SmogRank / Countries / Japan / May 2024
Most polluted cities in Japan, May 2024
529 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Ōyanomachi-noboritate at 18.7 µg/m³, #72 of 2,082 cities in the world. Cleanest: Ibi at 3.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1Ōyanomachi-noboritateKumamoto 18.7
- 2ChikugoFukuoka 15.5
- 3SaijōEhime 14.8
- 4ŌmutaFukuoka 14.6
- 5KasaokaOkayama 14.5
- 6NakatsuOita 14.4
- 7ShikokuchūōEhime 14.3
- 8HonmachiKumamoto 14.2
- 8HitaOita 14.2
- 10Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka 13.8
- 10NiihamaEhime 13.8
- 10Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 13.8
- 13Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 13.4
- 13Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 13.4
- 13AraoKumamoto 13.4
- 16MinamataKumamoto 13.1
- 17UtoKumamoto 12.9
- 17FukuyamaHiroshima 12.9
- 19TamanaKumamoto 12.8
- 20ŌzuKumamoto 12.6
- 20Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 12.6
- 22KikuchiKumamoto 12.5
- 23Kan’onjichōKagawa 12.4
- 23Imarichō-kōSaga 12.4
- 23KotōKumamoto 12.4
- 23UkihaFukuoka 12.4
- 27TogitsuNagasaki 12.3
- 27SagaSaga 12.3
- 29YamagaKumamoto 12.2
- 29MiyakonojōMiyazaki 12.2
- 29KumamotoKumamoto 12.2
- 32KurumeFukuoka 12.1
- 32KashimaSaga 12.1
- 34SendaiKagoshima 12.0
- 34FukuokaFukuoka 12.0
- 34HigashigōSaga 12.0
- 37KogaFukuoka 11.9
- 38KurashikiOkayama 11.8
- 38KitakyushuFukuoka 11.8
- 38GyōdaSaitama 11.8
- 38MatsuyamaEhime 11.8
- 42AomoriAomori 11.7
- 43SaseboNagasaki 11.6
- 43ŌmuraNagasaki 11.6
- 43IzumiKagoshima 11.6
- 43IshinomakiMiyagi 11.6
- 43TakuSaga 11.6
- 43BizenOkayama 11.6
- 49ZentsujichóKagawa 11.5
- 49ObitaNagasaki 11.5
- 49YoshiokaMiyagi 11.5
- 49AyaseKanagawa 11.5
- 53TagawaFukuoka 11.4
- 53HitoyoshiKumamoto 11.4
- 53YameFukuoka 11.4
- 56Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 11.3
- 56TsurusakiOita 11.3
- 56TosuSaga 11.3
- 56ŌtsukiYamanashi 11.3
- 56KanoyaKagoshima 11.3
- 56IsahayaNagasaki 11.3
- 56IkedachōTokushima 11.3
- 63NagasakiNagasaki 11.2
- 63MarugameKagawa 11.2
- 63KureHiroshima 11.2
- 63AsakuchiOkayama 11.2
- 67IyoEhime 11.1
- 68MifuneKumamoto 11.0
- 68KagoshimaKagoshima 11.0
- 68IgusaSaitama 11.0
- 68NantanKyoto 11.0
- 72ŌtakeHiroshima 10.9
- 72KushikinoKagoshima 10.9
- 72KazoSaitama 10.9
- 72ImabariEhime 10.9
- 76SōjaOkayama 10.8
- 76KurayoshiTottori 10.8
- 76KandaFukuoka 10.8
- 76JōetsuNiigata 10.8
- 80OnodaYamaguchi 10.7
- 80KaratsuSaga 10.7
- 80IwakuniYamaguchi 10.7
- 80IizukaFukuoka 10.7
- 84TakeharaHiroshima 10.6
- 84ShimonosekiYamaguchi 10.6
- 84KofuYamanashi 10.6
- 84Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 10.6
- 84MatsuuraNagasaki 10.6
- 84WakasugiFukuoka 10.6
- 84SaikaiNagasaki 10.6
