SmogRank / Countries / Japan / October 2023
Most polluted cities in Japan, October 2023
499 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Chikugo at 14.0 µg/m³, #73 of 1,686 cities in the world. Cleanest: Ibi at 3.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1ChikugoFukuoka 14.0
- 2NagaiYamagata 13.5
- 3MiyakonojōMiyazaki 12.9
- 4Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka 12.5
- 5HonmachiKumamoto 12.2
- 5KasaokaOkayama 12.2
- 5BizenOkayama 12.2
- 8IyoEhime 12.0
- 8YachiyoChiba 12.0
- 10TamanaKumamoto 11.8
- 11UtoKumamoto 11.6
- 12Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 11.5
- 12TsurusakiOita 11.5
- 14Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 11.4
- 14KumamotoKumamoto 11.4
- 14KirishimaKagoshima 11.4
- 17ŌmutaFukuoka 11.3
- 17KazoSaitama 11.3
- 17Kan’onjichōKagawa 11.3
- 17KogaFukuoka 11.3
- 21SendaiKagoshima 11.2
- 21ŌzuKumamoto 11.2
- 23TakanabeMiyazaki 11.0
- 23KurashikiOkayama 11.0
- 23KagoshimaKagoshima 11.0
- 26AraoKumamoto 10.9
- 27NakatsuOita 10.8
- 27MinamataKumamoto 10.8
- 29YawataKyoto 10.7
- 29NiihamaEhime 10.7
- 29Nara-shiNara 10.7
- 32GyōdaSaitama 10.6
- 32FujinomiyaShizuoka 10.6
- 32KotōKumamoto 10.6
- 32ShikokuchūōEhime 10.6
- 36SandachōHyōgo 10.5
- 36KurumeFukuoka 10.5
- 36Misato, SaitamaSaitama 10.5
- 36HigashigōSaga 10.5
- 40SōjaOkayama 10.4
- 40Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 10.4
- 40IkedachōTokushima 10.4
- 40MatsuyamaEhime 10.4
- 44TamanoOkayama 10.3
- 44KochiKochi 10.3
- 44FukuyamaHiroshima 10.3
- 44HyūgaMiyazaki 10.3
- 44YatomiAichi 10.3
- 49SaikiOita 10.2
- 49SaijōEhime 10.2
- 51YamagaKumamoto 10.1
- 51TsuyamaOkayama 10.1
- 51MinatoWakayama 10.1
- 51ŌitaOita 10.1
- 51Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 10.1
- 51ChikuseiIbaraki 10.1
- 51MimaTokushima 10.1
- 58ZentsujichóKagawa 10.0
- 58AsakuchiOkayama 10.0
- 60KitakyushuFukuoka 9.9
- 60IzumiKagoshima 9.9
- 60IwadeWakayama 9.9
- 60TatsunoHyōgo 9.9
- 64NobeokaMiyazaki 9.8
- 64Kashihara-shiNara 9.8
- 64UkihaFukuoka 9.8
- 67KashimaSaga 9.7
- 68OkayamaOkayama 9.6
- 68KudamatsuYamaguchi 9.6
- 68KashiwaraNara 9.6
- 71TosuSaga 9.5
- 71TakasakiGunma 9.5
- 71TaharaAichi 9.5
- 71ShimonosekiYamaguchi 9.5
- 71SanoTochigi 9.5
- 71NichinanMiyazaki 9.5
- 71NabariMie 9.5
- 71FukuokaFukuoka 9.5
- 71ChigasakiKanagawa 9.5
- 71AmagasakiHyōgo 9.5
- 71HikariYamaguchi 9.5
- 71YameFukuoka 9.5
- 83MiyazakiMiyazaki 9.4
- 83KobayashiMiyazaki 9.4
- 83Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 9.4
- 83Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 9.4
