SmogRank / Countries / Japan / March 2024
Most polluted cities in Japan, March 2024
480 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Saijō at 14.0 µg/m³, #169 of 1,432 cities in the world. Cleanest: Ibi at 4.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1SaijōEhime 14.0
- 2NiihamaEhime 12.9
- 2NakatsuOita 12.9
- 2Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 12.9
- 5ShikokuchūōEhime 12.8
- 6KasaokaOkayama 12.7
- 7FukuyamaHiroshima 12.3
- 8KurashikiOkayama 12.2
- 8AridaWakayama 12.2
- 10MiyakonojōMiyazaki 12.0
- 11YawataKyoto 11.9
- 11TsushimaNagasaki 11.9
- 13TamanoOkayama 11.8
- 13KanoyaKagoshima 11.8
- 13AsakuchiOkayama 11.8
- 16TaharaAichi 11.7
- 16KogaFukuoka 11.7
- 18AmagasakiHyōgo 11.6
- 19KitakyushuFukuoka 11.5
- 19FukuokaFukuoka 11.5
- 21YukuhashiFukuoka 11.4
- 21HigashinozoeHyōgo 11.4
- 21Kan’onjichōKagawa 11.4
- 21Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 11.4
- 21IyoEhime 11.4
- 26TenriNara 11.3
- 26ŌmutaFukuoka 11.3
- 26HikariYamaguchi 11.3
- 26NagaiYamagata 11.3
- 30AkashiHyōgo 11.2
- 30ShimonosekiYamaguchi 11.2
- 30KameyamaMie 11.2
- 33OnodaYamaguchi 11.1
- 33KazoSaitama 11.1
- 33OwariasahiAichi 11.1
- 33ChikugoFukuoka 11.1
- 37YokkaichiMie 11.0
- 37SōjaOkayama 11.0
- 37ŌgakiGifu 11.0
- 37NabariMie 11.0
- 37KurayoshiTottori 11.0
- 37Imarichō-kōSaga 11.0
- 37IgusaSaitama 11.0
- 37NagatoYamaguchi 11.0
- 37BizenOkayama 11.0
- 46SuzukaMie 10.9
- 47TsurusakiOita 10.8
- 47MinatoWakayama 10.8
- 47ImabariEhime 10.8
- 47TatsunoHyōgo 10.8
- 47NantanKyoto 10.8
- 52Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka 10.7
- 52SandachōHyōgo 10.7
- 52MatsueShimane 10.7
- 52FukuchiyamaKyoto 10.7
- 52HashimaGifu 10.7
- 57TokiGifu 10.6
- 57KobeHyōgo 10.6
- 57HōryūjiNara 10.6
- 57IrumaSaitama 10.6
- 57HigashigōSaga 10.6
- 57ItoshimaFukuoka 10.6
- 63TagawaFukuoka 10.5
- 63SaseboNagasaki 10.5
- 63NishinomiyaHyōgo 10.5
- 63KyotoKyoto 10.5
- 63KandaFukuoka 10.5
- 63IzumoShimane 10.5
- 63MiuraKanagawa 10.5
- 63MatsuyamaEhime 10.5
- 63YachimataChiba 10.5
- 63ChikuseiIbaraki 10.5
- 63SugaiKyoto 10.5
- 74UbeYamaguchi 10.4
- 74Tottori-shiTottori 10.4
- 74SōkaSaitama 10.4
- 74OwaseMie 10.4
- 74ŌtakeHiroshima 10.4
- 74OnoHyōgo 10.4
- 74KusatsuShiga 10.4
- 74HandaAichi 10.4
- 74GyōdaSaitama 10.4
- 74GōtsuchōShimane 10.4
- 74AsakaSaitama 10.4
- 74AomoriAomori 10.4
- 74MatsusakaMie 10.4
- 74HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 10.4
- 88TakanabeMiyazaki 10.3