- 91TakeoSaga 10.5
- 91MiharaHiroshima 10.5
- 91OgōriFukuoka 10.5
- 94YoriiSaitama 10.4
- 94TakahashiOkayama 10.4
- 94NōgataFukuoka 10.4
- 94NakamaFukuoka 10.4
- 94Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 10.4
- 94HiroshimaHiroshima 10.4
- 100TamanoOkayama 10.3
- 100ŌitaOita 10.3
- 100ChikuseiIbaraki 10.3
- 100IrumaSaitama 10.3
- 100ItoshimaFukuoka 10.3
- 100GotōNagasaki 10.3
- 100MimaTokushima 10.3
- 107TatebayashiGunma 10.2
- 107MenumaSaitama 10.2
- 107HōfuYamaguchi 10.2
- 107Misato, SaitamaSaitama 10.2
- 107HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 10.2
- 112Tottori-shiTottori 10.1
- 112TaharaAichi 10.1
- 112OnomichiHiroshima 10.1
- 112KameyamaMie 10.1
- 112ShūnanYamaguchi 10.1
- 117YawataKyoto 10.0
- 117YanagawaFukuoka 10.0
- 117TakanabeMiyazaki 10.0
- 117MinatoWakayama 10.0
- 117NichinanMiyazaki 10.0
- 117MorohongōSaitama 10.0
- 117KogaFukuoka 10.0
- 117KashiwaraNara 10.0
- 117IwanumaMiyagi 10.0
- 117MuroranHokkaido 10.0
- 127Shin’ichiHiroshima 9.9
- 127AmagasakiHyōgo 9.9
- 127HikariYamaguchi 9.9
- 127HiragiKagawa 9.9
- 127MineYamaguchi 9.9
- 127YufuOita 9.9
- 133YasugichōShimane 9.8
- 133UbeYamaguchi 9.8
- 133Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 9.8
- 133NabariMie 9.8
- 133KudamatsuYamaguchi 9.8
- 133HigashiosakaOsaka 9.8
- 133MinamikyushuKagoshima 9.8
- 140YukuhashiFukuoka 9.7
- 140TakasakiGunma 9.7
- 140SandachōHyōgo 9.7
- 140SaikiOita 9.7
- 140NobeokaMiyazaki 9.7
- 140KobayashiMiyazaki 9.7
- 140Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 9.7
- 140OwariasahiAichi 9.7
- 140KasugaFukuoka 9.7
- 149YokkaichiMie 9.6
- 149TsuyamaOkayama 9.6
- 149OkayamaOkayama 9.6
- 149KumagayaSaitama 9.6
- 149HōryūjiNara 9.6
- 149HimimachiToyama 9.6
- 149Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 9.6
- 149HashimaGifu 9.6
- 149KaniGifu 9.6
- 149HyūgaMiyazaki 9.6
- 159TomiokaGunma 9.5
- 159TokiGifu 9.5
- 159TenriNara 9.5
- 159ShibukawaGunma 9.5
- 159KochiKochi 9.5
- 159KiryūGunma 9.5
- 159GifuGifu 9.5
- 159ChichibuSaitama 9.5
- 159AgeoSaitama 9.5
- 159TsushimaNagasaki 9.5
- 169UozuToyama 9.4
- 169Sakai-nakajimaGunma 9.4
- 169OwaseMie 9.4
- 169IzumoShimane 9.4
- 169TakashimaShiga 9.4
- 169NiizaSaitama 9.4
- 169KumanoMie 9.4
- 169MunakataFukuoka 9.4
- 177SanoTochigi 9.3
- 177OsakaOsaka 9.3
- 177Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 9.3
- 177NamerikawaToyama 9.3
- 177AsakaSaitama 9.3
- 177YamagataYamagata 9.3
- 177SagaeYamagata 9.3
- 177SugaiKyoto 9.3
- 185ShidoKagawa 9.2
- 185ShibataNiigata 9.2
- 185SakataYamagata 9.2
- 185KōnosuSaitama 9.2
- 185IwadeWakayama 9.2
- 185HanyūSaitama 9.2
- 185GōtsuchōShimane 9.2
- 185NagatoYamaguchi 9.2
- 185IwakiFukushima 9.2
- 185HachinoheAomori 9.2
