SmogRank / Countries / Japan / October 2024
Most polluted cities in Japan, October 2024
515 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Kotō at 22.6 µg/m³, #55 of 1,561 cities in the world. Cleanest: Nonoichi at 3.7. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1KotōKumamoto 22.6
- 2ŌtsukiYamanashi 12.0
- 3AyaseKanagawa 11.2
- 4TsuchiuraIbaraki 11.1
- 5GyōdaSaitama 10.6
- 5ChikuseiIbaraki 10.6
- 7SaijōEhime 10.5
- 8ChitoseHokkaido 10.2
- 9Misato, SaitamaSaitama 9.9
- 10ShikokuchūōEhime 9.8
- 11BizenOkayama 9.7
- 12TokiGifu 9.6
- 12ŌmutaFukuoka 9.6
- 12KasaokaOkayama 9.6
- 12OwariasahiAichi 9.6
- 12KamisuIbaraki 9.6
- 17HonmachiKumamoto 9.5
- 17NiihamaEhime 9.5
- 19IgusaSaitama 9.4
- 20TatebayashiGunma 9.3
- 20ChiryūAichi 9.3
- 22IshinomakiMiyagi 9.2
- 23AsakaSaitama 9.1
- 23AraoKumamoto 9.1
- 25TamanaKumamoto 9.0
- 25SōkaSaitama 9.0
- 25KōnosuSaitama 9.0
- 25NiizaSaitama 9.0
- 29YokkaichiMie 8.9
- 29IwadeWakayama 8.9
- 29Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 8.9
- 32OyamaTochigi 8.8
- 32MenumaSaitama 8.8
- 34UtoKumamoto 8.7
- 34MinatoWakayama 8.7
- 34KofuYamanashi 8.7
- 34KawaguchiSaitama 8.7
- 34KasukabeSaitama 8.7
- 34Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 8.7
- 40SandachōHyōgo 8.6
- 40OkazakiAichi 8.6
- 40NodaChiba 8.6
- 40KochiKochi 8.6
- 40GifuGifu 8.6
- 40NakaIbaraki 8.6
- 40SaitamaSaitama 8.6
- 40HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 8.6
- 48TaharaAichi 8.5
- 48NakatsuOita 8.5
- 48KukichūōSaitama 8.5
- 48KoshigayaSaitama 8.5
- 48KashiwaraNara 8.5
- 48MimaTokushima 8.5
- 54YawataKyoto 8.4
- 54MinamataKumamoto 8.4
- 54HōryūjiNara 8.4
- 54HandaAichi 8.4
- 54JōsōIbaraki 8.4
- 54HashimaGifu 8.4
- 54KaniGifu 8.4
- 54KogaFukuoka 8.4
- 54TōkaiAichi 8.4
- 63SuzukaMie 8.3
- 63SaikiOita 8.3
- 63FukuyamaHiroshima 8.3
- 66YokotaTokyo 8.2
- 66NagoyaAichi 8.2
- 66MiyakonojōMiyazaki 8.2
- 66KumagayaSaitama 8.2
- 66IkedachōTokushima 8.2
- 66IrumaSaitama 8.2
- 72Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 8.1
- 72Sakai-nakajimaGunma 8.1
- 72SakadoSaitama 8.1
- 72KitakyushuFukuoka 8.1
- 72MatsuyamaEhime 8.1
- 72BandōIbaraki 8.1
- 72MatsusakaMie 8.1
- 79TajimiGifu 8.0
- 79ŌgakiGifu 8.0
- 79MorohongōSaitama 8.0
- 79Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 8.0
- 79ImizuToyama 8.0
- 79HigashikurumeTokyo 8.0
- 85YokohamaKanagawa 7.9
- 85TsuMie 7.9
- 85TokyoTokyo 7.9
- 85TenriNara 7.9
- 85SaikūMie 7.9
- 85MarugameKagawa 7.9
- 85KurumeFukuoka 7.9
- 85Kan’onjichōKagawa 7.9
- 85HikoneShiga 7.9
- 85IyoEhime 7.9
- 85HigashigōSaga 7.9
- 85KamagayaChiba 7.9
