SmogRank / Countries / Japan / July 2026
Most polluted cities in Japan, July 2026
531 cities in Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Nobeoka at 16.2 µg/m³, #345 of 2,262 cities in the world. Cleanest: Namerikawa at 4.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1NobeokaMiyazaki 16.2
- 2SusakiKochi 15.8
- 3Tottori-shiTottori 15.7
- 4IwadeWakayama 15.4
- 4HyūgaMiyazaki 15.4
- 6ShingūWakayama 15.3
- 6BizenOkayama 15.3
- 8OnomichiHiroshima 15.1
- 9MinatoWakayama 15.0
- 10KochiKochi 14.9
- 11AkiKochi 14.8
- 12KainanWakayama 14.6
- 12FukuroiShizuoka 14.6
- 14KofuYamanashi 14.5
- 14IkedachōTokushima 14.5
- 14HachiōjiTokyo 14.5
- 14AioiHyōgo 14.5
- 18AnanTokushima 14.4
- 19Kakogawachō-honmachiHyōgo 14.3
- 19MimaTokushima 14.3
- 21HigashinozoeHyōgo 14.2
- 21KariyaHyōgo 14.2
- 23OnoHyōgo 14.1
- 23NishiwakiHyōgo 14.1
- 25Shin’ichiHiroshima 14.0
- 25KashiwaraNara 14.0
- 25IkarugaHyōgo 14.0
- 25GotembaShizuoka 14.0
- 25AiharaKanagawa 14.0
- 25TsuchiuraIbaraki 14.0
- 31TakanabeMiyazaki 13.9
- 31ShidoKagawa 13.9
- 31Narutochō-mitsuishiTokushima 13.9
- 31IwataShizuoka 13.9
- 31KinokawaWakayama 13.9
- 31TatsunoHyōgo 13.9
- 31YoshinogawaTokushima 13.9
- 38KurashikiOkayama 13.8
- 38Kamojimachō-jōgejimaTokushima 13.8
- 40KasaokaOkayama 13.7
- 40FukuyamaHiroshima 13.7
- 42SumotoHyōgo 13.6
- 42OkayamaOkayama 13.6
- 42NiihamaEhime 13.6
- 42MarugameKagawa 13.6
- 42KumanoMie 13.6
- 47Kan’onjichōKagawa 13.5
- 47HekinanAichi 13.5
- 49ZentsujichóKagawa 13.4
- 49ToyamaToyama 13.4
- 49TamanoOkayama 13.4
- 49KishiwadaOsaka 13.4
- 49ItoigawaNiigata 13.4
- 54TokushimaTokushima 13.3
- 54TakayamaGifu 13.3
- 54SanoTochigi 13.3
- 57TakatsukiOsaka 13.2
- 57SandachōHyōgo 13.2
- 57NagahamaShiga 13.2
- 57HashimotoWakayama 13.2
- 57ChigasakiKanagawa 13.2
- 57AmagasakiHyōgo 13.2
- 57SaijōEhime 13.2
- 64AkashiHyōgo 13.1
- 64SakaiOsaka 13.1
- 64KurayoshiTottori 13.1
- 64IkomaNara 13.1
- 64BeppuOita 13.1
- 64MinawaKanagawa 13.1
- 64KamisuIbaraki 13.1
- 64Minami-AlpsYamanashi 13.1
- 64AyaseKanagawa 13.1
- 64NankokuKochi 13.1
- 64ShikokuchūōEhime 13.1
- 75NishinomiyaHyōgo 13.0
- 75MieOita 13.0
- 75FuefukiYamanashi 13.0
- 78TsuyamaOkayama 12.9
- 78TakarazukaHyōgo 12.9
- 78OsakaOsaka 12.9
- 78Kashihara-shiNara 12.9
- 78IzumiOsaka 12.9
- 78HimejiHyōgo 12.9
- 78NagaiYamagata 12.9
- 85ŌitaOita 12.8
- 85NumazuShizuoka 12.8
- 85KobeHyōgo 12.8
- 85KobayashiMiyazaki 12.8
- 85Kashima-shiIbaraki 12.8
- 85IzumisanoOsaka 12.8
- 85HagiYamaguchi 12.8
- 85OwariasahiAichi 12.8
- 85HigashihiroshimaHiroshima 12.8
- 94TanabeWakayama 12.7
- 94KureHiroshima 12.7
- 94KōtariKyoto 12.7
- 94IseharaKanagawa 12.7
- 94HigashiosakaOsaka 12.7
