SmogRank / Countries / Japan / January 2025
Most polluted cities in Japan, January 2025
507 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Hita at 16.9 µg/m³, #217 of 1,937 cities in the world. Cleanest: Minokamo at 2.8. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1HitaOita 16.9
- 2Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 15.4
- 3Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka 15.3
- 3ŌzuKumamoto 15.3
- 5Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 14.8
- 6HigashigōSaga 14.5
- 7ŌmutaFukuoka 14.4
- 8KotōKumamoto 14.3
- 9KumamotoKumamoto 14.1
- 10AraoKumamoto 14.0
- 11HigashinozoeHyōgo 13.9
- 12MiyakonojōMiyazaki 13.7
- 13KikuchiKumamoto 13.4
- 14Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 13.2
- 14AsoKumamoto 13.2
- 16KurumeFukuoka 13.0
- 17FukuokaFukuoka 12.9
- 17ChikugoFukuoka 12.9
- 19ItoshimaFukuoka 12.8
- 20TagawaFukuoka 12.7
- 20Shin’ichiHiroshima 12.7
- 20Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 12.7
- 20KasugaFukuoka 12.7
- 20TsushimaNagasaki 12.7
- 20OgōriFukuoka 12.7
- 26TosuSaga 12.6
- 26TakanabeMiyazaki 12.6
- 26NakatsuOita 12.6
- 26KariyaHyōgo 12.6
- 30FukuyamaHiroshima 12.5
- 31YamagaKumamoto 12.4
- 31SagaSaga 12.4
- 31OnomichiHiroshima 12.4
- 31UkihaFukuoka 12.4
- 31AsakuchiOkayama 12.4
- 36TamanoOkayama 12.3
- 36SaseboNagasaki 12.3
- 36BeppuOita 12.3
- 36HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 12.3
- 40UtoKumamoto 12.2
- 40Ōyanomachi-noboritateKumamoto 12.2
- 40KanoyaKagoshima 12.2
- 40Misato, SaitamaSaitama 12.2
- 44YanagawaFukuoka 12.0
- 44KurashikiOkayama 12.0
- 44IizukaFukuoka 12.0
- 44SaijōEhime 12.0
- 48HonmachiKumamoto 11.9
- 48NōgataFukuoka 11.9
- 50ŌmuraNagasaki 11.8
- 50KogaFukuoka 11.8
- 50Imarichō-kōSaga 11.8
- 53TamanaKumamoto 11.7
- 53SandachōHyōgo 11.7
- 53OsakaOsaka 11.7
- 53NiihamaEhime 11.7
- 53BizenOkayama 11.7
- 58TenriNara 11.6
- 58NagasakiNagasaki 11.6
- 58KitakyushuFukuoka 11.6
- 58Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 11.6
- 58ImabariEhime 11.6
- 58ShikokuchūōEhime 11.6
- 64YawataKyoto 11.5
- 64KashimaSaga 11.5
- 64KasaokaOkayama 11.5
- 64HigashiosakaOsaka 11.5
- 68TsurusakiOita 11.4
- 68SendaiKagoshima 11.4
- 68HikariYamaguchi 11.4
- 68TakuSaga 11.4
- 72AkashiHyōgo 11.3
- 72AmagasakiHyōgo 11.3
- 72HyūgaMiyazaki 11.3
- 75YukuhashiFukuoka 11.2
- 75MiyazakiMiyazaki 11.2
- 75AioiHyōgo 11.2
- 78YaoOsaka 11.1
- 78SōjaOkayama 11.1
- 78ShimonosekiYamaguchi 11.1
- 78SakaiOsaka 11.1
- 78NishioAichi 11.1
- 78IyoEhime 11.1
- 84KishiwadaOsaka 11.0
- 84HōryūjiNara 11.0
- 84AridaWakayama 11.0
