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Izumo, month by month

Izumo has a measured daily mean on 1,121 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was June 2025, at 57 US AQI (12.5 µg/m³), 729th of 2,508 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 30 US AQI (5.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 49 US AQI (8.8 µg/m³), against 44 US AQI (8.0 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)141 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Izumo'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 Izumo 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

2 months
MonthWhy
Feb 202419 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 9 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.

Izumo's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
June 2025 5712.5 µg/m³29 of 30729thof 2,508–
April 2024 5712.3 µg/m³29 of 30677thof 2,520Japan and South Korea, April 2024
July 2025 5611.7 µg/m³31 of 31894thof 2,889–
July 2026 5511.0 µg/m³31 of 311,114thof 2,784Japan and South Korea, July 2026
April 2025 5410.9 µg/m³30 of 30957thof 2,951Japan and South Korea, April 2025
May 2025 5410.6 µg/m³31 of 31759thof 2,826–

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.

Izumo's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
19 Apr 2024 9733.9 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
25 Apr 2025 9130.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2025
4 Mar 2024 8829.1 µg/m³Japan, March 2024
18 Apr 2024 8527.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
24 Mar 2026 8326.2 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
19 Jul 2026 8125.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, July 2026
2 Jul 2025 8024.9 µg/m³–
29 Mar 2026 8024.9 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
28 Mar 2026 8024.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
21 Jun 2025 7924.1 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, Izumo, Japan, 28 Jul 2023 – 11 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/izumo/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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

Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).