SmogRank / Countries / Japan / July 2024
Most polluted cities in Japan, July 2024
528 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Ayase at 18.8 µg/m³, #56 of 2,047 cities in the world. Cleanest: Yanagawa at 2.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1AyaseKanagawa 18.8
- 2ChikuseiIbaraki 18.7
- 3ŌtsukiYamanashi 17.4
- 4TsuchiuraIbaraki 16.7
- 5KamisuIbaraki 16.4
- 6AiharaKanagawa 15.4
- 7ŌmeTokyo 14.7
- 8OyamaTochigi 14.6
- 9MinamirinkanKanagawa 14.5
- 9GotembaShizuoka 14.5
- 9ChigasakiKanagawa 14.5
- 9IrumaSaitama 14.5
- 13ChibaChiba 14.3
- 14Kashima-shiIbaraki 14.2
- 14HiratsukaKanagawa 14.2
- 16IgusaSaitama 14.1
- 17KodairaTokyo 14.0
- 18YokohamaKanagawa 13.8
- 18TakasakiGunma 13.8
- 18KasamaIbaraki 13.8
- 21KofuYamanashi 13.7
- 21YachiyoChiba 13.7
- 23TatebayashiGunma 13.6
- 23GyōdaSaitama 13.6
- 23HokotaIbaraki 13.6
- 23Misato, SaitamaSaitama 13.6
- 23HigashikurumeTokyo 13.6
- 28OdawaraKanagawa 13.5
- 28MinawaKanagawa 13.5
- 30KazoSaitama 13.4
- 30AgeoSaitama 13.4
- 32AtsugiKanagawa 13.3
- 32TokyoTokyo 13.3
- 32MorohongōSaitama 13.3
- 32HachiōjiTokyo 13.3
- 32NaritaChiba 13.3
- 37Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 13.2
- 37SawaraChiba 13.2
- 37AkishimaTokyo 13.2
- 37FuchūTokyo 13.2
- 37KamagayaChiba 13.2
- 42SanoTochigi 13.1
- 42KochiKochi 13.1
- 42NoboritoKanagawa 13.1
- 45AtamiShizuoka 13.0
- 45IwakiFukushima 13.0
- 45HigashimurayamaTokyo 13.0
- 45NarashinoChiba 13.0
- 49UrayasuChiba 12.9
- 49MachidaTokyo 12.9
- 49KasaokaOkayama 12.9
- 49KamakuraKanagawa 12.9
- 53TokorozawaSaitama 12.8
- 53KurihamaKanagawa 12.8
- 53ImaichiTochigi 12.8
- 53KimitsuChiba 12.8
- 53SakuraChiba 12.8
- 53OmigawaChiba 12.8
- 53InzaiChiba 12.8
- 53AzaminoKanagawa 12.8
- 53YamatoKanagawa 12.8
- 62YokosukaKanagawa 12.7
- 62KawaguchiSaitama 12.7
- 62YachimataChiba 12.7
- 62NagaiYamagata 12.7
- 62Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 12.7
- 67YaitaTochigi 12.6
- 67KisarazuChiba 12.6
- 67HadanoKanagawa 12.6
- 67SagaeYamagata 12.6
- 67MookaTochigi 12.6
- 67IshiokaIbaraki 12.6
- 67EbinaKanagawa 12.6
- 74YokotaTokyo 12.5
- 74TateyamaChiba 12.5
- 74SakataYamagata 12.5
- 74KōnosuSaitama 12.5
- 74KawagoeSaitama 12.5
- 74FujisawaKanagawa 12.5
- 74AjikiChiba 12.5
- 74ChitoseHokkaido 12.5
- 74Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 12.5
- 83MiuraKanagawa 12.4
- 83IchiharaChiba 12.4
- 83InashikiIbaraki 12.4
- 83NiizaSaitama 12.4
- 87AnanTokushima 12.3
- 87MobaraChiba 12.3
- 87IshinomakiMiyagi 12.3
- 87ChoshiChiba 12.3
- 87SōsaChiba 12.3
- 87SusonoShizuoka 12.3
- 87MinamibōsōChiba 12.3
- 94Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 12.2
- 94KanumaTochigi 12.2
- 94TorideIbaraki 12.2
- 94MinamiashigaraKanagawa 12.2