- 87TogitsuNagasaki 10.9
- 87KōtariKyoto 10.9
- 87IzumiKagoshima 10.9
- 87NagatoYamaguchi 10.9
- 87KogaFukuoka 10.9
- 87YameFukuoka 10.9
- 93KagoshimaKagoshima 10.8
- 93MatsuyamaEhime 10.8
- 95SaikiOita 10.7
- 95Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 10.7
- 95Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 10.7
- 95KariyaAichi 10.7
- 95KaratsuSaga 10.7
- 95HōfuYamaguchi 10.7
- 95YawatahamaEhime 10.7
- 95KirishimaKagoshima 10.7
- 95BuzenFukuoka 10.7
- 95MunakataFukuoka 10.7
- 105TakeoSaga 10.6
- 105OnoHyōgo 10.6
- 105WakasugiFukuoka 10.6
- 108Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 10.5
- 108OnodaYamaguchi 10.5
- 108ŌitaOita 10.5
- 108NichinanMiyazaki 10.5
- 108NabariMie 10.5
- 108MinamataKumamoto 10.5
- 114YoukaichiShiga 10.4
- 114UjiKyoto 10.4
- 114MinatoWakayama 10.4
- 114MifuneKumamoto 10.4
- 114KushikinoKagoshima 10.4
- 114HirakataOsaka 10.4
- 114HabikinoOsaka 10.4
- 114TatsunoHyōgo 10.4
- 122NishinomiyaHyōgo 10.3
- 122KudamatsuYamaguchi 10.3
- 122HashimotoWakayama 10.3
- 122ShintomiMiyazaki 10.3
- 122MatsuuraNagasaki 10.3
- 127TsuyamaOkayama 10.2
- 127TakahashiOkayama 10.2
- 127OkayamaOkayama 10.2
- 127NahaOkinawa 10.2
- 127KandaFukuoka 10.2
- 127IsahayaNagasaki 10.2
- 127SugaiKyoto 10.2
- 134Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 10.1
- 134HimejiHyōgo 10.1
- 134AsahikawaHokkaido 10.1
- 134JōyōKyoto 10.1
- 138UbeYamaguchi 10.0
- 138KobeHyōgo 10.0
- 138IshigakiOkinawa 10.0
- 138IkiNagasaki 10.0
- 142TaharaAichi 9.9
- 142Kashihara-shiNara 9.9
- 142IwadeWakayama 9.9
- 142AnanTokushima 9.9
- 142OwariasahiAichi 9.9
- 142ShūnanYamaguchi 9.9
- 148YaeHiroshima 9.8
- 148KusatsuShiga 9.8
- 148KobayashiMiyazaki 9.8
- 151KyotoKyoto 9.7
- 151KureHiroshima 9.7
- 151KainanWakayama 9.7
- 151MinamikyushuKagoshima 9.7
- 155NakamaFukuoka 9.6
- 155IkedachōTokushima 9.6
- 155IkarugaHyōgo 9.6
- 155ChikuseiIbaraki 9.6
- 155TsuchiuraIbaraki 9.6
- 160SuzukaMie 9.5
- 160SōkaSaitama 9.5
- 160KameokaKyoto 9.5
- 160UwajimaEhime 9.5
- 160YotsukaidōChiba 9.5
- 160GotōNagasaki 9.5
- 166TakarazukaHyōgo 9.4
- 166KameyamaMie 9.4
- 166GyōdaSaitama 9.4
- 166SayamaOsaka 9.4
- 166IgaMie 9.4
- 166KizugawaKyoto 9.4
- 166MineYamaguchi 9.4
- 166NantanKyoto 9.4
- 174YonagoTottori 9.3
- 174Tottori-shiTottori 9.3
- 174ŌtakeHiroshima 9.3
- 174ObitaNagasaki 9.3
- 174NodaChiba 9.3
- 174IwakuniYamaguchi 9.3
- 174IgusaSaitama 9.3
- 174ŌmihachimanShiga 9.3
- 182YokkaichiMie 9.2
- 182YanaiYamaguchi 9.2
- 182OyamaTochigi 9.2
- 182KofuYamanashi 9.2
- 182KazoSaitama 9.2
- 182IzumisanoOsaka 9.2
- 188TsuMie 9.1
- 188TokiGifu 9.1
