SmogRank / Countries / Japan / November 2023
Most polluted cities in Japan, November 2023
488 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 30 days. Worst: Kurashiki at 15.7 µg/m³, #92 of 1,891 cities in the world. Cleanest: Ibi at 3.8. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1KurashikiOkayama 15.7
- 2KasaokaOkayama 15.5
- 3ChikugoFukuoka 15.1
- 4ChikuseiIbaraki 14.9
- 5NagaiYamagata 14.6
- 5YatomiAichi 14.6
- 7MiyakonojōMiyazaki 14.4
- 8Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka 14.3
- 9KazoSaitama 14.1
- 10Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 14.0
- 10SōjaOkayama 14.0
- 12Misato, SaitamaSaitama 13.9
- 13SanoTochigi 13.7
- 14Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 13.6
- 14Kan’onjichōKagawa 13.6
- 16ŌmutaFukuoka 13.5
- 17UtoKumamoto 13.3
- 17Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 13.3
- 19YokkaichiMie 13.2
- 19HonmachiKumamoto 13.2
- 21KōnosuSaitama 13.0
- 21HigashigōSaga 13.0
- 23KasukabeSaitama 12.9
- 23GyōdaSaitama 12.9
- 25YawataKyoto 12.8
- 25NodaChiba 12.8
- 25HanyūSaitama 12.8
- 25AsakuchiOkayama 12.8
- 29KumamotoKumamoto 12.7
- 29JōsōIbaraki 12.7
- 29KogaFukuoka 12.7
- 32TamanoOkayama 12.6
- 32SōkaSaitama 12.6
- 32IgusaSaitama 12.6
- 32KirishimaKagoshima 12.6
- 36TamanaKumamoto 12.5
- 36KurumeFukuoka 12.5
- 36KukichūōSaitama 12.5
- 36FukuyamaHiroshima 12.5
- 36TsuchiuraIbaraki 12.5
- 41SuzukaMie 12.4
- 41Nara-shiNara 12.4
- 41AraoKumamoto 12.4
- 44HigashinozoeHyōgo 12.3
- 44AgeoSaitama 12.3
- 44BizenOkayama 12.3
- 47Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 12.2
- 48ŌzuKumamoto 12.1
- 49TaharaAichi 12.0
- 49SendaiKagoshima 12.0
- 49MenumaSaitama 12.0
- 49NakaIbaraki 12.0
- 53YamagaKumamoto 11.9
- 53TagawaFukuoka 11.9
- 53Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 11.9
- 53Imarichō-kōSaga 11.9
- 53IyoEhime 11.9
- 58TsuyamaOkayama 11.8
- 58KitakyushuFukuoka 11.8
- 58KawaguchiSaitama 11.8
- 58FukuokaFukuoka 11.8
- 58KotōKumamoto 11.8
- 58ShikokuchūōEhime 11.8
- 64TsurusakiOita 11.7
- 64TakanabeMiyazaki 11.7
- 64NabariMie 11.7
- 64HandaAichi 11.7
- 64Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 11.7
- 69TakahashiOkayama 11.6
- 69NiihamaEhime 11.6
- 69MinamataKumamoto 11.6
- 69BandōIbaraki 11.6
- 69NiizaSaitama 11.6
- 74NōgataFukuoka 11.5
- 74MorohongōSaitama 11.5
- 74KumagayaSaitama 11.5
- 74KakegawaShizuoka 11.5
- 74AmagasakiHyōgo 11.5
- 74AsakaSaitama 11.5
- 74SaijōEhime 11.5
- 81TokonameAichi 11.4
- 81NichinanMiyazaki 11.4
- 81NakatsuOita 11.4