- 97Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 7.8
- 97TsurusakiOita 7.8
- 97ToyotaAichi 7.8
- 97Shin’ichiHiroshima 7.8
- 97ShidoKagawa 7.8
- 97NagoOkinawa 7.8
- 97MinamirinkanKanagawa 7.8
- 97MikuniFukui 7.8
- 97KurashikiOkayama 7.8
- 97KiryūGunma 7.8
- 97KawagoeSaitama 7.8
- 97Imarichō-kōSaga 7.8
- 97ChigasakiKanagawa 7.8
- 97AnanTokushima 7.8
- 97KuwanaMie 7.8
- 97KaminomaAichi 7.8
- 113UrayasuChiba 7.7
- 113TsuyamaOkayama 7.7
- 113SendaiKagoshima 7.7
- 113Ōyanomachi-noboritateKumamoto 7.7
- 113MiharaHiroshima 7.7
- 113KandaFukuoka 7.7
- 113AnjōAichi 7.7
- 113SagaeYamagata 7.7
- 121TogitsuNagasaki 7.6
- 121SanoTochigi 7.6
- 121NabariMie 7.6
- 121KureHiroshima 7.6
- 121Kashihara-shiNara 7.6
- 121Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 7.6
- 121KanoyaKagoshima 7.6
- 121KagoshimaKagoshima 7.6
- 121AmaAichi 7.6
- 130YoriiSaitama 7.5
- 130TokonameAichi 7.5
- 130TamanoOkayama 7.5
- 130TakeharaHiroshima 7.5
- 130ShibukawaGunma 7.5
- 130OnomichiHiroshima 7.5
- 130KurihamaKanagawa 7.5
- 130KumamotoKumamoto 7.5
- 130KariyaAichi 7.5
- 130KameyamaMie 7.5
- 130HonjōSaitama 7.5
- 130KimitsuChiba 7.5
- 130Natori-shiMiyagi 7.5
- 130IchinosekiIwate 7.5
- 130MinokamoGifu 7.5
- 130HigashimurayamaTokyo 7.5
- 130UkihaFukuoka 7.5
- 130AsakuchiOkayama 7.5
- 148SakataYamagata 7.4
- 148SagaSaga 7.4
- 148ŌtaGunma 7.4
- 148NobeokaMiyazaki 7.4
- 148Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 7.4
- 148ItoigawaNiigata 7.4
- 148HannōSaitama 7.4
- 148ChibaChiba 7.4
- 148YachiyoChiba 7.4
- 148JōetsuNiigata 7.4
- 148SugaiKyoto 7.4
- 148IgaMie 7.4
- 148MizuhoGifu 7.4
- 161ZentsujichóKagawa 7.3
- 161YokosukaKanagawa 7.3
- 161Tottori-shiTottori 7.3
- 161TagawaFukuoka 7.3
- 161SōjaOkayama 7.3
- 161SekimachiGifu 7.3
- 161ŌzuKumamoto 7.3
- 161ŌmuraNagasaki 7.3
- 161ŌmeTokyo 7.3
- 161OkayamaOkayama 7.3
- 161Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 7.3
- 161KishiwadaOsaka 7.3
- 161KaminokawaTochigi 7.3
- 161HigashiosakaOsaka 7.3
- 161AiharaKanagawa 7.3
- 161ImabariEhime 7.3
- 161MoriokaIwate 7.3
- 161KodairaTokyo 7.3
- 179SakaiOsaka 7.2
- 179ŌitaOita 7.2
- 179NagasakiNagasaki 7.2
- 179NagahamaShiga 7.2
- 179MatsudoChiba 7.2
- 179KashiwaChiba 7.2
- 179IsahayaNagasaki 7.2
- 179HiratsukaKanagawa 7.2
- 179FujiShizuoka 7.2
- 179AmagasakiHyōgo 7.2
- 179MatsuuraNagasaki 7.2
- 179KinokawaWakayama 7.2
- 179BuzenFukuoka 7.2
- 179NoboritoKanagawa 7.2
- 179TakuSaga 7.2
- 179MinamikyushuKagoshima 7.2
- 195UtsunomiyaTochigi 7.1
- 195Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 7.1
- 195TakasakiGunma 7.1
- 195SaseboNagasaki 7.1
- 195ObitaNagasaki 7.1
- 195IzumisanoOsaka 7.1