- 188NakamuraKochi 9.1
- 188KashiwaraNara 9.1
- 188HitoyoshiKumamoto 9.1
- 188HandaAichi 9.1
- 188SaikaiNagasaki 9.1
- 195SakaiminatoTottori 9.0
- 195NobeokaMiyazaki 9.0
- 195KoshigayaSaitama 9.0
- 195KawaguchiSaitama 9.0
- 195AsakaSaitama 9.0
- 195YachimataChiba 9.0
- 195YachiyoChiba 9.0
- 195YonoOsaka 9.0
- 195KamagayaChiba 9.0
- 204ToyonakaOsaka 8.9
- 204TondabayashichōOsaka 8.9
- 204OkazakiAichi 8.9
- 204HikoneShiga 8.9
- 204SennanOsaka 8.9
- 209Ueno-ebisumachiMie 8.8
- 209TokyoTokyo 8.8
- 209MiharaHiroshima 8.8
- 209IkomaNara 8.8
- 209MatsusakaMie 8.8
- 214TanabeWakayama 8.7
- 214NagoOkinawa 8.7
- 214MatsueShimane 8.7
- 214GobōWakayama 8.7
- 214AyabeKyoto 8.7
- 214NiizaSaitama 8.7
- 214KinokawaWakayama 8.7
- 221KasukabeSaitama 8.6
- 221KashiwaChiba 8.6
- 221ChiryūAichi 8.6
- 221AgeoSaitama 8.6
- 221IshinomakiMiyagi 8.6
- 221Kawachi-NaganoOsaka 8.6
- 221SaitamaSaitama 8.6
- 228ShinagawaEhime 8.5
- 228SaikūMie 8.5
- 228MasudaShimane 8.5
- 228HiroshimaHiroshima 8.5
- 228TakashimaShiga 8.5
- 228SōsaChiba 8.5
- 228TōkaiAichi 8.5
- 228MimaTokushima 8.5
- 236TokushimaTokushima 8.4
- 236IzumiOsaka 8.4
- 236FukuchiyamaKyoto 8.4
- 236NakaIbaraki 8.4
- 236IshiokaIbaraki 8.4
- 236ChibaChiba 8.4
- 236JōsōIbaraki 8.4
- 236IrumaSaitama 8.4
- 244YamaguchiYamaguchi 8.3
- 244TatebayashiGunma 8.3
- 244ŌtsuShiga 8.3
- 244KimitsuChiba 8.3
- 244AmamiKagoshima 8.3
- 249TakeharaHiroshima 8.2
- 249SuzakaNagano 8.2
- 249SakadoSaitama 8.2
- 249KamakuraKanagawa 8.2
- 249FujisawaKanagawa 8.2
- 249AnjōAichi 8.2
- 249MiyakojimaOkinawa 8.2
- 256ToyookaHyōgo 8.1
- 256ŌtaGunma 8.1
- 256NagoyaAichi 8.1
- 256KurayoshiTottori 8.1
- 256KōnosuSaitama 8.1
- 256KisarazuChiba 8.1
- 256IseMie 8.1
- 256HanyūSaitama 8.1
- 256MinawaKanagawa 8.1
- 265TokonameAichi 8.0
- 265TakatsukiOsaka 8.0
- 265IzumoShimane 8.0
- 265Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 8.0
- 265YamatoKanagawa 8.0
- 270YasugichōShimane 7.9
- 270OwaseMie 7.9
- 270KukichūōSaitama 7.9
- 270Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 7.9
- 270KakegawaShizuoka 7.9
- 270GionHiroshima 7.9
- 270TorideIbaraki 7.9
- 270BandōIbaraki 7.9
- 270NarashinoChiba 7.9
- 279YokohamaKanagawa 7.8
- 279UtsunomiyaTochigi 7.8
- 279MiyoshiHiroshima 7.8
- 279MiyazuKyoto 7.8
- 279MenumaSaitama 7.8
- 279IidaNagano 7.8
- 279GōtsuchōShimane 7.8
- 279TōganeChiba 7.8
- 279NaritaChiba 7.8
- 279IchiharaChiba 7.8
- 279ŌdateAkita 7.8
- 279KumanoMie 7.8
- 279KosaiShizuoka 7.8
- 279AzaminoKanagawa 7.8
- 293UrayasuChiba 7.7
- 293TokorozawaSaitama 7.7
- 293SusakiKochi 7.7
- 293NumazuShizuoka 7.7
- 293HamadaShimane 7.7