- 88SuzakaNagano 10.3
- 88SendaiKagoshima 10.3
- 88NōgataFukuoka 10.3
- 88KudamatsuYamaguchi 10.3
- 88HimejiHyōgo 10.3
- 88KaniGifu 10.3
- 88MineYamaguchi 10.3
- 96Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 10.2
- 96NamerikawaToyama 10.2
- 96MarugameKagawa 10.2
- 96KōtariKyoto 10.2
- 96KogaFukuoka 10.2
- 96KamakuraKanagawa 10.2
- 96IshinomakiMiyagi 10.2
- 96IgaMie 10.2
- 104TsuyamaOkayama 10.1
- 104TosuSaga 10.1
- 104TogitsuNagasaki 10.1
- 104TakahashiOkayama 10.1
- 104NyūzenToyama 10.1
- 104NichinanMiyazaki 10.1
- 104KureHiroshima 10.1
- 104KaratsuSaga 10.1
- 104KagoshimaKagoshima 10.1
- 104IkarugaHyōgo 10.1
- 104TakashimaShiga 10.1
- 104ShūnanYamaguchi 10.1
- 116YokotaTokyo 10.0
- 116TokyoTokyo 10.0
- 116OyamaTochigi 10.0
- 116OkayamaOkayama 10.0
- 116HōfuYamaguchi 10.0
- 116KasugaFukuoka 10.0
- 116AyaseKanagawa 10.0
- 123YoukaichiShiga 9.9
- 123UozuToyama 9.9
- 123UjiKyoto 9.9
- 123ToyonakaOsaka 9.9
- 123SakaiminatoTottori 9.9
- 123SaikūMie 9.9
- 123SaikiOita 9.9
- 123SagaSaga 9.9
- 123Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 9.9
- 123KawaguchiSaitama 9.9
- 123KashimaSaga 9.9
- 123Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 9.9
- 123IwakuniYamaguchi 9.9
- 123IizukaFukuoka 9.9
- 123AyabeKyoto 9.9
- 123TōkaiAichi 9.9
- 139ZentsujichóKagawa 9.8
- 139TsuMie 9.8
- 139TakarazukaHyōgo 9.8
- 139KushikinoKagoshima 9.8
- 139HiroshimaHiroshima 9.8
- 139TsuchiuraIbaraki 9.8
- 139MatsuuraNagasaki 9.8
- 139MunakataFukuoka 9.8
- 139KizugawaKyoto 9.8
- 148ToyookaHyōgo 9.7
- 148SanoTochigi 9.7
- 148SakadoSaitama 9.7
- 148NodaChiba 9.7
- 148MiyazuKyoto 9.7
- 148MasudaShimane 9.7
- 148KukichūōSaitama 9.7
- 148FujisawaKanagawa 9.7
- 148YotsukaidōChiba 9.7
- 148Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 9.7
- 148UkihaFukuoka 9.7
- 159TatebayashiGunma 9.6
- 159TakeoSaga 9.6
- 159NagasakiNagasaki 9.6
- 159KōnosuSaitama 9.6
- 159Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 9.6
- 159HikoneShiga 9.6
- 159ŌmihachimanShiga 9.6
- 159MinawaKanagawa 9.6
- 159NiizaSaitama 9.6
- 159KumanoMie 9.6
- 159SaitamaSaitama 9.6
- 159HiragiKagawa 9.6
- 159KamagayaChiba 9.6
- 172YokohamaKanagawa 9.5
- 172YasugichōShimane 9.5
- 172Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 9.5
- 172TakasakiGunma 9.5
- 172Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 9.5
- 172SekimachiGifu 9.5
- 172NakamaFukuoka 9.5
- 172IzumiKagoshima 9.5
- 172IwadeWakayama 9.5
- 172IseMie 9.5