- 195FukuroiShizuoka 7.1
- 195FukuokaFukuoka 7.1
- 195MookaTochigi 7.1
- 195IwakiFukushima 7.1
- 195AomoriAomori 7.1
- 195TakashimaShiga 7.1
- 195HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 7.1
- 195Kawachi-NaganoOsaka 7.1
- 195AzaminoKanagawa 7.1
- 195TatsunoHyōgo 7.1
- 211UozuToyama 7.0
- 211SetoAichi 7.0
- 211ŌtakeHiroshima 7.0
- 211OsakaOsaka 7.0
- 211ObamaFukui 7.0
- 211KudamatsuYamaguchi 7.0
- 211KisarazuChiba 7.0
- 211KikuchiKumamoto 7.0
- 211KainanWakayama 7.0
- 211IkomaNara 7.0
- 211HamamatsuShizuoka 7.0
- 211AshikagaTochigi 7.0
- 211IwanumaMiyagi 7.0
- 211MuroranHokkaido 7.0
- 211AsahikawaHokkaido 7.0
- 211NisshinAichi 7.0
- 211MinamibōsōChiba 7.0
- 228AtsugiKanagawa 6.9
- 228YaoOsaka 6.9
- 228SusakiKochi 6.9
- 228NichinanMiyazaki 6.9
- 228KushikinoKagoshima 6.9
- 228KōtariKyoto 6.9
- 228KakegawaShizuoka 6.9
- 228IseMie 6.9
- 228IchinomiyaAichi 6.9
- 228HitoyoshiKumamoto 6.9
- 228HimimachiToyama 6.9
- 228TorideIbaraki 6.9
- 228KōriyamaFukushima 6.9
- 228KasamaIbaraki 6.9
- 228InzaiChiba 6.9
- 228OgōriFukuoka 6.9
- 228NantanKyoto 6.9
- 245YoukaichiShiga 6.8
- 245TosuSaga 6.8
- 245TokorozawaSaitama 6.8
- 245TakahashiOkayama 6.8
- 245OnodaYamaguchi 6.8
- 245NyūzenToyama 6.8
- 245NōgataFukuoka 6.8
- 245Nara-shiNara 6.8
- 245KusatsuShiga 6.8
- 245Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 6.8
- 245IzumiKagoshima 6.8
- 245IizukaFukuoka 6.8
- 245HikariYamaguchi 6.8
- 245YoshiokaMiyagi 6.8
- 245EbinaKanagawa 6.8
- 245AkishimaTokyo 6.8
- 245InabeMie 6.8
- 245ŌsakiMiyagi 6.8
- 245FuchūTokyo 6.8
- 245NarashinoChiba 6.8
- 245YoshinogawaTokushima 6.8
- 266YamagaKumamoto 6.7
- 266TondabayashichōOsaka 6.7
- 266TakinomiyaKagawa 6.7
- 266TakeoSaga 6.7
- 266TakaokaToyama 6.7
- 266ShimonosekiYamaguchi 6.7
- 266ShibataNiigata 6.7
- 266NakamaFukuoka 6.7
- 266NagaokaNiigata 6.7
- 266KobayashiMiyazaki 6.7
- 266KamakuraKanagawa 6.7
- 266IzumiOsaka 6.7
- 266ImaichiTochigi 6.7
- 266GotembaShizuoka 6.7
- 266FujisawaKanagawa 6.7
- 266MinawaKanagawa 6.7
- 266YamagataYamagata 6.7
- 266MatsushimaMiyagi 6.7
- 266YamatoKanagawa 6.7
- 266SaikaiNagasaki 6.7
- 286TomiokaGunma 6.6
- 286TochigiTochigi 6.6
- 286TakanabeMiyazaki 6.6
- 286OnoHyōgo 6.6
- 286HigashinozoeHyōgo 6.6
- 286KyotoKyoto 6.6
- 286IwakuniYamaguchi 6.6
- 286HōfuYamaguchi 6.6
- 286Fukui-shiFukui 6.6
- 286ChichibuSaitama 6.6
- 286MiuraKanagawa 6.6
- 286SakuraChiba 6.6
- 286SōmaFukushima 6.6
- 286KaizuGifu 6.6
- 286SennanOsaka 6.6
- 301AkashiHyōgo 6.5
- 301YonagoTottori 6.5
- 301TakarazukaHyōgo 6.5
- 301ShimaMie 6.5
- 301NumazuShizuoka 6.5
- 301Kashima-shiIbaraki 6.5
