SmogRank / Countries / Japan / December 2024
Most polluted cities in Japan, December 2024
503 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Hita at 14.5 µg/m³, #314 of 2,078 cities in the world. Cleanest: Minokamo at 2.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1HitaOita 14.5
- 2MiyakonojōMiyazaki 12.7
- 3Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 12.4
- 4Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka 12.3
- 5KotōKumamoto 12.0
- 6ŌzuKumamoto 11.6
- 6ChikugoFukuoka 11.6
- 8KumamotoKumamoto 11.5
- 9ŌmutaFukuoka 11.2
- 10TagawaFukuoka 11.1
- 10KanoyaKagoshima 11.1
- 12Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 10.7
- 12ChikuseiIbaraki 10.7
- 14KikuchiKumamoto 10.5
- 14JōsōIbaraki 10.5
- 14HigashigōSaga 10.5
- 17Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 10.3
- 18YamagaKumamoto 10.2
- 18TosuSaga 10.2
- 18TakanabeMiyazaki 10.2
- 21KurumeFukuoka 10.1
- 22SagaSaga 9.8
- 22NodaChiba 9.8
- 22Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 9.8
- 22TsuchiuraIbaraki 9.8
- 22AraoKumamoto 9.8
- 27NakatsuOita 9.7
- 28UtoKumamoto 9.6
- 28TamanoOkayama 9.6
- 28OgōriFukuoka 9.6
- 28BizenOkayama 9.6
- 32KazoSaitama 9.5
- 33KurashikiOkayama 9.4
- 33YotsukaidōChiba 9.4
- 33AsoKumamoto 9.4
- 33AsakuchiOkayama 9.4
- 37YawataKyoto 9.3
- 37TamanaKumamoto 9.3
- 37HyūgaMiyazaki 9.3
- 40YanagawaFukuoka 9.2
- 40OyamaTochigi 9.2
- 40UkihaFukuoka 9.2
- 40HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 9.2
- 44SendaiKagoshima 9.1
- 44NōgataFukuoka 9.1
- 44IgusaSaitama 9.1
- 44GyōdaSaitama 9.1
- 44NakaIbaraki 9.1
- 49SandachōHyōgo 9.0
- 49HigashinozoeHyōgo 9.0
- 51HonmachiKumamoto 8.9
- 51KashimaSaga 8.9
- 51HōryūjiNara 8.9
- 51FukuokaFukuoka 8.9
- 51AmagasakiHyōgo 8.9
- 51SaijōEhime 8.9
- 51KasugaFukuoka 8.9
- 58KasaokaOkayama 8.8
- 58Imarichō-kōSaga 8.8
- 58FukuyamaHiroshima 8.8
- 61SōkaSaitama 8.7
- 61OsakaOsaka 8.7
- 61OnodaYamaguchi 8.7
- 61KofuYamanashi 8.7
- 61KasukabeSaitama 8.7
- 61IshiokaIbaraki 8.7
- 67SaikiOita 8.6
- 67HōfuYamaguchi 8.6
- 67YachiyoChiba 8.6
- 67KamagayaChiba 8.6
- 71SōjaOkayama 8.5
- 71SaseboNagasaki 8.5
- 71Ōyanomachi-noboritateKumamoto 8.5
- 71NishioAichi 8.5
- 71NichinanMiyazaki 8.5
- 71MiyazakiMiyazaki 8.5
- 71Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 8.5
- 71KagoshimaKagoshima 8.5
- 71IizukaFukuoka 8.5
- 80TaharaAichi 8.4
- 80KariyaAichi 8.4
- 80Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 8.4
- 80HigashiosakaOsaka 8.4
- 80BeppuOita 8.4
- 80AsahikawaHokkaido 8.4
- 86TakeoSaga 8.3
- 86NahaOkinawa 8.3