- 293FukuroiShizuoka 7.7
- 293YokoshibaChiba 7.7
- 293AjikiChiba 7.7
- 293MinamichitaAichi 7.7
- 302SanoTochigi 7.6
- 302Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 7.6
- 302MatsudoChiba 7.6
- 302MaizuruKyoto 7.6
- 302MoriokaIwate 7.6
- 302KamisuIbaraki 7.6
- 302AmaAichi 7.6
- 302SodegauraChiba 7.6
- 310KumagayaSaitama 7.5
- 310IchinomiyaAichi 7.5
- 310SakuraChiba 7.5
- 310SagaeYamagata 7.5
- 310InashikiIbaraki 7.5
- 310ImizuToyama 7.5
- 310InzaiChiba 7.5
- 310KaminomaAichi 7.5
- 318NishiwakiHyōgo 7.4
- 318KaminokawaTochigi 7.4
- 318GifuGifu 7.4
- 318ChigasakiKanagawa 7.4
- 318AkiKochi 7.4
- 318MiuraKanagawa 7.4
- 318MookaTochigi 7.4
- 318MobaraChiba 7.4
- 318YurihonjōAkita 7.4
- 318Minami-AlpsYamanashi 7.4
- 328NagahamaShiga 7.3
- 328MorohongōSaitama 7.3
- 328MinamirinkanKanagawa 7.3
- 328KitahamaShiga 7.3
- 328HadanoKanagawa 7.3
- 328GamagōriAichi 7.3
- 334AtsugiKanagawa 7.2
- 334YokotaTokyo 7.2
- 334SekimachiGifu 7.2
- 334Sakai-nakajimaGunma 7.2
- 334KurihamaKanagawa 7.2
- 334InoKochi 7.2
- 334HiratsukaKanagawa 7.2
- 334HagiYamaguchi 7.2
- 334YoshinogawaTokushima 7.2
- 334UnnanShimane 7.2
- 344YokosukaKanagawa 7.1
- 344KochiKochi 7.1
- 344HekinanAichi 7.1
- 344SawaraChiba 7.1
- 344ObihiroHokkaido 7.1
- 344KuwanaMie 7.1
- 344HigashikurumeTokyo 7.1
- 344FuchūTokyo 7.1
- 344KyōtangoKyoto 7.1
- 353ToyotaAichi 7.0
- 353ToyohashiAichi 7.0
- 353ShibukawaGunma 7.0
- 353HannōSaitama 7.0
- 353HashimaGifu 7.0
- 353KodairaTokyo 7.0
- 359ObamaFukui 6.9
- 359MatsumotoNagano 6.9
- 359ShiroishiMiyagi 6.9
- 359ŌharaChiba 6.9
- 359HokotaIbaraki 6.9
- 359KōkaShiga 6.9
- 359EbinaKanagawa 6.9
- 366NyūzenToyama 6.8
- 366NiimiOkayama 6.8
- 366MikuniFukui 6.8
- 366IwataShizuoka 6.8
- 366InaNagano 6.8
- 366Fukui-shiFukui 6.8
- 366FujiShizuoka 6.8
- 366ChikumaNagano 6.8
- 366NisshinAichi 6.8
- 375MachidaTokyo 6.7
- 375KawagoeSaitama 6.7
- 375YamagataYamagata 6.7
- 375AkitaAkita 6.7
- 375NoboritoKanagawa 6.7
- 380TakaokaToyama 6.6
- 380SetoAichi 6.6
- 380ŌgakiGifu 6.6
- 380FujinomiyaShizuoka 6.6
- 380ChichibuSaitama 6.6
- 380SayamaSaitama 6.6
- 380OmigawaChiba 6.6
- 380KitamiHokkaido 6.6
- 380JōetsuNiigata 6.6
- 380NankokuKochi 6.6
- 390YoriiSaitama 6.5
- 390ShibataNiigata 6.5
- 390InuyamaAichi 6.5
- 390IwanumaMiyagi 6.5
- 390Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 6.5
- 390HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 6.5
- 396HirosakiAomori 6.4
- 396KikugawaShizuoka 6.4
- 398TobaMie 6.3
- 398TateyamaChiba 6.3
- 398ItoigawaNiigata 6.3
- 398HamamatsuShizuoka 6.3
- 402NaganoNagano 6.2
- 402Kodamachō-kodamaminamiSaitama 6.2