- 98MenumaSaitama 12.1
- 98KiryūGunma 12.1
- 98AsakaSaitama 12.1
- 101SayamaSaitama 12.0
- 101BandōIbaraki 12.0
- 101NasukarasuyamaTochigi 12.0
- 104MatsudoChiba 11.9
- 104KaminokawaTochigi 11.9
- 106KashiwaChiba 11.8
- 106FujinomiyaShizuoka 11.8
- 106ŌharaChiba 11.8
- 106SodegauraChiba 11.8
- 110UtsunomiyaTochigi 11.7
- 110TsuruokaYamagata 11.7
- 110SōkaSaitama 11.7
- 110NumazuShizuoka 11.7
- 110NodaChiba 11.7
- 110YotsukaidōChiba 11.7
- 110MuroranHokkaido 11.7
- 110AomoriAomori 11.7
- 110BizenOkayama 11.7
- 119YoriiSaitama 11.6
- 119KukichūōSaitama 11.6
- 119FukuroiShizuoka 11.6
- 119MimaTokushima 11.6
- 123ShimodaShizuoka 11.5
- 123SakadoSaitama 11.5
- 123FujiShizuoka 11.5
- 123SaitamaSaitama 11.5
- 127TochigiTochigi 11.4
- 127AsahikawaHokkaido 11.4
- 127OgaAkita 11.4
- 127ShonaiYamagata 11.4
- 131TaharaAichi 11.3
- 131KumagayaSaitama 11.3
- 131IwadeWakayama 11.3
- 131HannōSaitama 11.3
- 131FujiedaShizuoka 11.3
- 131AshikagaTochigi 11.3
- 131FukushimaFukushima 11.3
- 138SōjaOkayama 11.2
- 139Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 11.1
- 139IwataShizuoka 11.1
- 139IzunokuniShizuoka 11.1
- 142KakegawaShizuoka 11.0
- 142HitachiIbaraki 11.0
- 142KitamiHokkaido 11.0
- 145TōganeChiba 10.9
- 146Sakai-nakajimaGunma 10.8
- 146HonjōSaitama 10.8
- 146ChichibuSaitama 10.8
- 146HirosakiAomori 10.8
- 150MinatoWakayama 10.7
- 150ObamaFukui 10.7
- 150KatsuuraChiba 10.7
- 153KesennumaMiyagi 10.6
- 153HitachiomiyaIbaraki 10.6
- 153ShikokuchūōEhime 10.6
- 156OkayamaOkayama 10.5
- 156Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 10.5
- 156GifuGifu 10.5
- 156MoriokaIwate 10.5
- 156KitaibarakiIbaraki 10.5
- 156JōetsuNiigata 10.5
- 162MarugameKagawa 10.4
- 162KoshigayaSaitama 10.4
- 162IkedachōTokushima 10.4
- 162HanyūSaitama 10.4
- 162ChiryūAichi 10.4
- 162KikugawaShizuoka 10.4
- 162SadoNiigata 10.4
- 162Minami-AlpsYamanashi 10.4
- 170TomiokaGunma 10.3
- 170ShizuokaShizuoka 10.3
- 170KasukabeSaitama 10.3
- 170YamagataYamagata 10.3
- 170HachinoheAomori 10.3
- 170FujiyoshidaYamanashi 10.3
- 176ShimadaShizuoka 10.2
- 176ShibukawaGunma 10.2
- 176SandachōHyōgo 10.2
- 176Kan’onjichōKagawa 10.2
- 176OwariasahiAichi 10.2
- 176TatsunoHyōgo 10.2
- 182SaikiOita 10.1
- 182HigashinozoeHyōgo 10.1
- 182IkomaNara 10.1
- 182YonezawaYamagata 10.1
- 182NoshiroAkita 10.1
- 187Tottori-shiTottori 10.0
- 187TokushimaTokushima 10.0
- 187SaikūMie 10.0
- 187NobeokaMiyazaki 10.0
- 187HigashiosakaOsaka 10.0
- 187AmagasakiHyōgo 10.0
- 187YokoteAkita 10.0
- 187HigashineYamagata 10.0
- 187HakodateHokkaido 10.0
- 187Minami-SōmaFukushima 10.0
- 187TōkaiAichi 10.0
- 198OsakaOsaka 9.9
- 198NiihamaEhime 9.9
- 198Nara-shiNara 9.9
- 198NagahamaShiga 9.9
- 198KurashikiOkayama 9.9