- 86KukichūōSaitama 8.3
- 86KōnosuSaitama 8.3
- 86KawaguchiSaitama 8.3
- 86Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 8.3
- 86SōsaChiba 8.3
- 86KogaFukuoka 8.3
- 86TsushimaNagasaki 8.3
- 95TenriNara 8.2
- 95TakamatsuKagawa 8.2
- 95OwariasahiAichi 8.2
- 95SaitamaSaitama 8.2
- 95ShikokuchūōEhime 8.2
- 100TogitsuNagasaki 8.1
- 100NagasakiNagasaki 8.1
- 100KōtariKyoto 8.1
- 100KoshigayaSaitama 8.1
- 100KitakyushuFukuoka 8.1
- 100HandaAichi 8.1
- 100AsakaSaitama 8.1
- 100TakuSaga 8.1
- 100ItoshimaFukuoka 8.1
- 109AkashiHyōgo 8.0
- 109HikariYamaguchi 8.0
- 109YachimataChiba 8.0
- 109NiizaSaitama 8.0
- 113Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 7.9
- 113NiihamaEhime 7.9
- 113MinamataKumamoto 7.9
- 113KudamatsuYamaguchi 7.9
- 113KashiwaChiba 7.9
- 113IzumiKagoshima 7.9
- 113HitoyoshiKumamoto 7.9
- 113AgeoSaitama 7.9
- 113SakuraChiba 7.9
- 113NantanKyoto 7.9
- 123YoukaichiShiga 7.8
- 123NabariMie 7.8
- 123Kan’onjichōKagawa 7.8
- 123HashimotoWakayama 7.8
- 123IyoEhime 7.8
- 123ShintomiMiyazaki 7.8
- 123MineYamaguchi 7.8
- 130YokkaichiMie 7.7
- 130OnoHyōgo 7.7
- 130ŌmuraNagasaki 7.7
- 130NishinomiyaHyōgo 7.7
- 130MifuneKumamoto 7.7
- 130IkedachōTokushima 7.7
- 130HanyūSaitama 7.7
- 130MatsuyamaEhime 7.7
- 130MobaraChiba 7.7
- 130ChibaChiba 7.7
- 130KamisuIbaraki 7.7
- 130InzaiChiba 7.7
- 130KaniGifu 7.7
- 130MinamikyushuKagoshima 7.7
- 144YaoOsaka 7.6
- 144UjiKyoto 7.6
- 144TsuyamaOkayama 7.6
- 144SuzukaMie 7.6
- 144ShimonosekiYamaguchi 7.6
- 144MinatoWakayama 7.6
- 144SakaiOsaka 7.6
- 144KogaFukuoka 7.6
- 144KaratsuSaga 7.6
- 144AjikiChiba 7.6
- 144ChitoseHokkaido 7.6
- 144BandōIbaraki 7.6
- 144SugaiKyoto 7.6
- 144YameFukuoka 7.6
- 144TatsunoHyōgo 7.6
- 159UbeYamaguchi 7.5
- 159TokiGifu 7.5
- 159TatebayashiGunma 7.5
- 159TakahashiOkayama 7.5
- 159OkayamaOkayama 7.5
- 159KyotoKyoto 7.5
- 159KameokaKyoto 7.5
- 159HirakataOsaka 7.5
- 159NagatoYamaguchi 7.5
- 159ImabariEhime 7.5
- 159TorideIbaraki 7.5
- 170TokyoTokyo 7.4
- 170OkazakiAichi 7.4
- 170KusatsuShiga 7.4
- 170KishiwadaOsaka 7.4
- 170YawatahamaEhime 7.4
- 175YukuhashiFukuoka 7.3
- 175Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 7.3
- 175KushikinoKagoshima 7.3
- 175KobayashiMiyazaki 7.3
- 175KameyamaMie 7.3
- 175SawaraChiba 7.3
- 175KirishimaKagoshima 7.3
- 175NarashinoChiba 7.3
- 183UtsunomiyaTochigi 7.2
- 183SakadoSaitama 7.2
- 183ŌtaGunma 7.2
- 183NagoOkinawa 7.2
- 183KobeHyōgo 7.2
- 183Kashihara-shiNara 7.2
- 183ChiryūAichi 7.2
- 183NaritaChiba 7.2
- 183MatsuuraNagasaki 7.2
- 183IrumaSaitama 7.2
- 183HashimaGifu 7.2
