SmogRank / Japan / Kagoshima

Air quality in Kagoshima

Kagoshima, Japan. PM2.5 from 3 reference monitors, updated hourly.

11.0 µg/m³
Moderate

Latest hour (09:00 UTC), 0.7× the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Rank

24 h
–
not enough data
7 days
#397
of 2,333 · 11.5 µg/m³
30 days
#620
of 2,331 · 8.0 µg/m³
Year
#967
of 2,173 · 9.0 µg/m³

Why it ranks here

Likely volcanic emissions. On Sep 24, when Kagoshima averaged 20.9 µg/m³ (its typical day: 8.3), the Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre issued 8 ash advisories for Sakurajima (Aira Caldera), 10 km away, with ash seen in satellite images. Volcanic gas and ash are a likely contributor; we don't check which way the wind blew, and advisories track ash for aircraft, often well above the ground.

Based on Kagoshima's own measurements, with volcanic ash advisories from the Tokyo (JMA) and Washington (NOAA) VAACs; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.

Last 4 days, hour by hour

15302026-09-30 23:00 UTC: 8.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 00:00 UTC: 6.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 01:00 UTC: 7.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 02:00 UTC: 10.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 03:00 UTC: 11.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 04:00 UTC: 12.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 05:00 UTC: 11.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 06:00 UTC: 12.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 07:00 UTC: 12.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 08:00 UTC: 13.0 µg/m³2026-10-01 09:00 UTC: 11.0 µg/m³Sep 28Sep 29Sep 30Oct 1

Times in UTC. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline (15 µg/m³).