- 94MatsusakaMie 12.7
- 100TomiokaGunma 12.6
- 100ShimadaShizuoka 12.6
- 100OdawaraKanagawa 12.6
- 100NyūzenToyama 12.6
- 100FujinomiyaShizuoka 12.6
- 100AshikagaTochigi 12.6
- 100ImabariEhime 12.6
- 100MookaTochigi 12.6
- 100HiragiKagawa 12.6
- 100NantanKyoto 12.6
- 110SōjaOkayama 12.5
- 110InoKochi 12.5
- 110GionHiroshima 12.5
- 110GamagōriAichi 12.5
- 110ImizuToyama 12.5
- 110JōetsuNiigata 12.5
- 110FujiyoshidaYamanashi 12.5
- 117ToyonakaOsaka 12.4
- 117TatebayashiGunma 12.4
- 117ShinshiroAichi 12.4
- 117MinamirinkanKanagawa 12.4
- 117FukuchiyamaKyoto 12.4
- 117AtamiShizuoka 12.4
- 117IzunokuniShizuoka 12.4
- 124TakamatsuKagawa 12.3
- 124SaikiOita 12.3
- 124NakamuraKochi 12.3
- 124MiharaHiroshima 12.3
- 124KyotoKyoto 12.3
- 124HōryūjiNara 12.3
- 124GobōWakayama 12.3
- 124Fukui-shiFukui 12.3
- 124AyabeKyoto 12.3
- 124NakaIbaraki 12.3
- 124ShintomiMiyazaki 12.3
- 124KikugawaShizuoka 12.3
- 124YamanashiYamanashi 12.3
- 137YaitaTochigi 12.2
- 137ToyohashiAichi 12.2
- 137TondabayashichōOsaka 12.2
- 137TokiGifu 12.2
- 137TaharaAichi 12.2
- 137SaikūMie 12.2
- 137IseMie 12.2
- 137HadanoKanagawa 12.2
- 137Kawachi-NaganoOsaka 12.2
- 146TenriNara 12.1
- 146Shimo-tsumaIbaraki 12.1
- 146NabariMie 12.1
- 146FujiedaShizuoka 12.1
- 146FukushimaFukushima 12.1
- 146SayamaOsaka 12.1
- 152InuyamaAichi 12.0
- 152HiroshimaHiroshima 12.0
- 152FujiShizuoka 12.0
- 152KizugawaKyoto 12.0
- 152JōyōKyoto 12.0
- 157Ueno-ebisumachiMie 11.9
- 157ToyookaHyōgo 11.9
- 157TokonameAichi 11.9
- 157ShimaMie 11.9
- 157ŌtsukiYamanashi 11.9
- 157KameokaKyoto 11.9
- 157HimimachiToyama 11.9
- 157HokotaIbaraki 11.9
- 157SennanOsaka 11.9
- 166AtsugiKanagawa 11.8
- 166YaoOsaka 11.8
- 166TobaMie 11.8
- 166MachidaTokyo 11.8
- 166KiryūGunma 11.8
- 166KariyaAichi 11.8
- 166KakegawaShizuoka 11.8
- 166GyōdaSaitama 11.8
- 166ChibaChiba 11.8
- 175TsurusakiOita 11.7
- 175TakeharaHiroshima 11.7
- 175TakaokaToyama 11.7
- 175ŌmeTokyo 11.7
- 175OkazakiAichi 11.7
- 175NaganoNagano 11.7
- 175MiyazakiMiyazaki 11.7
- 175HonjōSaitama 11.7
- 175HirakataOsaka 11.7
- 175AkishimaTokyo 11.7
- 175KosaiShizuoka 11.7
- 175HabikinoOsaka 11.7
- 187UjiKyoto 11.6
- 187TakahashiOkayama 11.6
- 187ShimodaShizuoka 11.6
- 187OwaseMie 11.6
- 187ŌtakeHiroshima 11.6
- 187Nara-shiNara 11.6
- 187MenumaSaitama 11.6
- 187KaniGifu 11.6
- 187KodairaTokyo 11.6
- 196YoriiSaitama 11.5
- 196YokohamaKanagawa 11.5
- 196YawataKyoto 11.5
- 196TsukumiuraOita 11.5
- 196TokyoTokyo 11.5
- 196ShizuokaShizuoka 11.5
- 196OyamaTochigi 11.5
- 196IidaNagano 11.5
- 196HiratsukaKanagawa 11.5
- 196HikoneShiga 11.5
- 196InabeMie 11.5
- 196MinokamoGifu 11.5
- 196FuchūTokyo 11.5