- 81KashimaSaga 11.4
- 81Kashihara-shiNara 11.4
- 81KameyamaMie 11.4
- 81OgōriFukuoka 11.4
- 88TosuSaga 11.3
- 88SagaSaga 11.3
- 88IrumaSaitama 11.3
- 88SugaiKyoto 11.3
- 92ZentsujichóKagawa 11.2
- 92ShimonosekiYamaguchi 11.2
- 92SandachōHyōgo 11.2
- 92KoshigayaSaitama 11.2
- 92Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 11.2
- 92SaitamaSaitama 11.2
- 92MatsusakaMie 11.2
- 92TakuSaga 11.2
- 100Sakai-nakajimaGunma 11.1
- 100OkayamaOkayama 11.1
- 100KashiwaraNara 11.1
- 100KagoshimaKagoshima 11.1
- 100HitoyoshiKumamoto 11.1
- 100HashimaGifu 11.1
- 100IgaMie 11.1
- 107UjiKyoto 11.0
- 107TenriNara 11.0
- 107OyamaTochigi 11.0
- 107ChiryūAichi 11.0
- 107UkihaFukuoka 11.0
- 112YanagawaFukuoka 10.9
- 112OnodaYamaguchi 10.9
- 112MiyazakiMiyazaki 10.9
- 112Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 10.9
- 112KashiwaChiba 10.9
- 112ChigasakiKanagawa 10.9
- 112HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 10.9
- 112KamagayaChiba 10.9
- 120UtsunomiyaTochigi 10.8
- 120Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 10.8
- 120MinatoWakayama 10.8
- 120KureHiroshima 10.8
- 120Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 10.8
- 120IzumiKagoshima 10.8
- 120YameFukuoka 10.8
- 127YoriiSaitama 10.7
- 127NagoyaAichi 10.7
- 127HikariYamaguchi 10.7
- 127TōkaiAichi 10.7
- 131TsuMie 10.6
- 131TogitsuNagasaki 10.6
- 131SakadoSaitama 10.6
- 131ImabariEhime 10.6
- 131TorideIbaraki 10.6
- 131MinamikyushuKagoshima 10.6
- 137AkashiHyōgo 10.5
- 137YukuhashiFukuoka 10.5
- 137YoukaichiShiga 10.5
- 137MatsudoChiba 10.5
- 137KobayashiMiyazaki 10.5
- 137YotsukaidōChiba 10.5
- 137AjikiChiba 10.5
- 137InashikiIbaraki 10.5
- 145TokyoTokyo 10.4
- 145SaseboNagasaki 10.4
- 145ŌtakeHiroshima 10.4
- 145OnoHyōgo 10.4
- 145ŌitaOita 10.4
- 145MiharaHiroshima 10.4
- 145KudamatsuYamaguchi 10.4
- 145IshiokaIbaraki 10.4
- 145KasugaFukuoka 10.4
- 145InzaiChiba 10.4
- 145KuwanaMie 10.4
- 145TatsunoHyōgo 10.4
- 157YokotaTokyo 10.3
- 157TakeoSaga 10.3
- 157NishioAichi 10.3
- 157Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 10.3
- 157KandaFukuoka 10.3
- 157KaminokawaTochigi 10.3
- 157IwadeWakayama 10.3
- 157IkedachōTokushima 10.3
- 157HannōSaitama 10.3
- 157GifuGifu 10.3
- 157HokotaIbaraki 10.3
- 168KyotoKyoto 10.2
- 168KushikinoKagoshima 10.2
- 168IkomaNara 10.2
- 168MitoIbaraki 10.2
- 168ChibaChiba 10.2
- 168BuzenFukuoka 10.2
- 168HyūgaMiyazaki 10.2
- 168ItoshimaFukuoka 10.2
- 176YanaiYamaguchi 10.1
- 176TakasakiGunma 10.1
- 176SaikūMie 10.1
- 176NagasakiNagasaki 10.1
- 176AshikagaTochigi 10.1