- 83OgōriFukuoka 9.4
- 88YanaiYamaguchi 9.3
- 88ŌtsukiYamanashi 9.3
- 88OnodaYamaguchi 9.3
- 88Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 9.3
- 88KureHiroshima 9.3
- 88KiryūGunma 9.3
- 88HitoyoshiKumamoto 9.3
- 88ShintomiMiyazaki 9.3
- 96UjiKyoto 9.2
- 96TatebayashiGunma 9.2
- 96TakahashiOkayama 9.2
- 96SuzukaMie 9.2
- 96SagaSaga 9.2
- 96MarugameKagawa 9.2
- 96KushikinoKagoshima 9.2
- 96KasukabeSaitama 9.2
- 96Imarichō-kōSaga 9.2
- 96HanyūSaitama 9.2
- 96SugaiKyoto 9.2
- 96TakuSaga 9.2
- 108FukuchiyamaKyoto 9.1
- 108HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 9.1
- 108AyaseKanagawa 9.1
- 111ShidoKagawa 9.0
- 111HandaAichi 9.0
- 111ImabariEhime 9.0
- 111NakaIbaraki 9.0
- 115UbeYamaguchi 8.9
- 115TagawaFukuoka 8.9
- 115HigashinozoeHyōgo 8.9
- 115MiharaHiroshima 8.9
- 115KukichūōSaitama 8.9
- 115IzumoShimane 8.9
- 115NiizaSaitama 8.9
- 115JōsōIbaraki 8.9
- 115BuzenFukuoka 8.9
- 124TogitsuNagasaki 8.8
- 124MifuneKumamoto 8.8
- 124IwakuniYamaguchi 8.8
- 124AomoriAomori 8.8
- 124KōkaShiga 8.8
- 124MineYamaguchi 8.8
- 124YufuOita 8.8
- 131UsukiOita 8.7
- 131Shin’ichiHiroshima 8.7
- 131MenumaSaitama 8.7
- 131KōnosuSaitama 8.7
- 131Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 8.7
- 131KakegawaShizuoka 8.7
- 131AgeoSaitama 8.7
- 131IgaMie 8.7
- 131ShūnanYamaguchi 8.7
- 140AkashiHyōgo 8.6
- 140YokkaichiMie 8.6
- 140YanagawaFukuoka 8.6
- 140OnoHyōgo 8.6
- 140NakamuraKochi 8.6
- 140KawaguchiSaitama 8.6
- 140KameyamaMie 8.6
- 140IshinomakiMiyagi 8.6
- 148Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 8.5
- 148TsuMie 8.5
- 148SusakiKochi 8.5
- 148SōkaSaitama 8.5
- 148ŌtakeHiroshima 8.5
- 148KyotoKyoto 8.5
- 148HiratsukaKanagawa 8.5
- 148BeppuOita 8.5
- 148AnanTokushima 8.5
- 148TsuchiuraIbaraki 8.5
- 148IrumaSaitama 8.5
- 148MatsusakaMie 8.5
- 160YukuhashiFukuoka 8.4
- 160TsukumiuraOita 8.4
- 160TenriNara 8.4
- 160TakinomiyaKagawa 8.4
- 160NōgataFukuoka 8.4
- 160KisarazuChiba 8.4
- 160TōkaiAichi 8.4
- 160NantanKyoto 8.4
- 168YamaguchiYamaguchi 8.3
- 168TakamatsuKagawa 8.3
- 168SaseboNagasaki 8.3
- 168SaikūMie 8.3
- 168NodaChiba 8.3
- 168MorohongōSaitama 8.3
- 168KurihamaKanagawa 8.3
- 168KogaFukuoka 8.3
- 168KandaFukuoka 8.3
- 168GionHiroshima 8.3
- 168ChiryūAichi 8.3
- 168KumanoMie 8.3
- 180TokushimaTokushima 8.2
- 180TakeoSaga 8.2
- 180Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 8.2
- 180OnomichiHiroshima 8.2
- 180NishinomiyaHyōgo 8.2
- 180NagasakiNagasaki 8.2
- 180KofuYamanashi 8.2
- 180AkiKochi 8.2
- 180MitoIbaraki 8.2