- 172IkedachōTokushima 9.5
- 172AgeoSaitama 9.5
- 172IshiokaIbaraki 9.5
- 172TakuSaga 9.5
- 186YonagoTottori 9.4
- 186NobeokaMiyazaki 9.4
- 186KurihamaKanagawa 9.4
- 186KasukabeSaitama 9.4
- 186ChigasakiKanagawa 9.4
- 186HyūgaMiyazaki 9.4
- 186IkiNagasaki 9.4
- 186GotōNagasaki 9.4
- 194YamaguchiYamaguchi 9.3
- 194OkazakiAichi 9.3
- 194MiharaHiroshima 9.3
- 194Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 9.3
- 194KameokaKyoto 9.3
- 194JōetsuNiigata 9.3
- 194WakasugiFukuoka 9.3
- 194YamatoKanagawa 9.3
- 194OgōriFukuoka 9.3
- 194JōyōKyoto 9.3
- 194KyōtangoKyoto 9.3
- 205YoriiSaitama 9.2
- 205MinamirinkanKanagawa 9.2
- 205MenumaSaitama 9.2
- 205KoshigayaSaitama 9.2
- 205AnanTokushima 9.2
- 205IwanumaMiyagi 9.2
- 205InabeMie 9.2
- 205BuzenFukuoka 9.2
- 213TokorozawaSaitama 9.1
- 213TokonameAichi 9.1
- 213TakeharaHiroshima 9.1
- 213ShidoKagawa 9.1
- 213Sakai-nakajimaGunma 9.1
- 213MiyazakiMiyazaki 9.1
- 213KofuYamanashi 9.1
- 213KashiwaChiba 9.1
- 213IkomaNara 9.1
- 213IchinomiyaAichi 9.1
- 213HanyūSaitama 9.1
- 213HamadaShimane 9.1
- 213ChiryūAichi 9.1
- 213ChitoseHokkaido 9.1
- 213SadoNiigata 9.1
- 213KuwanaMie 9.1
- 229TokushimaTokushima 9.0
- 229TakaokaToyama 9.0
- 229ShibataNiigata 9.0
- 229MorohongōSaitama 9.0
- 229MiyoshiHiroshima 9.0
- 229MatsudoChiba 9.0
- 229KumagayaSaitama 9.0
- 229KashiwaraNara 9.0
- 229Kashihara-shiNara 9.0
- 229KainanWakayama 9.0
- 229ItoigawaNiigata 9.0
- 229HimimachiToyama 9.0
- 229KimitsuChiba 9.0
- 229SōmaFukushima 9.0
- 229AzaminoKanagawa 9.0
- 229FuchūTokyo 9.0
- 229UnnanShimane 9.0
- 246YokosukaKanagawa 8.9
- 246UtsunomiyaTochigi 8.9
- 246Ueno-ebisumachiMie 8.9
- 246ŌitaOita 8.9
- 246NagoyaAichi 8.9
- 246KurumeFukuoka 8.9
- 246GifuGifu 8.9
- 246YoshiokaMiyagi 8.9
- 246KōriyamaFukushima 8.9
- 246SōsaChiba 8.9
- 246AmamiKagoshima 8.9
- 246MimaTokushima 8.9
- 258ŌtsuShiga 8.8
- 258KiryūGunma 8.8
- 258Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 8.8
- 258HagiYamaguchi 8.8
- 258GionHiroshima 8.8
- 258MiyakoIwate 8.8
- 258AkitaAkita 8.8
- 258KirishimaKagoshima 8.8
- 258MinamichitaAichi 8.8
- 258YameFukuoka 8.8
- 268AtsugiKanagawa 8.7
- 268YanaiYamaguchi 8.7
- 268ToyohashiAichi 8.7
- 268ShibukawaGunma 8.7
- 268ŌmeTokyo 8.7
- 268NishioAichi 8.7
- 268KochiKochi 8.7
- 268GobōWakayama 8.7
- 268SayamaSaitama 8.7
- 268NakaIbaraki 8.7
- 268JōsōIbaraki 8.7
- 268KaminomaAichi 8.7
- 280YanagawaFukuoka 8.6
- 280NagahamaShiga 8.6
- 280MaizuruKyoto 8.6