- 176MiuraKanagawa 10.1
- 176MatsuyamaEhime 10.1
- 176InabeMie 10.1
- 176NarashinoChiba 10.1
- 185Shin’ichiHiroshima 10.0
- 185SekimachiGifu 10.0
- 185NobeokaMiyazaki 10.0
- 185KusatsuShiga 10.0
- 185KochiKochi 10.0
- 185KisarazuChiba 10.0
- 185KawagoeSaitama 10.0
- 185ChichibuSaitama 10.0
- 185YachimataChiba 10.0
- 185ShintomiMiyazaki 10.0
- 195UbeYamaguchi 9.9
- 195TokorozawaSaitama 9.9
- 195OkazakiAichi 9.9
- 195NakamaFukuoka 9.9
- 195KōtariKyoto 9.9
- 195KariyaAichi 9.9
- 195IwakuniYamaguchi 9.9
- 195OwariasahiAichi 9.9
- 195HigashikurumeTokyo 9.9
- 204ToyohashiAichi 9.8
- 204TakeharaHiroshima 9.8
- 204ShidoKagawa 9.8
- 204NishinomiyaHyōgo 9.8
- 204KurihamaKanagawa 9.8
- 204KogaFukuoka 9.8
- 204IsahayaNagasaki 9.8
- 204MookaTochigi 9.8
- 204TakashimaShiga 9.8
- 204WakasugiFukuoka 9.8
- 214SaikiOita 9.7
- 214ŌtaGunma 9.7
- 214KofuYamanashi 9.7
- 214KiryūGunma 9.7
- 214MinawaKanagawa 9.7
- 214MatsuuraNagasaki 9.7
- 214MineYamaguchi 9.7
- 214JōyōKyoto 9.7
- 214NantanKyoto 9.7
- 223UrayasuChiba 9.6
- 223TatebayashiGunma 9.6
- 223ŌmuraNagasaki 9.6
- 223ObitaNagasaki 9.6
- 223NakamuraKochi 9.6
- 223IchinomiyaAichi 9.6
- 223HōryūjiNara 9.6
- 223HonjōSaitama 9.6
- 223HekinanAichi 9.6
- 223ŌmihachimanShiga 9.6
- 223SayamaSaitama 9.6
- 223YokoshibaChiba 9.6
- 223NaritaChiba 9.6
- 223SōsaChiba 9.6
- 223KizugawaKyoto 9.6
- 238YokohamaKanagawa 9.5
- 238MiyoshiHiroshima 9.5
- 238MinamirinkanKanagawa 9.5
- 238KobeHyōgo 9.5
- 238AnjōAichi 9.5
- 238NagatoYamaguchi 9.5
- 238KimitsuChiba 9.5
- 238AomoriAomori 9.5
- 238AsoKumamoto 9.5
- 238MunakataFukuoka 9.5
- 238ShūnanYamaguchi 9.5
- 249KameokaKyoto 9.4
- 249IzumoShimane 9.4
- 249IseMie 9.4
- 249InuyamaAichi 9.4
- 249IidaNagano 9.4
- 249GionHiroshima 9.4
- 249FukuchiyamaKyoto 9.4
- 249IshinomakiMiyagi 9.4
- 257MifuneKumamoto 9.3
- 257MarugameKagawa 9.3
- 257KaratsuSaga 9.3
- 257HiratsukaKanagawa 9.3
- 257FukuroiShizuoka 9.3
- 257SakuraChiba 9.3
- 257KodairaTokyo 9.3
- 264YokosukaKanagawa 9.2
- 264SuzakaNagano 9.2
- 264SusakiKochi 9.2
- 264OnomichiHiroshima 9.2
- 264ŌmeTokyo 9.2
- 264HimejiHyōgo 9.2
- 264HikoneShiga 9.2
- 264BeppuOita 9.2
- 264YokoteAkita 9.2
- 264NisshinAichi 9.2
- 264MimaTokushima 9.2
- 275YasugichōShimane 9.1
- 275ŌtsuShiga 9.1
- 275KamakuraKanagawa 9.1
- 275KakamigaharaGifu 9.1
- 275FujisawaKanagawa 9.1
- 275IchiharaChiba 9.1
- 275ChikumaNagano 9.1
- 275MinamichitaAichi 9.1
- 275YamatoKanagawa 9.1
- 275MizuhoGifu 9.1
- 285YamaguchiYamaguchi 9.0
- 285TochigiTochigi 9.0
- 285TakinomiyaKagawa 9.0