- 185BuzenFukuoka 9.2
- 185UnnanShimane 9.2
- 197YanaiYamaguchi 9.1
- 197ŌmeTokyo 9.1
- 197NyūzenToyama 9.1
- 197MiyazuKyoto 9.1
- 197KukichūōSaitama 9.1
- 197KishiwadaOsaka 9.1
- 197Kashihara-shiNara 9.1
- 197HonjōSaitama 9.1
- 197FukuchiyamaKyoto 9.1
- 197Natori-shiMiyagi 9.1
- 197NakaIbaraki 9.1
- 197ChitoseHokkaido 9.1
- 197KamisuIbaraki 9.1
- 210AkashiHyōgo 9.0
- 210SuzukaMie 9.0
- 210SusakiKochi 9.0
- 210SakaiOsaka 9.0
- 210OyamaTochigi 9.0
- 210Nara-shiNara 9.0
- 210HannōSaitama 9.0
- 210GotembaShizuoka 9.0
- 210AyabeKyoto 9.0
- 210ShinjōYamagata 9.0
- 210SōmaFukushima 9.0
- 210SadoNiigata 9.0
- 210Kawachi-NaganoOsaka 9.0
- 210KirishimaKagoshima 9.0
- 224YamaguchiYamaguchi 8.9
- 224UtsunomiyaTochigi 8.9
- 224SōkaSaitama 8.9
- 224SekimachiGifu 8.9
- 224SakadoSaitama 8.9
- 224ŌgakiGifu 8.9
- 224HigashinozoeHyōgo 8.9
- 224KyotoKyoto 8.9
- 224KurihamaKanagawa 8.9
- 224IkarugaHyōgo 8.9
- 224ChigasakiKanagawa 8.9
- 224AnanTokushima 8.9
- 224MoriokaIwate 8.9
- 224TsuchiuraIbaraki 8.9
- 224SaitamaSaitama 8.9
- 224TatsunoHyōgo 8.9
- 240YaoOsaka 8.8
- 240MasudaShimane 8.8
- 240KanumaTochigi 8.8
- 240IzumiOsaka 8.8
- 240ItoigawaNiigata 8.8
- 240IkiNagasaki 8.8
- 240KunisakiOita 8.8
- 247KasukabeSaitama 8.7
- 247HimejiHyōgo 8.7
- 247MiyakoIwate 8.7
- 247AsoKumamoto 8.7
- 247YachiyoChiba 8.7
- 252YonagoTottori 8.6
- 252YokohamaKanagawa 8.6
- 252TsuMie 8.6
- 252NishinomiyaHyōgo 8.6
- 252NakanojōGunma 8.6
- 252MikuniFukui 8.6
- 252KawaguchiSaitama 8.6
- 252ShiroishiMiyagi 8.6
- 252IchinosekiIwate 8.6
- 252OgaAkita 8.6
- 262YokotaTokyo 8.5
- 262TakaokaToyama 8.5
- 262ŌtaGunma 8.5
- 262NagaokaNiigata 8.5
- 262KaminokawaTochigi 8.5
- 262IkomaNara 8.5
- 262BeppuOita 8.5
- 262SayamaSaitama 8.5
- 262MatsushimaMiyagi 8.5
- 262HokotaIbaraki 8.5
- 262AkitaAkita 8.5
- 262MatsusakaMie 8.5
- 262KodairaTokyo 8.5
- 275TsuruokaYamagata 8.4
- 275TokyoTokyo 8.4
- 275TokushimaTokushima 8.4
- 275SakaiminatoTottori 8.4
- 275ObamaFukui 8.4
- 275MinamirinkanKanagawa 8.4
- 275MatsueShimane 8.4
- 275KōtariKyoto 8.4
- 275HamadaShimane 8.4
- 275HakuiIshikawa 8.4
- 275ChiryūAichi 8.4
- 275AiharaKanagawa 8.4
- 275Tagajō-shiMiyagi 8.4
- 275KōriyamaFukushima 8.4
- 275ChibaChiba 8.4
- 275HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 8.4
- 275ShonaiYamagata 8.4
- 275IgaMie 8.4
- 293YoukaichiShiga 8.3
- 293ToyookaHyōgo 8.3
- 293TakamatsuKagawa 8.3
- 293NagoyaAichi 8.3
- 293MiyazakiMiyazaki 8.3
- 293KawagoeSaitama 8.3
- 293IzumisanoOsaka 8.3
- 293FukuroiShizuoka 8.3
- 293YonezawaYamagata 8.3
- 293ŌsakiMiyagi 8.3
- 293KizugawaKyoto 8.3
- 293HigashikurumeTokyo 8.3
- 305AtsugiKanagawa 8.2
- 305YokosukaKanagawa 8.2
- 305YaitaTochigi 8.2
- 305UrayasuChiba 8.2