- 301IidaNagano 6.5
- 301HiroshimaHiroshima 6.5
- 301HekinanAichi 6.5
- 301GionHiroshima 6.5
- 301GamagōriAichi 6.5
- 301FujinomiyaShizuoka 6.5
- 301ShiroishiMiyagi 6.5
- 301NaritaChiba 6.5
- 301MiyakoIwate 6.5
- 301IshiokaIbaraki 6.5
- 301AjikiChiba 6.5
- 301KitamiHokkaido 6.5
- 301HirosakiAomori 6.5
- 301InashikiIbaraki 6.5
- 301KikugawaShizuoka 6.5
- 301SadoNiigata 6.5
- 301KirishimaKagoshima 6.5
- 301MinamichitaAichi 6.5
- 301JōyōKyoto 6.5
- 301GotōNagasaki 6.5
- 327ŌtsuShiga 6.4
- 327OkayaNagano 6.4
- 327KitahamaShiga 6.4
- 327KaratsuSaga 6.4
- 327HachiōjiTokyo 6.4
- 327Tagajō-shiMiyagi 6.4
- 327KakudaMiyagi 6.4
- 327Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 6.4
- 327KumanoMie 6.4
- 327KosaiShizuoka 6.4
- 327SusonoShizuoka 6.4
- 327WakasugiFukuoka 6.4
- 327ItoshimaFukuoka 6.4
- 340YanaiYamaguchi 6.3
- 340TsuruokaYamagata 6.3
- 340ToyohashiAichi 6.3
- 340SuzakaNagano 6.3
- 340NishinomiyaHyōgo 6.3
- 340NamerikawaToyama 6.3
- 340MachidaTokyo 6.3
- 340KogaFukuoka 6.3
- 340Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 6.3
- 340MobaraChiba 6.3
- 340IchiharaChiba 6.3
- 340NoshiroAkita 6.3
- 340Minami-SōmaFukushima 6.3
- 340HiragiKagawa 6.3
- 354UjiKyoto 6.2
- 354TokushimaTokushima 6.2
- 354TobaMie 6.2
- 354TateyamaChiba 6.2
- 354OwaseMie 6.2
- 354KobeHyōgo 6.2
- 354IzumoShimane 6.2
- 354IbiGifu 6.2
- 354HadanoKanagawa 6.2
- 354YonezawaYamagata 6.2
- 354AkitaAkita 6.2
- 354ChikumaNagano 6.2
- 354KasugaFukuoka 6.2
- 354SayamaOsaka 6.2
- 354ShūnanYamaguchi 6.2
- 369YanagawaFukuoka 6.1
- 369YaitaTochigi 6.1
- 369YaeHiroshima 6.1
- 369UbeYamaguchi 6.1
- 369SuwaNagano 6.1
- 369ShizuokaShizuoka 6.1
- 369MatsumotoNagano 6.1
- 369HamakitaShizuoka 6.1
- 369YokoteAkita 6.1
- 369ShinjōYamagata 6.1
- 369HanamakiIwate 6.1
- 369ŌdateAkita 6.1
- 369OgaAkita 6.1
- 369HabikinoOsaka 6.1
- 369TsushimaNagasaki 6.1
- 369KizugawaKyoto 6.1
- 369MineYamaguchi 6.1
- 369SodegauraChiba 6.1
- 387TsurugaFukui 6.0
- 387OdawaraKanagawa 6.0
- 387Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 6.0
- 387MiyazakiMiyazaki 6.0
- 387MaizuruKyoto 6.0
- 387Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 6.0
- 387Kameda-honchōNiigata 6.0
- 387IwataShizuoka 6.0
- 387HirakataOsaka 6.0
- 387YotsukaidōChiba 6.0
- 387YachimataChiba 6.0
- 387HachinoheAomori 6.0
- 387ShintomiMiyazaki 6.0
- 387ShonaiYamagata 6.0
- 387Minami-AlpsYamanashi 6.0
- 387MunakataFukuoka 6.0
- 403NakanojōGunma 5.9
- 403MiyoshiHiroshima 5.9
- 403KameokaKyoto 5.9
- 403KakamigaharaGifu 5.9
- 403IkarugaHyōgo 5.9
- 403FujiedaShizuoka 5.9
- 403OmigawaChiba 5.9
- 403ŌharaChiba 5.9
- 403KagaIshikawa 5.9