Every day for a year

SepNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepMonWedFri2025-09-29: 5.4 µg/m³2025-09-30: 9.0 µg/m³2025-10-01: 8.9 µg/m³2025-10-02: 12.3 µg/m³2025-10-03: 15.5 µg/m³2025-10-04: 10.3 µg/m³2025-10-05: 6.0 µg/m³2025-10-06: 6.4 µg/m³2025-10-07: 11.6 µg/m³2025-10-08: 10.2 µg/m³2025-10-09: 14.4 µg/m³2025-10-10: 10.3 µg/m³2025-10-11: 4.5 µg/m³2025-10-12: 6.9 µg/m³2025-10-13: 10.9 µg/m³2025-10-14: 11.0 µg/m³2025-10-15: 9.5 µg/m³2025-10-16: 22.1 µg/m³2025-10-17: 16.4 µg/m³2025-10-18: 7.3 µg/m³2025-10-19: 14.0 µg/m³2025-10-20: 13.1 µg/m³2025-10-21: 7.3 µg/m³2025-10-22: 4.0 µg/m³2025-10-23: 4.1 µg/m³2025-10-24: 4.6 µg/m³2025-10-25: 4.2 µg/m³2025-10-26: 7.9 µg/m³2025-10-27: 11.4 µg/m³2025-10-28: 8.6 µg/m³2025-10-29: 9.8 µg/m³2025-10-30: no data2025-10-31: 6.1 µg/m³2025-11-01: 7.5 µg/m³2025-11-02: 12.5 µg/m³2025-11-03: 8.2 µg/m³2025-11-04: 6.6 µg/m³2025-11-05: 5.6 µg/m³2025-11-06: 8.1 µg/m³2025-11-07: no data2025-11-08: no data2025-11-09: 6.0 µg/m³2025-11-10: 14.9 µg/m³2025-11-11: 13.2 µg/m³2025-11-12: 10.5 µg/m³2025-11-13: 4.4 µg/m³2025-11-14: 11.9 µg/m³2025-11-15: 17.8 µg/m³2025-11-16: 14.5 µg/m³2025-11-17: 15.5 µg/m³2025-11-18: 12.3 µg/m³2025-11-19: 11.0 µg/m³2025-11-20: 8.9 µg/m³2025-11-21: 12.7 µg/m³2025-11-22: 6.1 µg/m³2025-11-23: 8.4 µg/m³2025-11-24: 9.1 µg/m³2025-11-25: no data2025-11-26: 16.2 µg/m³2025-11-27: 17.7 µg/m³2025-11-28: no data2025-11-29: no data2025-11-30: no data2025-12-01: no data2025-12-02: 13.1 µg/m³2025-12-03: 11.3 µg/m³2025-12-04: 5.5 µg/m³2025-12-05: 7.4 µg/m³2025-12-06: 8.1 µg/m³2025-12-07: 7.2 µg/m³2025-12-08: 14.1 µg/m³2025-12-09: 10.6 µg/m³2025-12-10: 10.5 µg/m³2025-12-11: 11.7 µg/m³2025-12-12: 12.7 µg/m³2025-12-13: 6.8 µg/m³2025-12-14: 7.9 µg/m³2025-12-15: 7.1 µg/m³2025-12-16: 8.6 µg/m³2025-12-17: 13.1 µg/m³2025-12-18: 18.7 µg/m³2025-12-19: 11.0 µg/m³2025-12-20: 8.6 µg/m³2025-12-21: 10.5 µg/m³2025-12-22: 7.1 µg/m³2025-12-23: 5.6 µg/m³2025-12-24: 7.1 µg/m³2025-12-25: 7.0 µg/m³2025-12-26: 5.5 µg/m³2025-12-27: 5.0 µg/m³2025-12-28: 9.6 µg/m³2025-12-29: 10.0 µg/m³2025-12-30: 13.3 µg/m³2025-12-31: 10.3 µg/m³2026-01-01: 4.9 µg/m³2026-01-02: 4.5 µg/m³2026-01-03: 5.8 µg/m³2026-01-04: 8.3 µg/m³2026-01-05: 10.6 µg/m³2026-01-06: 6.5 µg/m³2026-01-07: 7.1 µg/m³2026-01-08: 9.3 µg/m³2026-01-09: 6.1 µg/m³2026-01-10: 8.3 µg/m³2026-01-11: 6.9 µg/m³2026-01-12: 7.4 µg/m³2026-01-13: 12.2 µg/m³2026-01-14: 10.5 µg/m³2026-01-15: 12.9 µg/m³2026-01-16: 12.4 µg/m³2026-01-17: 15.6 µg/m³2026-01-18: 15.3 µg/m³2026-01-19: no data2026-01-20: 12.8 µg/m³2026-01-21: 5.5 µg/m³2026-01-22: 5.1 µg/m³2026-01-23: 7.0 µg/m³2026-01-24: no data2026-01-25: no data2026-01-26: 6.4 µg/m³2026-01-27: 12.8 µg/m³2026-01-28: 10.4 µg/m³2026-01-29: no data2026-01-30: 12.6 µg/m³2026-01-31: 4.8 µg/m³2026-02-01: 12.0 µg/m³2026-02-02: 14.3 µg/m³2026-02-03: 10.0 µg/m³2026-02-04: 7.1 µg/m³2026-02-05: 8.6 µg/m³2026-02-06: 13.1 µg/m³2026-02-07: 12.2 