SmogRank / Japan / Niigata / Jōetsu
Jōetsu, month by month
Jōetsu has a measured daily mean on 1,108 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was April 2024, at 59 US AQI (13.5 µg/m³), 539th of 2,520 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2024, at 31 US AQI (5.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 51 US AQI (9.2 µg/m³), against 51 US AQI (9.3 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
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
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 4 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 6 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2023 | 4 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.
Jōetsu's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | 5913.5 µg/m³ | 539thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| June 2024 | 5913.3 µg/m³ | 269thof 2,563 | – |
| March 2026 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 1,124thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| July 2026 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 811thof 2,784 | – |
| May 2025 | 5712.4 µg/m³ | 558thof 2,826 | Japan, May 2025 |
| March 2025 | 5712.1 µg/m³ | 1,229thof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
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.
Jōetsu's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2026 | 9733.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 9331.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 8829.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 21 May 2025 | 8728.5 µg/m³ | Japan, May 2025 |
| 30 Mar 2026 | 8627.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 8527.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 8527.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 8326.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 8225.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 19 Apr 2024 | 8125.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Jōetsu, 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/joetsu/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Jōetsu now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).