- 198IkarugaHyōgo 9.9
- 198IwanumaMiyagi 9.9
- 198YoshinogawaTokushima 9.9
- 206AkashiHyōgo 9.8
- 206YokkaichiMie 9.8
- 206YawataKyoto 9.8
- 206OgawamachiSaitama 9.8
- 206SaijōEhime 9.8
- 206KaniGifu 9.8
- 206MatsusakaMie 9.8
- 213UozuToyama 9.7
- 213SuzukaMie 9.7
- 213ShibataNiigata 9.7
- 213SakaiOsaka 9.7
- 213OkazakiAichi 9.7
- 213HimejiHyōgo 9.7
- 213HikoneShiga 9.7
- 213Natori-shiMiyagi 9.7
- 213IchinosekiIwate 9.7
- 213AkitaAkita 9.7
- 223ToyotaAichi 9.6
- 223TokiGifu 9.6
- 223NishinomiyaHyōgo 9.6
- 223KōtariKyoto 9.6
- 223KishiwadaOsaka 9.6
- 223KainanWakayama 9.6
- 223HamamatsuShizuoka 9.6
- 223AkiKochi 9.6
- 223SapporoHokkaido 9.6
- 223GoshogawaraAomori 9.6
- 233ZentsujichóKagawa 9.5
- 233YoukaichiShiga 9.5
- 233OnoHyōgo 9.5
- 233ŌitaOita 9.5
- 233MiyazuKyoto 9.5
- 233Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 9.5
- 233InoKochi 9.5
- 233HandaAichi 9.5
- 233MiyakoIwate 9.5
- 233AmaAichi 9.5
- 243SusakiKochi 9.4
- 243FukuchiyamaKyoto 9.4
- 243YoshiokaMiyagi 9.4
- 243ShiroishiMiyagi 9.4
- 243HanamakiIwate 9.4
- 243KaminomaAichi 9.4
- 249ToyohashiAichi 9.3
- 249TakarazukaHyōgo 9.3
- 249ŌtaGunma 9.3
- 249NakatsuOita 9.3
- 249NagoyaAichi 9.3
- 249KobeHyōgo 9.3
- 249IseMie 9.3
- 249HirakataOsaka 9.3
- 249AyabeKyoto 9.3
- 249KōriyamaFukushima 9.3
- 259YaoOsaka 9.2
- 259TsuyamaOkayama 9.2
- 259NamerikawaToyama 9.2
- 259IzumisanoOsaka 9.2
- 259AnjōAichi 9.2
- 259KakudaMiyagi 9.2
- 259TomakomaiHokkaido 9.2
- 259KushiroHokkaido 9.2
- 259KuwanaMie 9.2
- 268ToyonakaOsaka 9.1
- 268TanabeWakayama 9.1
- 268KyotoKyoto 9.1
- 268Kameda-honchōNiigata 9.1
- 268GobōWakayama 9.1
- 268ŌsakiMiyagi 9.1
- 268KosaiShizuoka 9.1
- 268HyūgaMiyazaki 9.1
- 268ShirakawaFukushima 9.1
- 277UjiKyoto 9.0
- 277ShidoKagawa 9.0
- 277ŌgakiGifu 9.0
- 277Niitsu-honchōNiigata 9.0
- 277Kashihara-shiNara 9.0
- 277GamagōriAichi 9.0
- 277ImabariEhime 9.0
- 277TakashimaShiga 9.0
- 277JōyōKyoto 9.0
- 277NankokuKochi 9.0
- 287OwaseMie 8.9
- 287NiigataNiigata 8.9
- 287NagaokaNiigata 8.9
- 287KashiwaraNara 8.9
- 287HamakitaShizuoka 8.9
- 287MatsuyamaEhime 8.9
- 287SendaiMiyagi 8.9
- 287ObihiroHokkaido 8.9
- 287HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 8.9
- 287HabikinoOsaka 8.9
- 287AridaWakayama 8.9
- 298KureHiroshima 8.8
- 298GionHiroshima 8.8
- 298Tagajō-shiMiyagi 8.8
- 298SugaiKyoto 8.8
- 302TsurugaFukui 8.7
- 302TsuMie 8.7
- 302ToyamaToyama 8.7
- 302TamanoOkayama 8.7
- 302TakeharaHiroshima 8.7
- 302SekimachiGifu 8.7
- 302KusatsuShiga 8.7
- 302KameokaKyoto 8.7
- 302ItoigawaNiigata 8.7
- 302FukuyamaHiroshima 8.7
- 302KinokawaWakayama 8.7
- 302TakizawaIwate 8.7
- 302KizugawaKyoto 8.7
- 315TsurusakiOita 8.6
- 315TokonameAichi 8.6
- 315TobaMie 8.6
- 315NakanojōGunma 8.6