- 285NumazuShizuoka 9.0
- 285KitahamaShiga 9.0
- 285IkarugaHyōgo 9.0
- 285AnanTokushima 9.0
- 285JōetsuNiigata 9.0
- 285YufuOita 9.0
- 294YaitaTochigi 8.9
- 294KamisuIbaraki 8.9
- 294KosaiShizuoka 8.9
- 294MinokamoGifu 8.9
- 294FuchūTokyo 8.9
- 299AtsugiKanagawa 8.8
- 299TokushimaTokushima 8.8
- 299TakarazukaHyōgo 8.8
- 299OgawamachiSaitama 8.8
- 299Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 8.8
- 299HigashimurayamaTokyo 8.8
- 299AzaminoKanagawa 8.8
- 306TajimiGifu 8.7
- 306ShimodaShizuoka 8.7
- 306SetoAichi 8.7
- 306MiyazuKyoto 8.7
- 306Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 8.7
- 306IwataShizuoka 8.7
- 306HitachiomiyaIbaraki 8.7
- 306AkishimaTokyo 8.7
- 306HiragiKagawa 8.7
- 315OwaseMie 8.6
- 315NishiwakiHyōgo 8.6
- 315NiimiOkayama 8.6
- 315InoKochi 8.6
- 315HamamatsuShizuoka 8.6
- 315FujiShizuoka 8.6
- 315Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 8.6
- 315KumanoMie 8.6
- 315AmamiKagoshima 8.6
- 315SaikaiNagasaki 8.6
- 325TakamatsuKagawa 8.5
- 325MachidaTokyo 8.5
- 325Kashima-shiIbaraki 8.5
- 325HamakitaShizuoka 8.5
- 325YoshiokaMiyagi 8.5
- 325SagaeYamagata 8.5
- 325OmigawaChiba 8.5
- 325MobaraChiba 8.5
- 325HanamakiIwate 8.5
- 325Minami-AlpsYamanashi 8.5
- 325YoshinogawaTokushima 8.5
- 336Ueno-ebisumachiMie 8.4
- 336ŌtsukiYamanashi 8.4
- 336HōfuYamaguchi 8.4
- 336GōtsuchōShimane 8.4
- 336AiharaKanagawa 8.4
- 336KōkaShiga 8.4
- 336SusonoShizuoka 8.4
- 336UnnanShimane 8.4
- 344NagahamaShiga 8.3
- 344MasudaShimane 8.3
- 344KanoyaKagoshima 8.3
- 344EbinaKanagawa 8.3
- 344AridaWakayama 8.3
- 349Tottori-shiTottori 8.2
- 349KainanWakayama 8.2
- 349GamagōriAichi 8.2
- 349AyabeKyoto 8.2
- 349NasukarasuyamaTochigi 8.2
- 349KaizuGifu 8.2
- 349YawatahamaEhime 8.2
- 349NoboritoKanagawa 8.2
- 357UedaNagano 8.1
- 357ToyotaAichi 8.1
- 357ToyookaHyōgo 8.1
- 357MatsueShimane 8.1
- 357HiroshimaHiroshima 8.1
- 357HachiōjiTokyo 8.1
- 357ŌharaChiba 8.1
- 357KikugawaShizuoka 8.1
- 357GotōNagasaki 8.1
- 366UsukiOita 8.0
- 366MieOita 8.0
- 366HadanoKanagawa 8.0
- 366FujiedaShizuoka 8.0
- 366TōganeChiba 8.0
- 366KōriyamaFukushima 8.0
- 366TsushimaNagasaki 8.0
- 366NankokuKochi 8.0
- 374UozuToyama 7.9
- 374SodegauraChiba 7.9
- 376ShizuokaShizuoka 7.8
- 376ShibataNiigata 7.8
- 376NamerikawaToyama 7.8
- 376KogaIbaraki 7.8
- 376KanumaTochigi 7.8
- 376HagiYamaguchi 7.8
- 376IwanumaMiyagi 7.8
- 376IwakiFukushima 7.8
- 376ShirakawaFukushima 7.8
- 385TsukumiuraOita 7.7
- 385TobaMie 7.7
- 385MatsumotoNagano 7.7
- 385ItoigawaNiigata 7.7
- 385AtamiShizuoka 7.7
- 385ShinjōYamagata 7.7