- 280HakuiIshikawa 8.6
- 280FukuroiShizuoka 8.6
- 280AnjōAichi 8.6
- 280ShintomiMiyazaki 8.6
- 280ImizuToyama 8.6
- 280KosaiShizuoka 8.6
- 280KodairaTokyo 8.6
- 280MinamikyushuKagoshima 8.6
- 291TakinomiyaKagawa 8.5
- 291Shin’ichiHiroshima 8.5
- 291Nara-shiNara 8.5
- 291KobayashiMiyazaki 8.5
- 291KanumaTochigi 8.5
- 291IidaNagano 8.5
- 291HiratsukaKanagawa 8.5
- 291HekinanAichi 8.5
- 291BandōIbaraki 8.5
- 291HigashikurumeTokyo 8.5
- 291AmaAichi 8.5
- 302SusakiKochi 8.4
- 302ŌtaGunma 8.4
- 302NagaokaNiigata 8.4
- 302KisarazuChiba 8.4
- 302KaminokawaTochigi 8.4
- 302HadanoKanagawa 8.4
- 302GotembaShizuoka 8.4
- 302ChichibuSaitama 8.4
- 302AkiKochi 8.4
- 302MoriokaIwate 8.4
- 302IwakiFukushima 8.4
- 302YurihonjōAkita 8.4
- 302KunisakiOita 8.4
- 315TakamatsuKagawa 8.3
- 315OnomichiHiroshima 8.3
- 315NumazuShizuoka 8.3
- 315MatsutōIshikawa 8.3
- 315MachidaTokyo 8.3
- 315KariyaAichi 8.3
- 315GamagōriAichi 8.3
- 315TōganeChiba 8.3
- 315ChibaChiba 8.3
- 315NoshiroAkita 8.3
- 315KamisuIbaraki 8.3
- 315KinokawaWakayama 8.3
- 315NarashinoChiba 8.3
- 328UrayasuChiba 8.2
- 328ObitaNagasaki 8.2
- 328NishiwakiHyōgo 8.2
- 328Kameda-honchōNiigata 8.2
- 328YokoteAkita 8.2
- 328TorideIbaraki 8.2
- 328KōkaShiga 8.2
- 328EbinaKanagawa 8.2
- 328OgaAkita 8.2
- 337TomiokaGunma 8.1
- 337TanabeWakayama 8.1
- 337ShironeNiigata 8.1
- 337NiigataNiigata 8.1
- 337NakamuraKochi 8.1
- 337MieOita 8.1
- 337KomatsuIshikawa 8.1
- 337FujiShizuoka 8.1
- 337Natori-shiMiyagi 8.1
- 337HokotaIbaraki 8.1
- 337ChikumaNagano 8.1
- 337SodegauraChiba 8.1
- 349UedaNagano 8.0
- 349KitahamaShiga 8.0
- 349MookaTochigi 8.0
- 349AsahikawaHokkaido 8.0
- 349KagaIshikawa 8.0
- 349YawatahamaEhime 8.0
- 349NoboritoKanagawa 8.0
- 356SetoAichi 7.9
- 356ŌmuraNagasaki 7.9
- 356MatsumotoNagano 7.9
- 356HonjōSaitama 7.9
- 356UwajimaEhime 7.9
- 356GoshogawaraAomori 7.9
- 356TonamiToyama 7.9
- 356HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 7.9
- 356SaikaiNagasaki 7.9
- 365NumataGunma 7.8
- 365KawagoeSaitama 7.8
- 365HamamatsuShizuoka 7.8
- 365Tagajō-shiMiyagi 7.8
- 365AkishimaTokyo 7.8
- 365NisshinAichi 7.8
- 365KaizuGifu 7.8
- 372ToyotaAichi 7.7
- 372TobaMie 7.7
- 372Niitsu-honchōNiigata 7.7
- 372NanaoIshikawa 7.7
- 372YokoshibaChiba 7.7
- 372ŌsakiMiyagi 7.7
- 372Minami-AlpsYamanashi 7.7
- 372MizuhoGifu 7.7
- 372YoshinogawaTokushima 7.7
- 381YaeHiroshima 7.6
- 381ShimaMie 7.6
- 381NakanojōGunma 7.6
- 381KanazawaIshikawa 7.6
- 381IsahayaNagasaki 7.6