µg/m³2026-02-08: 6.3 µg/m³2026-02-09: 7.9 µg/m³2026-02-10: 10.2 µg/m³2026-02-11: 6.0 µg/m³2026-02-12: 11.1 µg/m³2026-02-13: 10.1 µg/m³2026-02-14: no data2026-02-15: no data2026-02-16: 19.3 µg/m³2026-02-17: 14.2 µg/m³2026-02-18: 10.0 µg/m³2026-02-19: 12.0 µg/m³2026-02-20: 9.3 µg/m³2026-02-21: 13.2 µg/m³2026-02-22: 11.7 µg/m³2026-02-23: 33.5 µg/m³2026-02-24: 15.5 µg/m³2026-02-25: 6.1 µg/m³2026-02-26: 7.2 µg/m³2026-02-27: 6.3 µg/m³2026-02-28: 6.5 µg/m³2026-03-01: 8.9 µg/m³2026-03-02: 8.1 µg/m³2026-03-03: 3.6 µg/m³2026-03-04: 6.4 µg/m³2026-03-05: 12.0 µg/m³2026-03-06: no data2026-03-07: no data2026-03-08: no data2026-03-09: no data2026-03-10: no data2026-03-11: 11.4 µg/m³2026-03-12: 13.5 µg/m³2026-03-13: 8.3 µg/m³2026-03-14: 6.5 µg/m³2026-03-15: 6.6 µg/m³2026-03-16: 12.0 µg/m³2026-03-17: 18.0 µg/m³2026-03-18: 20.6 µg/m³2026-03-19: 8.2 µg/m³2026-03-20: 16.5 µg/m³2026-03-21: 14.0 µg/m³2026-03-22: 9.5 µg/m³2026-03-23: 6.3 µg/m³2026-03-24: 10.1 µg/m³2026-03-25: 4.5 µg/m³2026-03-26: 7.8 µg/m³2026-03-27: 15.6 µg/m³2026-03-28: 29.8 µg/m³2026-03-29: 41.1 µg/m³2026-03-30: 15.8 µg/m³2026-03-31: 9.6 µg/m³2026-04-01: 6.2 µg/m³2026-04-02: 12.2 µg/m³2026-04-03: 13.8 µg/m³2026-04-04: 10.4 µg/m³2026-04-05: 15.0 µg/m³2026-04-06: 19.5 µg/m³2026-04-07: 10.5 µg/m³2026-04-08: 9.3 µg/m³2026-04-09: 10.4 µg/m³2026-04-10: 10.6 µg/m³2026-04-11: 11.9 µg/m³2026-04-12: 11.2 µg/m³2026-04-13: 7.7 µg/m³2026-04-14: 4.1 µg/m³2026-04-15: 5.6 µg/m³2026-04-16: 9.1 µg/m³2026-04-17: 10.8 µg/m³2026-04-18: 9.2 µg/m³2026-04-19: 8.6 µg/m³2026-04-20: 6.3 µg/m³2026-04-21: 14.4 µg/m³2026-04-22: 12.3 µg/m³2026-04-23: 3.2 µg/m³2026-04-24: 4.5 µg/m³2026-04-25: 7.4 µg/m³2026-04-26: 5.1 µg/m³2026-04-27: 9.2 µg/m³2026-04-28: 10.6 µg/m³2026-04-29: 11.5 µg/m³2026-04-30: 7.5 µg/m³2026-05-01: 15.1 µg/m³2026-05-02: 20.1 µg/m³2026-05-03: 14.3 µg/m³2026-05-04: 10.7 µg/m³2026-05-05: 10.7 µg/m³2026-05-06: 9.1 µg/m³2026-05-07: 8.4 µg/m³2026-05-08: 10.7 µg/m³2026-05-09: 9.6 µg/m³2026-05-10: 10.2 µg/m³2026-05-11: 6.9 µg/m³2026-05-12: 6.9 µg/m³2026-05-13: 5.2 µg/m³2026-05-14: 12.1 µg/m³2026-05-15: 12.5 µg/m³2026-05-16: 13.3 µg/m³2026-05-17: 18.0 µg/m³2026-05-18: 15.7 µg/m³2026-05-19: 10.5 µg/m³2026-05-20: 4.4 µg/m³2026-05-21: 5.7 µg/m³2026-05-22: 8.2 µg/m³2026-05-23: 10.1 µg/m³2026-05-24: 3.7 µg/m³2026-05-25: 6.5 µg/m³2026-05-26: 3.0 µg/m³2026-05-27: 4.1 µg/m³2026-05-28: 4.6 µg/m³2026-05-29: 11.5 µg/m³2026-05-30: 18.0 µg/m³2026-05-31: 19.5 µg/m³2026-06-01: 9.0 µg/m³2026-06-02: 5.5 µg/m³2026-06-03: 6.4 µg/m³2026-06-04: 7.0 µg/m³2026-06-05: 6.9 µg/m³2026-06-06: 11.5 µg/m³2026-06-07: 13.3 µg/m³2026-06-08: 9.0 µg/m³2026-06-09: 6.1 µg/m³2026-06-10: 9.0 µg/m³2026-06-11: 11.4 µg/m³2026-06-12: 8.7 µg/m³2026-06-13: 13.0 µg/m³2026-06-14: 9.5 µg/m³2026-06-15: 5.1 µg/m³2026-06-16: 3.8 µg/m³2026-06-17: 2.9 µg/m³2026-06-18: 4.9 µg/m³2026-06-19: 4.7 µg/m³2026-06-20: 6.1 µg/m³2026-06-21: 5.7 µg/m³2026-06-22: 9.0 