- 305UjiKyoto 8.2
- 305TakarazukaHyōgo 8.2
- 305Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 8.2
- 305SaikūMie 8.2
- 305OkazakiAichi 8.2
- 305NumataGunma 8.2
- 305Niitsu-honchōNiigata 8.2
- 305KusatsuShiga 8.2
- 305KoshigayaSaitama 8.2
- 305Fukui-shiFukui 8.2
- 305FujiShizuoka 8.2
- 305MinawaKanagawa 8.2
- 305KesennumaMiyagi 8.2
- 305BandōIbaraki 8.2
- 305KinokawaWakayama 8.2
- 305YawatahamaEhime 8.2
- 305NarashinoChiba 8.2
- 326ŌtsuShiga 8.1
- 326OnoHyōgo 8.1
- 326NiimiOkayama 8.1
- 326NakamuraKochi 8.1
- 326NagahamaShiga 8.1
- 326KobeHyōgo 8.1
- 326Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 8.1
- 326KainanWakayama 8.1
- 326ImaichiTochigi 8.1
- 326HirakataOsaka 8.1
- 326HikoneShiga 8.1
- 326IshiokaIbaraki 8.1
- 326ImizuToyama 8.1
- 326KagaIshikawa 8.1
- 326HabikinoOsaka 8.1
- 326AmamiKagoshima 8.1
- 342MatsudoChiba 8.0
- 342KameokaKyoto 8.0
- 342KamakuraKanagawa 8.0
- 342IchinomiyaAichi 8.0
- 342MiuraKanagawa 8.0
- 342YokoteAkita 8.0
- 342NoshiroAkita 8.0
- 342ShintomiMiyazaki 8.0
- 342InzaiChiba 8.0
- 342SusonoShizuoka 8.0
- 342YurihonjōAkita 8.0
- 342SayamaOsaka 8.0
- 342KuwanaMie 8.0
- 342JōyōKyoto 8.0
- 342KamagayaChiba 8.0
- 342MinamibōsōChiba 8.0
- 342TōkaiAichi 8.0
- 359TondabayashichōOsaka 7.9
- 359TokorozawaSaitama 7.9
- 359ShimodaShizuoka 7.9
- 359NodaChiba 7.9
- 359NiigataNiigata 7.9
- 359Kameda-honchōNiigata 7.9
- 359Kashima-shiIbaraki 7.9
- 359IseMie 7.9
- 359InoKochi 7.9
- 359HamamatsuShizuoka 7.9
- 359AkiKochi 7.9
- 359KimitsuChiba 7.9
- 359UwajimaEhime 7.9
- 359YokoshibaChiba 7.9
- 359YachimataChiba 7.9
- 359SendaiMiyagi 7.9
- 359KikugawaShizuoka 7.9
- 359SennanOsaka 7.9
- 359MizuhoGifu 7.9
- 378UsukiOita 7.8
- 378TakinomiyaKagawa 7.8
- 378NumazuShizuoka 7.8
- 378MatsutōIshikawa 7.8
- 378KashiwaChiba 7.8
- 378Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 7.8
- 378AkishimaTokyo 7.8
- 378Minami-SōmaFukushima 7.8
- 378InabeMie 7.8
- 378YamatoKanagawa 7.8
- 378FuchūTokyo 7.8
- 378AmaAichi 7.8
- 378KyōtangoKyoto 7.8
- 391ToyonakaOsaka 7.7
- 391ToyamaToyama 7.7
- 391TateyamaChiba 7.7
- 391ShizuokaShizuoka 7.7
- 391ShironeNiigata 7.7
- 391OkayaNagano 7.7
- 391OgawamachiSaitama 7.7
- 391NanaoIshikawa 7.7
- 391MaizuruKyoto 7.7
- 391KisarazuChiba 7.7
- 391HiratsukaKanagawa 7.7
- 391HandaAichi 7.7
- 391FujinomiyaShizuoka 7.7
- 391HanamakiIwate 7.7
- 391ChoshiChiba 7.7
- 391NoboritoKanagawa 7.7
- 391AzaminoKanagawa 7.7
- 408SabaeFukui 7.6
- 408KomatsuIshikawa 7.6
- 408HashimotoWakayama 7.6
- 408HagiYamaguchi 7.6
- 408FujisawaKanagawa 7.6
- 408FujiedaShizuoka 7.6
- 408YotsukaidōChiba 7.6
- 408ŌharaChiba 7.6
- 408NaritaChiba 7.6
- 408HirosakiAomori 7.6
- 408TonamiToyama 7.6
- 408JōsōIbaraki 7.6
- 408SōsaChiba 7.6