- 381SagaeYamagata 7.6
- 381IchiharaChiba 7.6
- 381HitachiomiyaIbaraki 7.6
- 381InashikiIbaraki 7.6
- 381InzaiChiba 7.6
- 381SusonoShizuoka 7.6
- 381MotosuGifu 7.6
- 393OgawamachiSaitama 7.5
- 393NiimiOkayama 7.5
- 393InoKochi 7.5
- 393MatsushimaMiyagi 7.5
- 393KasamaIbaraki 7.5
- 393HigashimurayamaTokyo 7.5
- 393NankokuKochi 7.5
- 400ToyamaToyama 7.4
- 400ShinagawaEhime 7.4
- 400IwataShizuoka 7.4
- 400AtamiShizuoka 7.4
- 400AiharaKanagawa 7.4
- 400ŌharaChiba 7.4
- 400NaritaChiba 7.4
- 400KesennumaMiyagi 7.4
- 400ChoshiChiba 7.4
- 400Minami-SōmaFukushima 7.4
- 410TakayamaGifu 7.3
- 410ŌtsukiYamanashi 7.3
- 410InuyamaAichi 7.3
- 410FujiedaShizuoka 7.3
- 410ŌdateAkita 7.3
- 410HachinoheAomori 7.3
- 410MinamiashigaraKanagawa 7.3
- 410Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 7.3
- 410KikugawaShizuoka 7.3
- 410MinamiuonumaNiigata 7.3
- 420SakataYamagata 7.2
- 420KakegawaShizuoka 7.2
- 420SendaiMiyagi 7.2
- 420MobaraChiba 7.2
- 420MuroranHokkaido 7.2
- 420HirosakiAomori 7.2
- 420OyabeToyama 7.2
- 420TomeMiyagi 7.2
- 428YaitaTochigi 7.1
- 428TajimiGifu 7.1
- 428ShizuokaShizuoka 7.1
- 428NaganoNagano 7.1
- 428OmigawaChiba 7.1
- 428Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 7.1
- 434TochigiTochigi 7.0
- 434NonoichiIshikawa 7.0
- 434HachiōjiTokyo 7.0
- 434YamagataYamagata 7.0
- 434SakuraChiba 7.0
- 434AjikiChiba 7.0
- 434IzunokuniShizuoka 7.0
- 434MinokamoGifu 7.0
- 442TsubataIshikawa 6.9
- 442ShimodaShizuoka 6.9
- 442OdawaraKanagawa 6.9
- 442Kashima-shiIbaraki 6.9
- 442InaNagano 6.9
- 442YonezawaYamagata 6.9
- 442KitaibarakiIbaraki 6.9
- 442HitachiIbaraki 6.9
- 442ShirakawaFukushima 6.9
- 451TateyamaChiba 6.8
- 451SumotoHyōgo 6.8
- 451ShinjōYamagata 6.8
- 451NasukarasuyamaTochigi 6.8
- 455AshikagaTochigi 6.7
- 455WakuyaMiyagi 6.7
- 455FujiyoshidaYamanashi 6.7
- 455ShonaiYamagata 6.7
- 459MakiNiigata 6.6
- 459HanamakiIwate 6.6
- 461TsuruokaYamagata 6.5
- 461IchinosekiIwate 6.5
- 461TomakomaiHokkaido 6.5
- 461SapporoHokkaido 6.5
- 461KujiIwate 6.5
- 461KitamiHokkaido 6.5
- 461HakodateHokkaido 6.5
- 468HamakitaShizuoka 6.4
- 468ObihiroHokkaido 6.4
- 470ShimadaShizuoka 6.3
- 470KuriharaMiyagi 6.3
- 472ŌshūIwate 6.1
- 473KogaIbaraki 6.0
- 474ShinshiroAichi 5.9
- 475GeroGifu 5.7
- 475KushiroHokkaido 5.7
- 475TakizawaIwate 5.7
- 478ShingūWakayama 5.6
- 478KamaishiIwate 5.6
- 480IbiGifu 4.6
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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