- 315IchinomiyaAichi 8.6
- 315HōryūjiNara 8.6
- 315InabeMie 8.6
- 315ShūnanYamaguchi 8.6
- 323TajimiGifu 8.5
- 323ShimaMie 8.5
- 323NyūzenToyama 8.5
- 323MikuniFukui 8.5
- 323ŌdateAkita 8.5
- 323HashimaGifu 8.5
- 323IgaMie 8.5
- 330SakuNagano 8.4
- 330ŌtsuShiga 8.4
- 330MakiNiigata 8.4
- 330IzumiOsaka 8.4
- 330HimimachiToyama 8.4
- 330IyoEhime 8.4
- 330MatsushimaMiyagi 8.4
- 330SōmaFukushima 8.4
- 330SennanOsaka 8.4
- 339TondabayashichōOsaka 8.3
- 339OnomichiHiroshima 8.3
- 339NaganoNagano 8.3
- 339KitahamaShiga 8.3
- 339HiroshimaHiroshima 8.3
- 339WakuyaMiyagi 8.3
- 339ChikumaNagano 8.3
- 339Kawachi-NaganoOsaka 8.3
- 339MinamichitaAichi 8.3
- 339HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 8.3
- 339MizuhoGifu 8.3
- 350UsukiOita 8.2
- 350ShironeNiigata 8.2
- 350Fukui-shiFukui 8.2
- 353ŌtakeHiroshima 8.1
- 353NishioAichi 8.1
- 353NakamuraKochi 8.1
- 353KujiIwate 8.1
- 353ImizuToyama 8.1
- 353MinokamoGifu 8.1
- 353HiragiKagawa 8.1
- 353AsakuchiOkayama 8.1
- 361ShingūWakayama 8.0
- 361Ueno-ebisumachiMie 8.0
- 361SetoAichi 8.0
- 361NumataGunma 8.0
- 361KameyamaMie 8.0
- 361HashimotoWakayama 8.0
- 361KamaishiIwate 8.0
- 361KaizuGifu 8.0
- 361YonoOsaka 8.0
- 361NantanKyoto 8.0
- 371Shin’ichiHiroshima 7.9
- 371MiharaHiroshima 7.9
- 371Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 7.9
- 371UwajimaEhime 7.9
- 371KuriharaMiyagi 7.9
- 376TakinomiyaKagawa 7.8
- 376HekinanAichi 7.8
- 376SayamaOsaka 7.8
- 376KunisakiOita 7.8
- 380TakamatsuKagawa 7.7
- 380NabariMie 7.7
- 380MatsumotoNagano 7.7
- 380IwakuniYamaguchi 7.7
- 380HakuiIshikawa 7.7
- 380KagaIshikawa 7.7
- 380Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 7.7
- 380NasushiobaraTochigi 7.7
- 380NisshinAichi 7.7
- 380YawatahamaEhime 7.7
- 390TakanabeMiyazaki 7.6
- 390KariyaAichi 7.6
- 390KandaFukuoka 7.6
- 390HōfuYamaguchi 7.6
- 390KumanoMie 7.6
- 390YurihonjōAkita 7.6
- 396TakaokaToyama 7.5
- 396SabaeFukui 7.5
- 396MaizuruKyoto 7.5
- 396KakamigaharaGifu 7.5
- 396MinamiuonumaNiigata 7.5
- 401TakahashiOkayama 7.4
- 401SuwaNagano 7.4
- 401OnodaYamaguchi 7.4
- 401NanaoIshikawa 7.4
- 401MatsutōIshikawa 7.4
- 401IidaNagano 7.4
- 407YanaiYamaguchi 7.3
- 407ToyookaHyōgo 7.3
- 407MinamataKumamoto 7.3
- 410ShimonosekiYamaguchi 7.2
- 410KomatsuIshikawa 7.2
- 410TomeMiyagi 7.2
- 410KyōtangoKyoto 7.2
- 414GeroGifu 7.1
- 414TenriNara 7.1
- 414TakayamaGifu 7.1
- 414TakatsukiOsaka 7.1
- 414SuzakaNagano 7.1
- 414NishiwakiHyōgo 7.1
- 414InuyamaAichi 7.1
- 421ŌmihachimanShiga 7.0
- 421TonamiToyama 7.0
- 423SumotoHyōgo 6.9
- 423ŌzuKumamoto 6.9
- 423OnoFukui 6.9
- 423KitakyushuFukuoka 6.9
- 423KōkaShiga 6.9
- 423MineYamaguchi 6.9
- 429UtoKumamoto 6.8
- 429TagawaFukuoka 6.8
- 429ShinshiroAichi 6.8