- 209UozuToyama 11.4
- 209UenoharaYamanashi 11.4
- 209TajimiGifu 11.4
- 209NishioAichi 11.4
- 209MiyazuKyoto 11.4
- 209HamamatsuShizuoka 11.4
- 209AsakaSaitama 11.4
- 209SakuraChiba 11.4
- 209TakashimaShiga 11.4
- 209TōkaiAichi 11.4
- 219ShibukawaGunma 11.3
- 219ŌtsuShiga 11.3
- 219NichinanMiyazaki 11.3
- 219MiyoshiHiroshima 11.3
- 219KanumaTochigi 11.3
- 219HamakitaShizuoka 11.3
- 219NiizaSaitama 11.3
- 219NoboritoKanagawa 11.3
- 219YamatoKanagawa 11.3
- 228YaeHiroshima 11.2
- 228ToyotaAichi 11.2
- 228SekimachiGifu 11.2
- 228MatsuyamaEhime 11.2
- 228IwakiFukushima 11.2
- 228IchiharaChiba 11.2
- 228ChikuseiIbaraki 11.2
- 228IgaMie 11.2
- 236TsubataIshikawa 11.1
- 236TakinomiyaKagawa 11.1
- 236KusatsuShiga 11.1
- 236KurihamaKanagawa 11.1
- 236KukichūōSaitama 11.1
- 236KōnosuSaitama 11.1
- 236KaminokawaTochigi 11.1
- 236GifuGifu 11.1
- 236TonamiToyama 11.1
- 236ShirakawaFukushima 11.1
- 236MizuhoGifu 11.1
- 236ShūnanYamaguchi 11.1
- 236AsakuchiOkayama 11.1
- 249YoukaichiShiga 11.0
- 249SuzukaMie 11.0
- 249NiimiOkayama 11.0
- 249MaizuruKyoto 11.0
- 249IzumoShimane 11.0
- 249HijiOita 11.0
- 249ChiryūAichi 11.0
- 249IshinomakiMiyagi 11.0
- 249JōsōIbaraki 11.0
- 249YachiyoChiba 11.0
- 249SusonoShizuoka 11.0
- 249YonoOsaka 11.0
- 249SugaiKyoto 11.0
- 249AzaminoKanagawa 11.0
- 263YamaguchiYamaguchi 10.9
- 263SetoAichi 10.9
- 263Sakai-nakajimaGunma 10.9
- 263SakadoSaitama 10.9
- 263NodaChiba 10.9
- 263NagoyaAichi 10.9
- 263KoshigayaSaitama 10.9
- 263KawaguchiSaitama 10.9
- 263KakamigaharaGifu 10.9
- 263AgeoSaitama 10.9
- 263YonezawaYamagata 10.9
- 263KuwanaMie 10.9
- 263HigashikurumeTokyo 10.9
- 276YonagoTottori 10.8
- 276YasugichōShimane 10.8
- 276SōkaSaitama 10.8
- 276MikuniFukui 10.8
- 276KameyamaMie 10.8
- 276IgusaSaitama 10.8
- 276ShiroishiMiyagi 10.8
- 283YokotaTokyo 10.7
- 283TsuMie 10.7
- 283MorohongōSaitama 10.7
- 283KomatsuIshikawa 10.7
- 283KitahamaShiga 10.7
- 283KawagoeSaitama 10.7
- 283KashiwaChiba 10.7
- 283KandaFukuoka 10.7
- 283NaritaChiba 10.7
- 283KasamaIbaraki 10.7
- 283MinamiashigaraKanagawa 10.7
- 283KamagayaChiba 10.7
- 295UrayasuChiba 10.6
- 295SuwaNagano 10.6
- 295KamakuraKanagawa 10.6
- 295IchinomiyaAichi 10.6
- 295HannōSaitama 10.6
- 295SagaeYamagata 10.6
- 295MitoIbaraki 10.6
- 295IwanumaMiyagi 10.6
- 295KagaIshikawa 10.6
- 295HashimaGifu 10.6
- 295HigashimurayamaTokyo 10.6
- 295UnnanShimane 10.6
- 307YokkaichiMie 10.5
- 307UtsunomiyaTochigi 10.5
- 307SakataYamagata 10.5
- 307SabaeFukui 10.5
- 307ObamaFukui 10.5
- 307NanaoIshikawa 10.5
- 307MiyakonojōMiyazaki 10.5
- 307MatsumotoNagano 10.5
- 307HōfuYamaguchi 10.5
- 307TorideIbaraki 10.5
- 307Hitachi-NakaIbaraki 10.5