- 403AridaWakayama 5.9
- 413YukuhashiFukuoka 5.8
- 413TakamatsuKagawa 5.8
- 413KanumaTochigi 5.8
- 413HimejiHyōgo 5.8
- 413HashimotoWakayama 5.8
- 413SawaraChiba 5.8
- 413KesennumaMiyagi 5.8
- 413HigashineYamagata 5.8
- 413SōsaChiba 5.8
- 413IzunokuniShizuoka 5.8
- 413YameFukuoka 5.8
- 413TomeMiyagi 5.8
- 425ShimodaShizuoka 5.7
- 425SabaeFukui 5.7
- 425OnoFukui 5.7
- 425OgawamachiSaitama 5.7
- 425NahaOkinawa 5.7
- 425MatsutōIshikawa 5.7
- 425FukuchiyamaKyoto 5.7
- 425AyabeKyoto 5.7
- 425AtamiShizuoka 5.7
- 425HitachiomiyaIbaraki 5.7
- 425AmamiKagoshima 5.7
- 425NankokuKochi 5.7
- 437YasugichōShimane 5.6
- 437YamaguchiYamaguchi 5.6
- 437ShironeNiigata 5.6
- 437ShimadaShizuoka 5.6
- 437NumataGunma 5.6
- 437NiigataNiigata 5.6
- 437NakamuraKochi 5.6
- 437MifuneKumamoto 5.6
- 437InoKochi 5.6
- 437ŌmihachimanShiga 5.6
- 437SapporoHokkaido 5.6
- 437HakodateHokkaido 5.6
- 437YawatahamaEhime 5.6
- 437ShirakawaFukushima 5.6
- 451Ueno-ebisumachiMie 5.5
- 451ToyookaHyōgo 5.5
- 451ToyonakaOsaka 5.5
- 451Niitsu-honchōNiigata 5.5
- 451NaganoNagano 5.5
- 451GobōWakayama 5.5
- 451SendaiMiyagi 5.5
- 451ChoshiChiba 5.5
- 451TomakomaiHokkaido 5.5
- 451NasukarasuyamaTochigi 5.5
- 451KuriharaMiyagi 5.5
- 451UnnanShimane 5.5
- 463ToyamaToyama 5.4
- 463TanabeWakayama 5.4
- 463NanaoIshikawa 5.4
- 463MasudaShimane 5.4
- 463HakuiIshikawa 5.4
- 463NagatoYamaguchi 5.4
- 463NagaiYamagata 5.4
- 463KatsuuraChiba 5.4
- 463YurihonjōAkita 5.4
- 472NiimiOkayama 5.3
- 472KomatsuIshikawa 5.3
- 472KogaIbaraki 5.3
- 472HamadaShimane 5.3
- 472KitaibarakiIbaraki 5.3
- 472HitachiIbaraki 5.3
- 472TonamiToyama 5.3
- 479TakatsukiOsaka 5.2
- 479MiyazuKyoto 5.2
- 479AkiKochi 5.2
- 479WakuyaMiyagi 5.2
- 479ObihiroHokkaido 5.2
- 479TakizawaIwate 5.2
- 485SumotoHyōgo 5.1
- 485MatsueShimane 5.1
- 485MakiNiigata 5.1
- 485TōganeChiba 5.1
- 485KushiroHokkaido 5.1
- 485MinamiuonumaNiigata 5.1
- 491UedaNagano 5.0
- 491TakayamaGifu 5.0
- 491GōtsuchōShimane 5.0
- 491MinamiashigaraKanagawa 5.0
- 491Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 5.0
- 491ŌshūIwate 5.0
- 497NishiwakiHyōgo 4.9
- 498KōkaShiga 4.8
- 498YonoOsaka 4.8
- 498FujiyoshidaYamanashi 4.8
- 498KyōtangoKyoto 4.8
- 502SakaiminatoTottori 4.7
- 503UwajimaEhime 4.6
- 504KanazawaIshikawa 4.5
- 505ShingūWakayama 4.4
- 505HagiYamaguchi 4.4
- 505IkiNagasaki 4.4
- 508TsubataIshikawa 4.3
- 508InaNagano 4.3
- 508OyabeToyama 4.3
- 511KujiIwate 4.2
- 512GeroGifu 4.0
- 512ShinagawaEhime 4.0
- 514KamaishiIwate 3.8
- 515NonoichiIshikawa 3.7
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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