- 429KudamatsuYamaguchi 6.8
- 429KotōKumamoto 6.8
- 434NiimiOkayama 6.7
- 435MiyoshiHiroshima 6.6
- 435ŌshūIwate 6.6
- 437UbeYamaguchi 6.5
- 437MiyakonojōMiyazaki 6.5
- 439HitoyoshiKumamoto 6.4
- 439NagatoYamaguchi 6.4
- 441Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 6.3
- 441ShintomiMiyazaki 6.3
- 443YasugichōShimane 6.2
- 443MasudaShimane 6.2
- 443KanazawaIshikawa 6.2
- 443HikariYamaguchi 6.2
- 443OyabeToyama 6.2
- 443KogaFukuoka 6.2
- 449YamaguchiYamaguchi 6.1
- 449BuzenFukuoka 6.1
- 449UkihaFukuoka 6.1
- 449ChikugoFukuoka 6.1
- 453ŌmutaFukuoka 6.0
- 453IzumoShimane 6.0
- 453InaNagano 6.0
- 456TsubataIshikawa 5.9
- 456Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka 5.9
- 456TamanaKumamoto 5.9
- 456Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 5.9
- 460YukuhashiFukuoka 5.8
- 460YonagoTottori 5.8
- 460HonmachiKumamoto 5.8
- 460YaeHiroshima 5.8
- 460UedaNagano 5.8
- 460NonoichiIshikawa 5.8
- 460Ōyanomachi-noboritateKumamoto 5.8
- 460NichinanMiyazaki 5.8
- 460MiyazakiMiyazaki 5.8
- 460GōtsuchōShimane 5.8
- 460AraoKumamoto 5.8
- 460UnnanShimane 5.8
- 472ShinagawaEhime 5.7
- 472HamadaShimane 5.7
- 474Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 5.6
- 474MifuneKumamoto 5.6
- 474KirishimaKagoshima 5.6
- 474WakasugiFukuoka 5.6
- 478NakamaFukuoka 5.5
- 478Imarichō-kōSaga 5.5
- 478HagiYamaguchi 5.5
- 481YamagaKumamoto 5.4
- 481NōgataFukuoka 5.4
- 481IizukaFukuoka 5.4
- 484SaseboNagasaki 5.3
- 484KogaFukuoka 5.3
- 484KobayashiMiyazaki 5.3
- 484KikuchiKumamoto 5.3
- 484KanoyaKagoshima 5.3
- 484MotosuGifu 5.3
- 490KumamotoKumamoto 5.2
- 490FukuokaFukuoka 5.2
- 490MatsuuraNagasaki 5.2
- 490MunakataFukuoka 5.2
- 494TsushimaNagasaki 5.1
- 494ItoshimaFukuoka 5.1
- 496SagaSaga 5.0
- 497KushikinoKagoshima 4.9
- 497KurumeFukuoka 4.9
- 499SendaiKagoshima 4.8
- 499NagasakiNagasaki 4.8
- 499SaikaiNagasaki 4.8
- 502TosuSaga 4.7
- 502TogitsuNagasaki 4.7
- 502SakaiminatoTottori 4.7
- 502Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 4.7
- 502IbiGifu 4.7
- 502HigashigōSaga 4.7
- 502YameFukuoka 4.7
- 502MinamikyushuKagoshima 4.7
- 510MatsueShimane 4.6
- 510KaratsuSaga 4.6
- 510KagoshimaKagoshima 4.6
- 510KasugaFukuoka 4.6
- 510GotōNagasaki 4.6
- 515OgōriFukuoka 4.5
- 516ObitaNagasaki 4.3
- 516KashimaSaga 4.3
- 518TakeoSaga 4.2
- 519Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 4.0
- 519TakuSaga 4.0
- 521IzumiKagoshima 3.8
- 522ŌmuraNagasaki 3.7
- 522IsahayaNagasaki 3.7
- 522AsoKumamoto 3.7
- 525Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 3.5
- 525IkiNagasaki 3.5
- 527AmamiKagoshima 3.1
- 528YanagawaFukuoka 2.6
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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