- 180ChibaChiba 8.2
- 180Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 8.2
- 180AmamiKagoshima 8.2
- 180AridaWakayama 8.2
- 180NankokuKochi 8.2
- 180ItoshimaFukuoka 8.2
- 180YoshinogawaTokushima 8.2
- 180UnnanShimane 8.2
- 197YokosukaKanagawa 8.1
- 197TakeharaHiroshima 8.1
- 197OwaseMie 8.1
- 197OkazakiAichi 8.1
- 197InoKochi 8.1
- 197SaitamaSaitama 8.1
- 197YawatahamaEhime 8.1
- 197TsushimaNagasaki 8.1
- 197KaminomaAichi 8.1
- 206MiyoshiHiroshima 8.0
- 206KōtariKyoto 8.0
- 206Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 8.0
- 206NagatoYamaguchi 8.0
- 206MinawaKanagawa 8.0
- 206AsoKumamoto 8.0
- 206InzaiChiba 8.0
- 206WakasugiFukuoka 8.0
- 206JōyōKyoto 8.0
- 215TokorozawaSaitama 7.9
- 215ŌmuraNagasaki 7.9
- 215MinamirinkanKanagawa 7.9
- 215KoshigayaSaitama 7.9
- 215KainanWakayama 7.9
- 215HōfuYamaguchi 7.9
- 215FukuroiShizuoka 7.9
- 215KimitsuChiba 7.9
- 215YachimataChiba 7.9
- 215OwariasahiAichi 7.9
- 215KasugaFukuoka 7.9
- 226YoukaichiShiga 7.8
- 226ShimodaShizuoka 7.8
- 226SekimachiGifu 7.8
- 226SakadoSaitama 7.8
- 226MatsudoChiba 7.8
- 226KumagayaSaitama 7.8
- 226IseMie 7.8
- 226IsahayaNagasaki 7.8
- 226ChichibuSaitama 7.8
- 226UwajimaEhime 7.8
- 226YotsukaidōChiba 7.8
- 226BandōIbaraki 7.8
- 226TakashimaShiga 7.8
- 239UrayasuChiba 7.7
- 239UozuToyama 7.7
- 239TakarazukaHyōgo 7.7
- 239OyamaTochigi 7.7
- 239ŌtsuShiga 7.7
- 239ŌtaGunma 7.7
- 239NagoyaAichi 7.7
- 239IkarugaHyōgo 7.7
- 239AnjōAichi 7.7
- 239NaritaChiba 7.7
- 239HiragiKagawa 7.7
- 239KizugawaKyoto 7.7
- 251Tottori-shiTottori 7.6
- 251TokyoTokyo 7.6
- 251ŌmeTokyo 7.6
- 251KusatsuShiga 7.6
- 251KobeHyōgo 7.6
- 251KashiwaChiba 7.6
- 251YoshiokaMiyagi 7.6
- 251IwanumaMiyagi 7.6
- 259YoriiSaitama 7.5
- 259YokotaTokyo 7.5
- 259YokohamaKanagawa 7.5
- 259YasugichōShimane 7.5
- 259ShinagawaEhime 7.5
- 259MasudaShimane 7.5
- 259KaratsuSaga 7.5
- 259KaminokawaTochigi 7.5
- 259KameokaKyoto 7.5
- 259HiroshimaHiroshima 7.5
- 259HimejiHyōgo 7.5
- 259GifuGifu 7.5
- 259FujiShizuoka 7.5
- 259TorideIbaraki 7.5
- 259SagaeYamagata 7.5
- 259AjikiChiba 7.5
- 259KuwanaMie 7.5
- 259YamatoKanagawa 7.5
- 259KamagayaChiba 7.5
- 278AtsugiKanagawa 7.4
- 278Sakai-nakajimaGunma 7.4
- 278KawagoeSaitama 7.4
- 278KamakuraKanagawa 7.4
- 278HannōSaitama 7.4
- 278HadanoKanagawa 7.4
- 278AshikagaTochigi 7.4
- 278KamisuIbaraki 7.4
- 278MatsuuraNagasaki 7.4
- 278InabeMie 7.4
- 278KosaiShizuoka 7.4
- 278SusonoShizuoka 7.4
- 290ToyookaHyōgo 7.3
- 290ToyohashiAichi 7.3
- 290Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 7.3
- 290ObitaNagasaki 7.3