- 402KiryūGunma 6.2
- 402InabeMie 6.2
- 402MinamibōsōChiba 6.2
- 407UedaNagano 6.1
- 407SapporoHokkaido 6.1
- 407AkishimaTokyo 6.1
- 410ShimaMie 6.0
- 410ŌtsukiYamanashi 6.0
- 410NamerikawaToyama 6.0
- 410KogaIbaraki 6.0
- 410HachiōjiTokyo 6.0
- 410FujiedaShizuoka 6.0
- 410KōriyamaFukushima 6.0
- 410KasamaIbaraki 6.0
- 410HachinoheAomori 6.0
- 410Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 6.0
- 410SusonoShizuoka 6.0
- 410MinamiuonumaNiigata 6.0
- 410HigashimurayamaTokyo 6.0
- 423UozuToyama 5.9
- 423TsurugaFukui 5.9
- 423SumotoHyōgo 5.9
- 423ShizuokaShizuoka 5.9
- 423OdawaraKanagawa 5.9
- 423IchinosekiIwate 5.9
- 423ŌsakiMiyagi 5.9
- 423IzunokuniShizuoka 5.9
- 431SabaeFukui 5.8
- 431OgawamachiSaitama 5.8
- 431Kashima-shiIbaraki 5.8
- 431YokoteAkita 5.8
- 431HanamakiIwate 5.8
- 431SōmaFukushima 5.8
- 431OgaAkita 5.8
- 431TomeMiyagi 5.8
- 439ŌmeTokyo 5.7
- 439HonjōSaitama 5.7
- 439HakuiIshikawa 5.7
- 439Tagajō-shiMiyagi 5.7
- 439Natori-shiMiyagi 5.7
- 439NoshiroAkita 5.7
- 439MuroranHokkaido 5.7
- 439MinamiashigaraKanagawa 5.7
- 439SadoNiigata 5.7
- 439TakizawaIwate 5.7
- 449NagaokaNiigata 5.6
- 449KanumaTochigi 5.6
- 449HamakitaShizuoka 5.6
- 449YoshiokaMiyagi 5.6
- 449MatsushimaMiyagi 5.6
- 449KesennumaMiyagi 5.6
- 449ChoshiChiba 5.6
- 449HitachiomiyaIbaraki 5.6
- 449ŌshūIwate 5.6
- 449KaizuGifu 5.6
- 449FujiyoshidaYamanashi 5.6
- 460HimimachiToyama 5.5
- 461ToyamaToyama 5.4
- 461IbiGifu 5.4
- 461NasukarasuyamaTochigi 5.4
- 464TomiokaGunma 5.3
- 464MatsutōIshikawa 5.3
- 464IwakiFukushima 5.3
- 464KujiIwate 5.3
- 464HakodateHokkaido 5.3
- 464KagaIshikawa 5.3
- 470NumataGunma 5.2
- 470NiigataNiigata 5.2
- 470MiyakoIwate 5.2
- 470KakudaMiyagi 5.2
- 474Kameda-honchōNiigata 5.1
- 474AiharaKanagawa 5.1
- 474SendaiMiyagi 5.1
- 474ShirakawaFukushima 5.1
- 478ShimodaShizuoka 5.0
- 478OnoFukui 5.0
- 478AtamiShizuoka 5.0
- 478KatsuuraChiba 5.0
- 478AomoriAomori 5.0
- 483YaitaTochigi 4.9
- 483ShimadaShizuoka 4.9
- 483KomatsuIshikawa 4.9
- 486ShingūWakayama 4.8
- 486NanaoIshikawa 4.8
- 486NakanojōGunma 4.8
- 486TomakomaiHokkaido 4.8
- 486ChitoseHokkaido 4.8
- 486TonamiToyama 4.8
- 486KuriharaMiyagi 4.8
- 493ShironeNiigata 4.6
- 494TsubataIshikawa 4.5
- 494Niitsu-honchōNiigata 4.5
- 494KanazawaIshikawa 4.5
- 494WakuyaMiyagi 4.5
- 494OyabeToyama 4.5
- 499ImaichiTochigi 4.2
- 499HitachiIbaraki 4.2
- 501NonoichiIshikawa 4.1
- 501KitaibarakiIbaraki 4.1
- 501KushiroHokkaido 4.1
- 504Minami-SōmaFukushima 4.0
- 505MakiNiigata 3.9
- 506KamaishiIwate 3.7
- 507MinokamoGifu 2.8
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+