- 408KosaiShizuoka 7.6
- 408MinamiuonumaNiigata 7.6
- 408AridaWakayama 7.6
- 424TanabeWakayama 7.5
- 424SuzakaNagano 7.5
- 424MachidaTokyo 7.5
- 424IwataShizuoka 7.5
- 424AnjōAichi 7.5
- 424WakuyaMiyagi 7.5
- 424OmigawaChiba 7.5
- 424MookaTochigi 7.5
- 424MobaraChiba 7.5
- 424Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 7.5
- 424KaminomaAichi 7.5
- 435TsurugaFukui 7.4
- 435ToyotaAichi 7.4
- 435TokonameAichi 7.4
- 435TochigiTochigi 7.4
- 435KitahamaShiga 7.4
- 435SakuraChiba 7.4
- 435AjikiChiba 7.4
- 435InashikiIbaraki 7.4
- 435YoshinogawaTokushima 7.4
- 444Ueno-ebisumachiMie 7.3
- 444UedaNagano 7.3
- 444ToyohashiAichi 7.3
- 444KakegawaShizuoka 7.3
- 444IidaNagano 7.3
- 444HachiōjiTokyo 7.3
- 444GobōWakayama 7.3
- 444AshikagaTochigi 7.3
- 444SawaraChiba 7.3
- 444IchiharaChiba 7.3
- 444ŌdateAkita 7.3
- 444HakodateHokkaido 7.3
- 444HitachiomiyaIbaraki 7.3
- 444EbinaKanagawa 7.3
- 444NankokuKochi 7.3
- 444ShirakawaFukushima 7.3
- 460YaeHiroshima 7.2
- 460ShinagawaEhime 7.2
- 460ShimadaShizuoka 7.2
- 460SetoAichi 7.2
- 460MakiNiigata 7.2
- 460HadanoKanagawa 7.2
- 460AsahikawaHokkaido 7.2
- 460YonoOsaka 7.2
- 460FujiyoshidaYamanashi 7.2
- 469TobaMie 7.1
- 469SuwaNagano 7.1
- 469OnoFukui 7.1
- 469HamakitaShizuoka 7.1
- 469GamagōriAichi 7.1
- 469AtamiShizuoka 7.1
- 469TorideIbaraki 7.1
- 469KitaibarakiIbaraki 7.1
- 469KatsuuraChiba 7.1
- 469SapporoHokkaido 7.1
- 469NasukarasuyamaTochigi 7.1
- 469KuriharaMiyagi 7.1
- 469TomeMiyagi 7.1
- 469SodegauraChiba 7.1
- 483ŌmihachimanShiga 7.0
- 483TomakomaiHokkaido 7.0
- 483NisshinAichi 7.0
- 483MinokamoGifu 7.0
- 483Minami-AlpsYamanashi 7.0
- 488OdawaraKanagawa 6.9
- 488MatsumotoNagano 6.9
- 488KanazawaIshikawa 6.9
- 488TōganeChiba 6.9
- 488HitachiIbaraki 6.9
- 488HigashineYamagata 6.9
- 494TakatsukiOsaka 6.8
- 494KujiIwate 6.8
- 494ChikumaNagano 6.8
- 494MinamiashigaraKanagawa 6.8
- 494MotosuGifu 6.8
- 494TakizawaIwate 6.8
- 500TakayamaGifu 6.7
- 500NishioAichi 6.7
- 500KakamigaharaGifu 6.7
- 500KitamiHokkaido 6.7
- 500OyabeToyama 6.7
- 500KaizuGifu 6.7
- 500MinamichitaAichi 6.7
- 507KariyaAichi 6.6
- 507KushiroHokkaido 6.6
- 509ShimaMie 6.5
- 509NaganoNagano 6.5
- 509ŌshūIwate 6.5
- 509IzunokuniShizuoka 6.5
- 509HigashimurayamaTokyo 6.5
- 514KōkaShiga 6.4
- 515TsubataIshikawa 6.3
- 515SakuNagano 6.3
- 515NishiwakiHyōgo 6.3
- 515InuyamaAichi 6.3
- 515HekinanAichi 6.3
- 515KamaishiIwate 6.3
- 521ShingūWakayama 6.2
- 522KogaIbaraki 6.1
- 523ShinshiroAichi 6.0
- 523NonoichiIshikawa 6.0
- 523NasushiobaraTochigi 6.0
- 526GeroGifu 5.8
- 526ObihiroHokkaido 5.8
- 528InaNagano 5.4
- 529IbiGifu 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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