- 290NumazuShizuoka 7.3
- 290NakamaFukuoka 7.3
- 290MatsueShimane 7.3
- 290AiharaKanagawa 7.3
- 290MiuraKanagawa 7.3
- 290YokoshibaChiba 7.3
- 290ŌharaChiba 7.3
- 290MobaraChiba 7.3
- 290IchiharaChiba 7.3
- 303UtsunomiyaTochigi 7.2
- 303SakataYamagata 7.2
- 303ObamaFukui 7.2
- 303GōtsuchōShimane 7.2
- 303GobōWakayama 7.2
- 303ShinjōYamagata 7.2
- 303KōriyamaFukushima 7.2
- 303EbinaKanagawa 7.2
- 303KodairaTokyo 7.2
- 312OdawaraKanagawa 7.1
- 312NishiwakiHyōgo 7.1
- 312IchinomiyaAichi 7.1
- 312HōryūjiNara 7.1
- 312HonjōSaitama 7.1
- 312HikoneShiga 7.1
- 312HamamatsuShizuoka 7.1
- 312FujisawaKanagawa 7.1
- 312FujiedaShizuoka 7.1
- 312SayamaSaitama 7.1
- 312SōmaFukushima 7.1
- 312AzaminoKanagawa 7.1
- 312MunakataFukuoka 7.1
- 312GotōNagasaki 7.1
- 326TokonameAichi 7.0
- 326TanabeWakayama 7.0
- 326SetoAichi 7.0
- 326NishioAichi 7.0
- 326KariyaAichi 7.0
- 326IwataShizuoka 7.0
- 326ItoigawaNiigata 7.0
- 326HimimachiToyama 7.0
- 326Fukui-shiFukui 7.0
- 326AyabeKyoto 7.0
- 326SakuraChiba 7.0
- 326ChitoseHokkaido 7.0
- 326InashikiIbaraki 7.0
- 326SōsaChiba 7.0
- 326NarashinoChiba 7.0
- 341TakaokaToyama 6.9
- 341SuzakaNagano 6.9
- 341ShizuokaShizuoka 6.9
- 341ShibataNiigata 6.9
- 341IidaNagano 6.9
- 341HagiYamaguchi 6.9
- 341YokoteAkita 6.9
- 341TōganeChiba 6.9
- 341MoriokaIwate 6.9
- 341KikugawaShizuoka 6.9
- 341JōetsuNiigata 6.9
- 341HigashikurumeTokyo 6.9
- 341MizuhoGifu 6.9
- 341SaikaiNagasaki 6.9
- 355YaeHiroshima 6.8
- 355Ueno-ebisumachiMie 6.8
- 355TomiokaGunma 6.8
- 355TajimiGifu 6.8
- 355NamerikawaToyama 6.8
- 355NagahamaShiga 6.8
- 355MikuniFukui 6.8
- 355MachidaTokyo 6.8
- 355HekinanAichi 6.8
- 355GamagōriAichi 6.8
- 355AtamiShizuoka 6.8
- 355YamagataYamagata 6.8
- 355MookaTochigi 6.8
- 355HokotaIbaraki 6.8
- 355AkishimaTokyo 6.8
- 355FuchūTokyo 6.8
- 355AmaAichi 6.8
- 372YonagoTottori 6.7
- 372ShibukawaGunma 6.7
- 372MiyazuKyoto 6.7
- 372HamadaShimane 6.7
- 372ŌmihachimanShiga 6.7
- 372Natori-shiMiyagi 6.7
- 372HashimaGifu 6.7
- 379KitahamaShiga 6.6
- 379IkomaNara 6.6
- 379HigashineYamagata 6.6
- 379GoshogawaraAomori 6.6
- 379MinamiashigaraKanagawa 6.6
- 379ImizuToyama 6.6
- 379NoboritoKanagawa 6.6
- 379FujiyoshidaYamanashi 6.6
- 387ToyamaToyama 6.5
- 387TobaMie 6.5
- 387TateyamaChiba 6.5
- 387NiimiOkayama 6.5
- 387Minami-AlpsYamanashi 6.5
- 392NyūzenToyama 6.4
- 392MatsumotoNagano 6.4
- 392KanoyaKagoshima 6.4
- 392Kashima-shiIbaraki 6.4
- 392HachiōjiTokyo 6.4
- 392OmigawaChiba 6.4
- 392IchinosekiIwate 6.4
- 392ChikumaNagano 6.4
- 392HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 6.4
