7.9
- 216MiyoshiHiroshima 7.9
- 216KogaFukuoka 7.9
- 216IzumoShimane 7.9
- 216IchinomiyaAichi 7.9
- 216ImizuToyama 7.9
- 216YawatahamaEhime 7.9
- 216GotōNagasaki 7.9
- 225YaoOsaka 7.8
- 225TosuSaga 7.8
- 225TakinomiyaKagawa 7.8
- 225TajimiGifu 7.8
- 225SetoAichi 7.8
- 225NyūzenToyama 7.8
- 225NōgataFukuoka 7.8
- 225NichinanMiyazaki 7.8
- 225ChiryūAichi 7.8
- 225ChichibuSaitama 7.8
- 225AmagasakiHyōgo 7.8
- 225MookaTochigi 7.8
- 225KōkaShiga 7.8
- 225Kawachi-NaganoOsaka 7.8
- 225MizuhoGifu 7.8
- 240TokorozawaSaitama 7.7
- 240TenriNara 7.7
- 240TakeharaHiroshima 7.7
- 240TagawaFukuoka 7.7
- 240SuwaNagano 7.7
- 240SaikūMie 7.7
- 240OyamaTochigi 7.7
- 240OsakaOsaka 7.7
- 240OnoHyōgo 7.7
- 240KukichūōSaitama 7.7
- 240KudamatsuYamaguchi 7.7
- 240KawaguchiSaitama 7.7
- 240HonjōSaitama 7.7
- 240HiroshimaHiroshima 7.7
- 240HimejiHyōgo 7.7
- 240SayamaSaitama 7.7
- 240KaminomaAichi 7.7
- 257TobaMie 7.6
- 257TakarazukaHyōgo 7.6
- 257ShibataNiigata 7.6
- 257SakadoSaitama 7.6
- 257NishinomiyaHyōgo 7.6
- 257MiyazuKyoto 7.6
- 257KameokaKyoto 7.6
- 257HadanoKanagawa 7.6
- 257HachiōjiTokyo 7.6
- 257AtamiShizuoka 7.6
- 257AsakaSaitama 7.6
- 257IwakiFukushima 7.6
- 257ChibaChiba 7.6
- 257KizugawaKyoto 7.6
- 271YasugichōShimane 7.5
- 271TsukumiuraOita 7.5
- 271TomiokaGunma 7.5
- 271OwaseMie 7.5
- 271KōtariKyoto 7.5
- 271KawagoeSaitama 7.5
- 271KasukabeSaitama 7.5
- 271Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 7.5
- 271HagiYamaguchi 7.5
- 271FukuchiyamaKyoto 7.5
- 271UwajimaEhime 7.5
- 271YamagataYamagata 7.5
- 271HigashineYamagata 7.5
- 284TsurugaFukui 7.4
- 284TokonameAichi 7.4
- 284Sakai-nakajimaGunma 7.4
- 284NishioAichi 7.4
- 284NakanojōGunma 7.4
- 284NakamaFukuoka 7.4
- 284MatsumotoNagano 7.4
- 284KusatsuShiga 7.4
- 284KitahamaShiga 7.4
- 284HiratsukaKanagawa 7.4
- 284HirakataOsaka 7.4
- 284ChitoseHokkaido 7.4
- 284BandōIbaraki 7.4
- 284JōsōIbaraki 7.4
- 284ŌsakiMiyagi 7.4
- 284HiragiKagawa 7.4
- 284HigashikurumeTokyo 7.4
- 284AridaWakayama 7.4
- 302Ueno-ebisumachiMie 7.3
- 302KobeHyōgo 7.3
- 302KishiwadaOsaka 7.3
- 302KameyamaMie 7.3
- 302IzumisanoOsaka 7.3
- 302HimimachiToyama 7.3
- 302NagatoYamaguchi 7.3
- 302SendaiMiyagi 7.3
- 302SōmaFukushima 7.3
- 302NasukarasuyamaTochigi 7.3
- 302HigashimurayamaTokyo 7.3
- 302ShonaiYamagata 7.3
- 314YanagawaFukuoka 7.2
- 314UrayasuChiba 7.2
- 314TondabayashichōOsaka 7.2
- 314TokyoTokyo 7.2
- 314SōkaSaitama 7.2
- 314ShinagawaEhime 7.2