- 307InashikiIbaraki 10.5
- 307ChikumaNagano 10.5
- 307Minami-SōmaFukushima 10.5
- 307Higashi-MatsuyamaSaitama 10.5
- 307InzaiChiba 10.5
- 323YokosukaKanagawa 10.4
- 323OnodaYamaguchi 10.4
- 323IwakuniYamaguchi 10.4
- 323HitaOita 10.4
- 323ChichibuSaitama 10.4
- 328TokorozawaSaitama 10.3
- 328MatsutōIshikawa 10.3
- 328FujisawaKanagawa 10.3
- 328Natori-shiMiyagi 10.3
- 328BandōIbaraki 10.3
- 328EbinaKanagawa 10.3
- 328SōmaFukushima 10.3
- 328NarashinoChiba 10.3
- 336ShibataNiigata 10.2
- 336KazoSaitama 10.2
- 336SayamaSaitama 10.2
- 336YotsukaidōChiba 10.2
- 336YachimataChiba 10.2
- 336NasukarasuyamaTochigi 10.2
- 336KyōtangoKyoto 10.2
- 343TochigiTochigi 10.1
- 343TateyamaChiba 10.1
- 343KisarazuChiba 10.1
- 343HanyūSaitama 10.1
- 343ŌmihachimanShiga 10.1
- 343NagatoYamaguchi 10.1
- 343MiuraKanagawa 10.1
- 343IyoEhime 10.1
- 343Misato, SaitamaSaitama 10.1
- 343NisshinAichi 10.1
- 343SaitamaSaitama 10.1
- 343YawatahamaEhime 10.1
- 343MineYamaguchi 10.1
- 356GeroGifu 10.0
- 356TsuruokaYamagata 10.0
- 356ShinagawaEhime 10.0
- 356ShimonosekiYamaguchi 10.0
- 356NumataGunma 10.0
- 356NakanojōGunma 10.0
- 356KimitsuChiba 10.0
- 356IshiokaIbaraki 10.0
- 356MinamiuonumaNiigata 10.0
- 365TsurugaFukui 9.9
- 365Ōdachō-ōdaShimane 9.9
- 365MatsudoChiba 9.9
- 365KumagayaSaitama 9.9
- 365ImaichiTochigi 9.9
- 365AnjōAichi 9.9
- 365KōriyamaFukushima 9.9
- 365KakudaMiyagi 9.9
- 373OkayaNagano 9.8
- 373Kameda-honchōNiigata 9.8
- 373SawaraChiba 9.8
- 373AjikiChiba 9.8
- 373MinamichitaAichi 9.8
- 373ShonaiYamagata 9.8
- 379UbeYamaguchi 9.7
- 379HandaAichi 9.7
- 379HakuiIshikawa 9.7
- 379UwajimaEhime 9.7
- 379MobaraChiba 9.7
- 379AmaAichi 9.7
- 379MinamibōsōChiba 9.7
- 386YanaiYamaguchi 9.6
- 386ShironeNiigata 9.6
- 386ŌtaGunma 9.6
- 386OnoFukui 9.6
- 386KasukabeSaitama 9.6
- 386KanazawaIshikawa 9.6
- 386BuzenFukuoka 9.6
- 386ChikugoFukuoka 9.6
- 394Tanushimarumachi-toyokiFukuoka 9.5
- 394SuzakaNagano 9.5
- 394SakuNagano 9.5
- 394NakatsuOita 9.5
- 394HitoyoshiKumamoto 9.5
- 394HamadaShimane 9.5
- 394GōtsuchōShimane 9.5
- 394YoshiokaMiyagi 9.5
- 394HigashineYamagata 9.5
- 394KaizuGifu 9.5
- 404Niitsu-honchōNiigata 9.4
- 404MasudaShimane 9.4
- 404KitakyushuFukuoka 9.4
- 404KitaibarakiIbaraki 9.4
- 408ŌharaChiba 9.3
- 408HitachiIbaraki 9.3
- 408UkihaFukuoka 9.3
- 408SodegauraChiba 9.3
- 408KaminomaAichi 9.3
- 413NiigataNiigata 9.2
- 413NagaokaNiigata 9.2
- 413FukuokaFukuoka 9.2
- 413ShinjōYamagata 9.2
- 413ŌamiChiba 9.2
- 413HitachiomiyaIbaraki 9.2
- 413KōkaShiga 9.2
- 420YukuhashiFukuoka 9.1
- 420TagawaFukuoka 9.1
- 420IizukaFukuoka 9.1
- 420AnamizuIshikawa 9.1
- 420YokoshibaChiba 9.1
- 425UedaNagano 9.0