- 392IzunokuniShizuoka 6.4
- 392NisshinAichi 6.4
- 403TsurugaFukui 6.3
- 403ToyotaAichi 6.3
- 403ShimadaShizuoka 6.3
- 403ShimaMie 6.3
- 403NoshiroAkita 6.3
- 403Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 6.3
- 403ShirakawaFukushima 6.3
- 410YaitaTochigi 6.2
- 410TochigiTochigi 6.2
- 410SuwaNagano 6.2
- 410OkayaNagano 6.2
- 410OgawamachiSaitama 6.2
- 410MuroranHokkaido 6.2
- 410SodegauraChiba 6.2
- 417SakaiminatoTottori 6.1
- 417NakanojōGunma 6.1
- 417IwakiFukushima 6.1
- 417AkitaAkita 6.1
- 417KitamiHokkaido 6.1
- 417HachinoheAomori 6.1
- 417ŌsakiMiyagi 6.1
- 417KaizuGifu 6.1
- 417SadoNiigata 6.1
- 417HigashimurayamaTokyo 6.1
- 427NanaoIshikawa 6.0
- 427MaizuruKyoto 6.0
- 427MatsushimaMiyagi 6.0
- 427HanamakiIwate 6.0
- 427HirosakiAomori 6.0
- 427AsahikawaHokkaido 6.0
- 427MinokamoGifu 6.0
- 427KyōtangoKyoto 6.0
- 435KogaIbaraki 5.9
- 435KakamigaharaGifu 5.9
- 435InuyamaAichi 5.9
- 435ImaichiTochigi 5.9
- 435ShiroishiMiyagi 5.9
- 435Minami-SōmaFukushima 5.9
- 435OgaAkita 5.9
- 435YurihonjōAkita 5.9
- 443UedaNagano 5.8
- 443HamakitaShizuoka 5.8
- 443KesennumaMiyagi 5.8
- 443ChoshiChiba 5.8
- 443Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 5.8
- 443TomeMiyagi 5.8
- 443IkiNagasaki 5.8
- 450TsuruokaYamagata 5.7
- 450SumotoHyōgo 5.7
- 450OnoFukui 5.7
- 450Niitsu-honchōNiigata 5.7
- 450KomatsuIshikawa 5.7
- 450TonamiToyama 5.7
- 450NasukarasuyamaTochigi 5.7
- 457MatsutōIshikawa 5.6
- 457KanumaTochigi 5.6
- 457YonezawaYamagata 5.6
- 460NumataGunma 5.5
- 461ShironeNiigata 5.4
- 461ShinshiroAichi 5.4
- 461Kameda-honchōNiigata 5.4
- 461MiyakoIwate 5.4
- 461KasamaIbaraki 5.4
- 466ShingūWakayama 5.3
- 466NiigataNiigata 5.3
- 466WakuyaMiyagi 5.3
- 466SendaiMiyagi 5.3
- 466KitaibarakiIbaraki 5.3
- 466TomakomaiHokkaido 5.3
- 466SapporoHokkaido 5.3
- 466ShonaiYamagata 5.3
- 474SabaeFukui 5.2
- 474NaganoNagano 5.2
- 474HitachiIbaraki 5.2
- 474ŌdateAkita 5.2
- 474ŌshūIwate 5.2
- 479HakuiIshikawa 5.1
- 479Tagajō-shiMiyagi 5.1
- 479MinamiuonumaNiigata 5.1
- 482TakayamaGifu 5.0
- 482KanazawaIshikawa 5.0
- 482HakodateHokkaido 5.0
- 482KagaIshikawa 5.0
- 486KuriharaMiyagi 4.9
- 486TakizawaIwate 4.9
- 488InaNagano 4.8
- 489OyabeToyama 4.7
- 490ObihiroHokkaido 4.6
- 491MakiNiigata 4.5
- 492KujiIwate 4.4
- 493NonoichiIshikawa 4.3
- 493KushiroHokkaido 4.3
- 495TsubataIshikawa 4.2
- 495AnamizuIshikawa 4.2
- 497GeroGifu 3.9
- 498KamaishiIwate 3.6
- 499IbiGifu 3.4
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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