- 183TōkaiAichi 7.2
- 183ShūnanYamaguchi 7.2
- 196TsuMie 7.1
- 196IwadeWakayama 7.1
- 196HabikinoOsaka 7.1
- 199YaeHiroshima 7.0
- 199SuzakaNagano 7.0
- 199ShidoKagawa 7.0
- 199NobeokaMiyazaki 7.0
- 199MatsudoChiba 7.0
- 199KisarazuChiba 7.0
- 199KandaFukuoka 7.0
- 199IshigakiOkinawa 7.0
- 199IsahayaNagasaki 7.0
- 199AnjōAichi 7.0
- 199UwajimaEhime 7.0
- 199MiyakojimaOkinawa 7.0
- 199Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 7.0
- 199MunakataFukuoka 7.0
- 199JōyōKyoto 7.0
- 214YanaiYamaguchi 6.9
- 214UrayasuChiba 6.9
- 214NakamuraKochi 6.9
- 214NakamaFukuoka 6.9
- 214AnanTokushima 6.9
- 214YokoshibaChiba 6.9
- 214OmigawaChiba 6.9
- 214IgaMie 6.9
- 222YamaguchiYamaguchi 6.8
- 222TakarazukaHyōgo 6.8
- 222IwakuniYamaguchi 6.8
- 222HiratsukaKanagawa 6.8
- 222MookaTochigi 6.8
- 222KinokawaWakayama 6.8
- 222WakasugiFukuoka 6.8
- 222KizugawaKyoto 6.8
- 230TokonameAichi 6.7
- 230SanoTochigi 6.7
- 230KureHiroshima 6.7
- 230KumagayaSaitama 6.7
- 230KashiwaraNara 6.7
- 230KainanWakayama 6.7
- 230ŌmihachimanShiga 6.7
- 230GionHiroshima 6.7
- 230ŌdateAkita 6.7
- 230BuzenFukuoka 6.7
- 230Minami-AlpsYamanashi 6.7
- 230MizuhoGifu 6.7
- 230MimaTokushima 6.7
- 243YokotaTokyo 6.6
- 243TokorozawaSaitama 6.6
- 243ShinagawaEhime 6.6
- 243ŌgakiGifu 6.6
- 243NagoyaAichi 6.6
- 243MenumaSaitama 6.6
- 243MarugameKagawa 6.6
- 243KogaIbaraki 6.6
- 243KaminokawaTochigi 6.6
- 243HimejiHyōgo 6.6
- 243TōganeChiba 6.6
- 243IchiharaChiba 6.6
- 243MatsusakaMie 6.6
- 243GotōNagasaki 6.6
- 257AtsugiKanagawa 6.5
- 257SusakiKochi 6.5
- 257ŌtakeHiroshima 6.5
- 257ObitaNagasaki 6.5
- 257MatsueShimane 6.5
- 257HikoneShiga 6.5
- 257KimitsuChiba 6.5
- 257AmamiKagoshima 6.5
- 257AridaWakayama 6.5
- 266OwaseMie 6.4
- 266Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 6.4
- 266IkomaNara 6.4
- 266FukuchiyamaKyoto 6.4
- 266ChigasakiKanagawa 6.4
- 266AyabeKyoto 6.4
- 266MinawaKanagawa 6.4
- 266TakashimaShiga 6.4
- 266SayamaOsaka 6.4
- 266SodegauraChiba 6.4
- 266SaikaiNagasaki 6.4
- 277YonagoTottori 6.3
- 277YokohamaKanagawa 6.3
- 277ToyonakaOsaka 6.3
- 277Tottori-shiTottori 6.3
- 277SaikūMie 6.3
- 277IkarugaHyōgo 6.3
- 277GobōWakayama 6.3
- 277AzaminoKanagawa 6.3
- 285Ueno-ebisumachiMie 6.2
- 285TanabeWakayama 6.2
- 285Shin’ichiHiroshima 6.2
- 285ŌtsuShiga 6.2
- 285OnomichiHiroshima 6.2
- 285MorohongōSaitama 6.2
- 285KawagoeSaitama 6.2
- 285IzumisanoOsaka 6.2
- 285IchinomiyaAichi 6.2
- 285IshinomakiMiyagi 6.2
- 285YonoOsaka 6.2
- 285YamatoKanagawa 6.2
- 285HigashikurumeTokyo 6.2
- 285AmaAichi 6.2
- 299TondabayashichōOsaka 6.1