- 314NumataGunma 7.2
- 314NiimiOkayama 7.2
- 314IzumiOsaka 7.2
- 314ItoigawaNiigata 7.2
- 314HikariYamaguchi 7.2
- 314AsoKumamoto 7.2
- 314MunakataFukuoka 7.2
- 327TokushimaTokushima 7.1
- 327OdawaraKanagawa 7.1
- 327Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 7.1
- 327MachidaTokyo 7.1
- 327KurihamaKanagawa 7.1
- 327KumagayaSaitama 7.1
- 327ShiroishiMiyagi 7.1
- 327KamisuIbaraki 7.1
- 327SaitamaSaitama 7.1
- 327FuchūTokyo 7.1
- 327AmaAichi 7.1
- 327ShirakawaFukushima 7.1
- 327YoshinogawaTokushima 7.1
- 340AtsugiKanagawa 7.0
- 340YokohamaKanagawa 7.0
- 340SabaeFukui 7.0
- 340NumazuShizuoka 7.0
- 340NodaChiba 7.0
- 340Niitsu-honchōNiigata 7.0
- 340MasudaShimane 7.0
- 340KanumaTochigi 7.0
- 340KamakuraKanagawa 7.0
- 340KakegawaShizuoka 7.0
- 340KakamigaharaGifu 7.0
- 340IseMie 7.0
- 340HamadaShimane 7.0
- 340FujiShizuoka 7.0
- 340YokoteAkita 7.0
- 340MatsushimaMiyagi 7.0
- 340HokotaIbaraki 7.0
- 340Minami-SōmaFukushima 7.0
- 340YamatoKanagawa 7.0
- 359TochigiTochigi 6.9
- 359ŌtaGunma 6.9
- 359KariyaAichi 6.9
- 359KaratsuSaga 6.9
- 359ŌmihachimanShiga 6.9
- 359GōtsuchōShimane 6.9
- 359MiuraKanagawa 6.9
- 359MoriokaIwate 6.9
- 359KesennumaMiyagi 6.9
- 359Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 6.9
- 359HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 6.9
- 359SennanOsaka 6.9
- 359TsushimaNagasaki 6.9
- 359AzaminoKanagawa 6.9
- 373YokotaTokyo 6.8
- 373MatsudoChiba 6.8
- 373MaizuruKyoto 6.8
- 373HōryūjiNara 6.8
- 373ChikumaNagano 6.8
- 373TonamiToyama 6.8
- 373KumanoMie 6.8
- 373SadoNiigata 6.8
- 373HabikinoOsaka 6.8
- 373Minami-AlpsYamanashi 6.8
- 383YokosukaKanagawa 6.7
- 383ToyotaAichi 6.7
- 383ToyookaHyōgo 6.7
- 383OnoFukui 6.7
- 383OgawamachiSaitama 6.7
- 383NaganoNagano 6.7
- 383HekinanAichi 6.7
- 383GamagōriAichi 6.7
- 383IchinosekiIwate 6.7
- 383SusonoShizuoka 6.7
- 393ToyonakaOsaka 6.6
- 393KomatsuIshikawa 6.6
- 393KainanWakayama 6.6
- 393InuyamaAichi 6.6
- 393Tagajō-shiMiyagi 6.6
- 393NaritaChiba 6.6
- 393HitachiIbaraki 6.6
- 393GoshogawaraAomori 6.6
- 393MinamiashigaraKanagawa 6.6
- 393InzaiChiba 6.6
- 393NisshinAichi 6.6
- 404TakayamaGifu 6.5
- 404NiigataNiigata 6.5
- 404KashiwaChiba 6.5
- 404GobōWakayama 6.5
- 404FujisawaKanagawa 6.5
- 404KimitsuChiba 6.5
- 404InashikiIbaraki 6.5
- 404FujiyoshidaYamanashi 6.5
- 412YonagoTottori 6.4
- 412ShizuokaShizuoka 6.4
- 412ShironeNiigata 6.4
- 412TorideIbaraki 6.4
- 412KasamaIbaraki 6.4
