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Imaichi, month by month

Imaichi has a measured daily mean on 1,003 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 58 US AQI (12.8 µg/m³), 323rd of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2024, at 16 US AQI (2.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 42 US AQI (7.5 µg/m³), against 45 US AQI (8.1 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202445 for the year258 days measured1,055th of 2,097 in the world
2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)108 days measured
JanFebMarAprMayJunJul4 daysAug51#762Sep47#964Oct33#1,526Nov16 daysDec3 days
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Imaichi's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Imaichi marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Months without a mean, and why

6 months
MonthWhy
Mar 202410 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 20246 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 20243 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Dec 20233 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Nov 202316 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 20234 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Imaichi's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2024 5812.8 µg/m³26 of 31323rdof 2,566–
July 2025 5812.8 µg/m³31 of 31682ndof 2,889Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
August 2025 5511.1 µg/m³31 of 31974thof 2,901–
June 2024 5410.9 µg/m³26 of 30479thof 2,563–
July 2026 529.9 µg/m³29 of 311,385thof 2,784–
April 2024 529.7 µg/m³24 of 301,061stof 2,520–

Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.

Imaichi's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
8 Jul 2025 9331.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
9 Jul 2025 9130.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
21 May 2025 8527.1 µg/m³Japan, May 2025
7 Jul 2025 7923.9 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
5 Aug 2025 7923.9 µg/m³–
19 Apr 2025 7823.8 µg/m³–
20 Apr 2025 7622.7 µg/m³–
26 Aug 2025 7421.2 µg/m³–
18 Apr 2024 7320.8 µg/m³–
9 Jul 2024 7220.6 µg/m³–

Daily means, the highest since 28 Jul 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Imaichi, Japan, 28 Jul 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring System via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/jp/imaichi/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Imaichi now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).