- 299TokushimaTokushima 6.1
- 299TakatsukiOsaka 6.1
- 299MinamirinkanKanagawa 6.1
- 299MiharaHiroshima 6.1
- 299Kashima-shiIbaraki 6.1
- 299HannōSaitama 6.1
- 299ChikumaNagano 6.1
- 299Kawachi-NaganoOsaka 6.1
- 299KaminomaAichi 6.1
- 309MasudaShimane 6.0
- 309HiroshimaHiroshima 6.0
- 309FujisawaKanagawa 6.0
- 309ChichibuSaitama 6.0
- 309KumanoMie 6.0
- 309HiragiKagawa 6.0
- 309IkiNagasaki 6.0
- 316ZentsujichóKagawa 5.9
- 316ToyohashiAichi 5.9
- 316TajimiGifu 5.9
- 316SekimachiGifu 5.9
- 316Sakai-nakajimaGunma 5.9
- 316Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 5.9
- 316HekinanAichi 5.9
- 316EbinaKanagawa 5.9
- 316KuwanaMie 5.9
- 325YasugichōShimane 5.8
- 325NamerikawaToyama 5.8
- 325IzumoShimane 5.8
- 325IzumiOsaka 5.8
- 325IidaNagano 5.8
- 325AkiKochi 5.8
- 325KasamaIbaraki 5.8
- 325KosaiShizuoka 5.8
- 325KodairaTokyo 5.8
- 334ToyookaHyōgo 5.7
- 334TakeharaHiroshima 5.7
- 334ShibataNiigata 5.7
- 334NyūzenToyama 5.7
- 334NumazuShizuoka 5.7
- 334NagahamaShiga 5.7
- 334KakegawaShizuoka 5.7
- 334GifuGifu 5.7
- 334FujinomiyaShizuoka 5.7
- 334YurihonjōAkita 5.7
- 334SennanOsaka 5.7
- 334FuchūTokyo 5.7
- 334YoshinogawaTokushima 5.7
- 347ToyotaAichi 5.6
- 347MaizuruKyoto 5.6
- 347IseMie 5.6
- 347InuyamaAichi 5.6
- 347InoKochi 5.6
- 347GamagōriAichi 5.6
- 347ŌharaChiba 5.6
- 347Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 5.6
- 347MinamichitaAichi 5.6
- 356SetoAichi 5.5
- 356ObamaFukui 5.5
- 356KitahamaShiga 5.5
- 356ItoigawaNiigata 5.5
- 356ImizuToyama 5.5
- 356JōetsuNiigata 5.5
- 356NoboritoKanagawa 5.5
- 363YoriiSaitama 5.4
- 363KurayoshiTottori 5.4
- 363Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 5.4
- 363HagiYamaguchi 5.4
- 363GōtsuchōShimane 5.4
- 363FukuroiShizuoka 5.4
- 363FujiShizuoka 5.4
- 363NankokuKochi 5.4
- 371TakaokaToyama 5.3
- 371SakaiminatoTottori 5.3
- 371MiyoshiHiroshima 5.3
- 371MiyazuKyoto 5.3
- 371KitamiHokkaido 5.3
- 371UnnanShimane 5.3
- 377ShibukawaGunma 5.2
- 377NaganoNagano 5.2
- 377MatsumotoNagano 5.2
- 377KamakuraKanagawa 5.2
- 377HadanoKanagawa 5.2
- 377ChoshiChiba 5.2
- 377NisshinAichi 5.2
- 377SadoNiigata 5.2
- 385UozuToyama 5.1
- 385MachidaTokyo 5.1
- 385KurihamaKanagawa 5.1
- 385HamadaShimane 5.1
- 385MoriokaIwate 5.1
- 385AkitaAkita 5.1
- 385SusonoShizuoka 5.1
- 392YokosukaKanagawa 5.0
- 392UedaNagano 5.0
- 392MikuniFukui 5.0
- 392HamamatsuShizuoka 5.0
- 392Fukui-shiFukui 5.0
- 392AomoriAomori 5.0
- 392InabeMie 5.0
- 392HigashimurayamaTokyo 5.0
- 392KyōtangoKyoto 5.0
- 401TomiokaGunma 4.9
- 401FujiedaShizuoka 4.9
- 401KaizuGifu 4.9
- 404ŌtsukiYamanashi 4.8