- 412NoboritoKanagawa 6.4
- 412KyōtangoKyoto 6.4
- 419ShimadaShizuoka 6.3
- 419Kameda-honchōNiigata 6.3
- 419IidaNagano 6.3
- 419HamamatsuShizuoka 6.3
- 419FujiedaShizuoka 6.3
- 419HanamakiIwate 6.3
- 419EbinaKanagawa 6.3
- 419Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 6.3
- 419UnnanShimane 6.3
- 428NanaoIshikawa 6.2
- 428MatsutōIshikawa 6.2
- 428KoshigayaSaitama 6.2
- 428KisarazuChiba 6.2
- 428KanazawaIshikawa 6.2
- 428YokoshibaChiba 6.2
- 428NoshiroAkita 6.2
- 428HachinoheAomori 6.2
- 428AmamiKagoshima 6.2
- 428KamagayaChiba 6.2
- 428NarashinoChiba 6.2
- 439ToyohashiAichi 6.1
- 439TanabeWakayama 6.1
- 439SuzakaNagano 6.1
- 439SusakiKochi 6.1
- 439MakiNiigata 6.1
- 439Kashima-shiIbaraki 6.1
- 439YotsukaidōChiba 6.1
- 439IchiharaChiba 6.1
- 439HirosakiAomori 6.1
- 439MinamiuonumaNiigata 6.1
- 439YonoOsaka 6.1
- 450ShimaMie 6.0
- 450HakuiIshikawa 6.0
- 450YachimataChiba 6.0
- 450ŌharaChiba 6.0
- 450KikugawaShizuoka 6.0
- 450KosaiShizuoka 6.0
- 450NankokuKochi 6.0
- 457TakatsukiOsaka 5.9
- 457NishiwakiHyōgo 5.9
- 457NakamuraKochi 5.9
- 457KitaibarakiIbaraki 5.9
- 457AjikiChiba 5.9
- 457SōsaChiba 5.9
- 457KuriharaMiyagi 5.9
- 464SakaiminatoTottori 5.8
- 464SakuraChiba 5.8
- 464OmigawaChiba 5.8
- 464MobaraChiba 5.8
- 464AkitaAkita 5.8
- 464OyabeToyama 5.8
- 464TomeMiyagi 5.8
- 464IkiNagasaki 5.8
- 472InoKochi 5.7
- 472ChoshiChiba 5.7
- 472MinamichitaAichi 5.7
- 475TateyamaChiba 5.6
- 475NahaOkinawa 5.6
- 475IshigakiOkinawa 5.6
- 475MiyakoIwate 5.6
- 475AsahikawaHokkaido 5.6
- 475IzunokuniShizuoka 5.6
- 475OgaAkita 5.6
- 482GeroGifu 5.5
- 482HamakitaShizuoka 5.5
- 482OkinawaOkinawa 5.5
- 482NasushiobaraTochigi 5.5
- 482TakizawaIwate 5.5
- 487InaNagano 5.4
- 487TōganeChiba 5.4
- 489MatsueShimane 5.3
- 489WakuyaMiyagi 5.3
- 489ŌdateAkita 5.3
- 489KagaIshikawa 5.3
- 489YurihonjōAkita 5.3
- 494UedaNagano 5.1
- 494SumotoHyōgo 5.1
- 494MiyakojimaOkinawa 5.1
- 497NonoichiIshikawa 5.0
- 497ŌshūIwate 5.0
- 497SodegauraChiba 5.0
- 500KamaishiIwate 4.9
- 500TomakomaiHokkaido 4.9
- 500SapporoHokkaido 4.9
- 503ShinshiroAichi 4.8
- 503KogaIbaraki 4.8
- 503KitamiHokkaido 4.8
- 506KushiroHokkaido 4.7
- 507ShingūWakayama 4.6
- 507KanoyaKagoshima 4.6
- 507AnamizuIshikawa 4.6
- 507HakodateHokkaido 4.6
- 511TsubataIshikawa 4.5
- 512KujiIwate 4.4
- 513IbiGifu 4.0
- 514ObihiroHokkaido 3.6
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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