- 391TateyamaChiba 7.6
- 391ShinagawaEhime 7.6
- 391OdawaraKanagawa 7.6
- 391HimimachiToyama 7.6
- 391HamadaShimane 7.6
- 391YamagataYamagata 7.6
- 391HigashineYamagata 7.6
- 391IzunokuniShizuoka 7.6
- 399GobōWakayama 7.5
- 399UwajimaEhime 7.5
- 399MoriokaIwate 7.5
- 399MinamiashigaraKanagawa 7.5
- 403ToyamaToyama 7.4
- 403SuwaNagano 7.4
- 403SakataYamagata 7.4
- 403Natori-shiMiyagi 7.4
- 403KasamaIbaraki 7.4
- 403FujiyoshidaYamanashi 7.4
- 403IkiNagasaki 7.4
- 410YonagoTottori 7.3
- 410TakaokaToyama 7.3
- 410NyūzenToyama 7.3
- 410ChitoseHokkaido 7.3
- 410ImizuToyama 7.3
- 410SōmaFukushima 7.3
- 410ŌsakiMiyagi 7.3
- 417TanabeWakayama 7.2
- 417NaganoNagano 7.2
- 417HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 7.2
- 420TakayamaGifu 7.1
- 420SumotoHyōgo 7.1
- 420ShimadaShizuoka 7.1
- 420ShimaMie 7.1
- 420TonamiToyama 7.1
- 420SadoNiigata 7.1
- 420KyōtangoKyoto 7.1
- 427SakaiminatoTottori 7.0
- 427IchinosekiIwate 7.0
- 427ChoshiChiba 7.0
- 427MinamiuonumaNiigata 7.0
- 431ShinshiroAichi 6.9
- 431HakuiIshikawa 6.9
- 431YurihonjōAkita 6.9
- 434ShironeNiigata 6.8
- 434NanaoIshikawa 6.8
- 434MatsutōIshikawa 6.8
- 434MaizuruKyoto 6.8
- 434NoshiroAkita 6.8
- 439Niitsu-honchōNiigata 6.7
- 439KomatsuIshikawa 6.7
- 439InaNagano 6.7
- 439YonezawaYamagata 6.7
- 439MatsushimaMiyagi 6.7
- 439ShonaiYamagata 6.7
- 445YaeHiroshima 6.6
- 445ShibukawaGunma 6.6
- 445MuroranHokkaido 6.6
- 448NiigataNiigata 6.5
- 448Minami-SōmaFukushima 6.5
- 450AkitaAkita 6.4
- 450KitamiHokkaido 6.4
- 450OgaAkita 6.4
- 453Kameda-honchōNiigata 6.3
- 453Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 6.3
- 455MakiNiigata 6.2
- 455HitachiIbaraki 6.2
- 457KanazawaIshikawa 6.1
- 457Tagajō-shiMiyagi 6.1
- 457KagaIshikawa 6.1
- 457TomeMiyagi 6.1
- 461NumataGunma 6.0
- 461SendaiMiyagi 6.0
- 461HachinoheAomori 6.0
- 461GoshogawaraAomori 6.0
- 465MiyakoIwate 5.9
- 465KitaibarakiIbaraki 5.9
- 465ŌdateAkita 5.9
- 468GeroGifu 5.8
- 468WakuyaMiyagi 5.8
- 468ShiroishiMiyagi 5.8
- 468HirosakiAomori 5.8
- 472ObihiroHokkaido 5.7
- 473TsubataIshikawa 5.6
- 473KesennumaMiyagi 5.6
- 473TomakomaiHokkaido 5.6
- 473HakodateHokkaido 5.6
- 473AsahikawaHokkaido 5.6
- 478NonoichiIshikawa 5.5
- 478OyabeToyama 5.5
- 478KuriharaMiyagi 5.5
- 478TakizawaIwate 5.5
- 482AnamizuIshikawa 5.4
- 483ShingūWakayama 5.3
- 483SapporoHokkaido 5.3
- 483ŌshūIwate 5.3
- 486KujiIwate 5.0
- 487KamaishiIwate 4.0
- 488IbiGifu 3.8
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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