- 425Ōyanomachi-noboritateKumamoto 9.0
- 425MakiNiigata 9.0
- 425HikariYamaguchi 9.0
- 425YamagataYamagata 9.0
- 425SōsaChiba 9.0
- 425MotosuGifu 9.0
- 432ŌzuKumamoto 8.9
- 432OgawamachiSaitama 8.9
- 432IbiGifu 8.9
- 432Hondomachi-hondoKumamoto 8.9
- 432Tagajō-shiMiyagi 8.9
- 432KesennumaMiyagi 8.9
- 432HachinoheAomori 8.9
- 432Aizu-WakamatsuFukushima 8.9
- 432WakasugiFukuoka 8.9
- 441OmigawaChiba 8.8
- 441TsushimaNagasaki 8.8
- 441AraoKumamoto 8.8
- 444NakamaFukuoka 8.7
- 444MifuneKumamoto 8.7
- 444NasushiobaraTochigi 8.7
- 444KogaFukuoka 8.7
- 448NonoichiIshikawa 8.6
- 448MinamataKumamoto 8.6
- 448MatsueShimane 8.6
- 448KudamatsuYamaguchi 8.6
- 448SendaiMiyagi 8.6
- 448OyabeToyama 8.6
- 454Maebaru-chūōFukuoka 8.5
- 454SadoNiigata 8.5
- 456SaseboNagasaki 8.4
- 456KogaFukuoka 8.4
- 456KikuchiKumamoto 8.4
- 456IchinosekiIwate 8.4
- 460ŌsakiMiyagi 8.3
- 460ItoshimaFukuoka 8.3
- 462HigashimatsushimaMiyagi 8.2
- 462MunakataFukuoka 8.2
- 464UtoKumamoto 8.1
- 464NōgataFukuoka 8.1
- 464TōganeChiba 8.1
- 464MatsushimaMiyagi 8.1
- 464KatsuuraChiba 8.1
- 464KirishimaKagoshima 8.1
- 470TamanaKumamoto 8.0
- 470ŌmutaFukuoka 8.0
- 472MoriokaIwate 7.9
- 472ChitoseHokkaido 7.9
- 474TogitsuNagasaki 7.8
- 474Imarichō-kōSaga 7.8
- 474HirosakiAomori 7.8
- 477AsoKumamoto 7.7
- 477MatsuuraNagasaki 7.7
- 477OgōriFukuoka 7.7
- 480HonmachiKumamoto 7.6
- 480Uekimachi-mōnoKumamoto 7.6
- 480MiyakoIwate 7.6
- 483KotōKumamoto 7.5
- 484HanamakiIwate 7.4
- 484KasugaFukuoka 7.4
- 484KuriharaMiyagi 7.4
- 484YameFukuoka 7.4
- 488SagaSaga 7.2
- 488KashimaSaga 7.2
- 488HigashigōSaga 7.2
- 491TakizawaIwate 7.1
- 491TomeMiyagi 7.1
- 491GotōNagasaki 7.1
- 494KumamotoKumamoto 7.0
- 494KogaIbaraki 7.0
- 494Kanzakimachi-kanzakiSaga 7.0
- 494KamaishiIwate 7.0
- 494AomoriAomori 7.0
- 499TakuSaga 6.9
- 500ObitaNagasaki 6.8
- 500KagoshimaKagoshima 6.8
- 500MinamikyushuKagoshima 6.8
- 503KushikinoKagoshima 6.7
- 503IkiNagasaki 6.7
- 503SaikaiNagasaki 6.7
- 506ŌmuraNagasaki 6.6
- 506AmamiKagoshima 6.6
- 508KaratsuSaga 6.5
- 508KanoyaKagoshima 6.5
- 508MuroranHokkaido 6.5
- 508KujiIwate 6.5
- 508KitamiHokkaido 6.5
- 513TakeoSaga 6.4
- 513SendaiKagoshima 6.4
- 513IzumiKagoshima 6.4
- 516TosuSaga 6.3
- 516IsahayaNagasaki 6.3
- 518NagasakiNagasaki 6.2
- 519ŌgakiGifu 6.1
- 519HakodateHokkaido 6.1
- 521WakuyaMiyagi 6.0
- 521AsahikawaHokkaido 6.0
- 523Ureshinomachi-shimojukuSaga 5.9
- 524Kaseda-shirakameKagoshima 5.7
- 524SapporoHokkaido 5.7
- 526TomakomaiHokkaido 5.6
- 526ŌshūIwate 5.6
- 528KushiroHokkaido 5.5
- 529YanagawaFukuoka 5.4
- 529ObihiroHokkaido 5.4
- 531NamerikawaToyama 4.2
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+