- 404HonjōSaitama 4.8
- 404IwakiFukushima 4.8
- 407TobaMie 4.7
- 407OgawamachiSaitama 4.7
- 407NishiwakiHyōgo 4.7
- 407NiimiOkayama 4.7
- 407KanumaTochigi 4.7
- 407HitachiomiyaIbaraki 4.7
- 407KōkaShiga 4.7
- 407AkishimaTokyo 4.7
- 407IzunokuniShizuoka 4.7
- 416IbiGifu 4.6
- 416HimimachiToyama 4.6
- 416HachiōjiTokyo 4.6
- 416IwanumaMiyagi 4.6
- 416SōmaFukushima 4.6
- 416HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 4.6
- 422TsurugaFukui 4.5
- 422TateyamaChiba 4.5
- 422ShizuokaShizuoka 4.5
- 422KiryūGunma 4.5
- 422IwataShizuoka 4.5
- 422MiuraKanagawa 4.5
- 422ShiroishiMiyagi 4.5
- 422SapporoHokkaido 4.5
- 430HakuiIshikawa 4.4
- 430MiyakoIwate 4.4
- 430TomakomaiHokkaido 4.4
- 430NoshiroAkita 4.4
- 430ŌsakiMiyagi 4.4
- 430OgaAkita 4.4
- 430MinamibōsōChiba 4.4
- 437ShimaMie 4.3
- 437ŌmeTokyo 4.3
- 437NiigataNiigata 4.3
- 437Kameda-honchōNiigata 4.3
- 437YokoteAkita 4.3
- 437MatsushimaMiyagi 4.3
- 437KōriyamaFukushima 4.3
- 437MinamiashigaraKanagawa 4.3
- 445YaitaTochigi 4.2
- 445ShimodaShizuoka 4.2
- 445InaNagano 4.2
- 445AiharaKanagawa 4.2
- 445IchinosekiIwate 4.2
- 445MuroranHokkaido 4.2
- 451YoshiokaMiyagi 4.1
- 451Natori-shiMiyagi 4.1
- 451HakodateHokkaido 4.1
- 451KikugawaShizuoka 4.1
- 455OnoFukui 4.0
- 455OdawaraKanagawa 4.0
- 455MatsutōIshikawa 4.0
- 455HamakitaShizuoka 4.0
- 455KatsuuraChiba 4.0
- 455NasukarasuyamaTochigi 4.0
- 455MinamiuonumaNiigata 4.0
- 462ShingūWakayama 3.9
- 462ShironeNiigata 3.9
- 462SabaeFukui 3.9
- 462AtamiShizuoka 3.9
- 462Tagajō-shiMiyagi 3.9
- 462HanamakiIwate 3.9
- 462ObihiroHokkaido 3.9
- 462KagaIshikawa 3.9
- 470Niitsu-honchōNiigata 3.8
- 470HachinoheAomori 3.8
- 470TomeMiyagi 3.8
- 473ShimadaShizuoka 3.7
- 473NumataGunma 3.7
- 473HirosakiAomori 3.7
- 473ŌshūIwate 3.7
- 473FujiyoshidaYamanashi 3.7
- 478ToyamaToyama 3.6
- 478NanaoIshikawa 3.6
- 478NakanojōGunma 3.6
- 478YamagataYamagata 3.6
- 478KesennumaMiyagi 3.6
- 478KakudaMiyagi 3.6
- 478TonamiToyama 3.6
- 485KuriharaMiyagi 3.5
- 486KomatsuIshikawa 3.4
- 486SendaiMiyagi 3.4
- 486HitachiIbaraki 3.4
- 486KushiroHokkaido 3.4
- 486KujiIwate 3.4
- 491NagaokaNiigata 3.3
- 491KanazawaIshikawa 3.3
- 491KitaibarakiIbaraki 3.3
- 491ShirakawaFukushima 3.3
- 495Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 3.2
- 496TakizawaIwate 3.1
- 497NonoichiIshikawa 3.0
- 498ImaichiTochigi 2.8
- 498Minami-SōmaFukushima 2.8
- 500KamaishiIwate 2.7
- 501MakiNiigata 2.6
- 501WakuyaMiyagi 2.6
- 501MinokamoGifu 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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