µg/m³2026-06-23: 3.9 µg/m³2026-06-24: 3.3 µg/m³2026-06-25: 8.2 µg/m³2026-06-26: 7.0 µg/m³2026-06-27: 4.7 µg/m³2026-06-28: 5.9 µg/m³2026-06-29: 11.4 µg/m³2026-06-30: 11.5 µg/m³2026-07-01: 5.2 µg/m³2026-07-02: 4.8 µg/m³2026-07-03: 7.6 µg/m³2026-07-04: 5.6 µg/m³2026-07-05: 5.4 µg/m³2026-07-06: 5.4 µg/m³2026-07-07: 6.2 µg/m³2026-07-08: 7.0 µg/m³2026-07-09: 4.5 µg/m³2026-07-10: 5.0 µg/m³2026-07-11: 7.0 µg/m³2026-07-12: 8.3 µg/m³2026-07-13: 9.9 µg/m³2026-07-14: 7.1 µg/m³2026-07-15: 8.0 µg/m³2026-07-16: 8.0 µg/m³2026-07-17: 8.8 µg/m³2026-07-18: 8.1 µg/m³2026-07-19: 7.4 µg/m³2026-07-20: 8.0 µg/m³2026-07-21: 9.2 µg/m³2026-07-22: 6.5 µg/m³2026-07-23: 5.7 µg/m³2026-07-24: 6.0 µg/m³2026-07-25: 5.8 µg/m³2026-07-26: 6.1 µg/m³2026-07-27: 9.3 µg/m³2026-07-28: 7.4 µg/m³2026-07-29: 4.7 µg/m³2026-07-30: 6.3 µg/m³2026-07-31: 5.5 µg/m³2026-08-01: 7.7 µg/m³2026-08-02: 11.4 µg/m³2026-08-03: 16.3 µg/m³2026-08-04: 11.2 µg/m³2026-08-05: 8.1 µg/m³2026-08-06: 9.3 µg/m³2026-08-07: 10.3 µg/m³2026-08-08: 8.4 µg/m³2026-08-09: 3.4 µg/m³2026-08-10: 6.6 µg/m³2026-08-11: 8.5 µg/m³2026-08-12: 12.7 µg/m³2026-08-13: 12.3 µg/m³2026-08-14: 7.2 µg/m³2026-08-15: 5.5 µg/m³2026-08-16: 8.2 µg/m³2026-08-17: 3.9 µg/m³2026-08-18: 3.8 µg/m³2026-08-19: 4.5 µg/m³2026-08-20: 2.8 µg/m³2026-08-21: 2.5 µg/m³2026-08-22: 3.4 µg/m³2026-08-23: 3.8 µg/m³2026-08-24: 4.1 µg/m³2026-08-25: 3.6 µg/m³2026-08-26: 4.5 µg/m³2026-08-27: 3.7 µg/m³2026-08-28: 3.4 µg/m³2026-08-29: 3.7 µg/m³2026-08-30: 6.9 µg/m³2026-08-31: 5.1 µg/m³2026-09-01: 4.0 µg/m³2026-09-02: 3.9 µg/m³2026-09-03: 3.8 µg/m³2026-09-04: 4.3 µg/m³2026-09-05: 4.6 µg/m³2026-09-06: 3.1 µg/m³2026-09-07: 4.7 µg/m³2026-09-08: 6.9 µg/m³2026-09-09: 8.5 µg/m³2026-09-10: 4.8 µg/m³2026-09-11: 4.1 µg/m³2026-09-12: 11.5 µg/m³2026-09-13: 6.7 µg/m³2026-09-14: 5.9 µg/m³2026-09-15: 7.4 µg/m³2026-09-16: 13.4 µg/m³2026-09-17: 7.9 µg/m³2026-09-18: 4.4 µg/m³2026-09-19: 4.6 µg/m³2026-09-20: 8.3 µg/m³2026-09-21: 7.1 µg/m³2026-09-22: 14.5 µg/m³2026-09-23: 16.7 µg/m³2026-09-24: 20.9 µg/m³2026-09-25: 12.5 µg/m³2026-09-26: 12.4 µg/m³2026-09-27: 8.2 µg/m³2026-09-28: 7.8 µg/m³2026-09-29: 7.4 µg/m³2026-09-30: 11.0 µg/m³
Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data

30 of 346 measured days were over the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Daily world rank

#1#2257OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

Rank on each day's board (1 = most polluted city that day).

2026 against 2025, month by month

15Jan 2025: 10.8 µg/m³Jan 2026: 9.0 µg/m³JanFeb 2025: 8.8 µg/m³Feb 2026: 11.3 µg/m³FebMar 2025: 11.8 µg/m³Mar 2026: 12.5 µg/m³MarApr 2025: 12.4 µg/m³Apr 2026: 9.6 µg/m³AprMay 2025: 10.1 µg/m³May 2026: 10.3 µg/m³MayJun 2025: 9.1 µg/m³Jun 2026: 7.5 µg/m³JunJul 2025: 8.8 µg/m³Jul 2026: 6.8 µg/m³JulAug 2025: 8.2 µg/m³Aug 2026: 6.7 µg/m³AugSep 2025: 5.0 µg/m³Sep 2026: 8.0 µg/m³SepOct 2025: 9.7 µg/m³OctNov 2025: 10.8 µg/m³NovDec 2025: 9.5 µg/m³Dec

Faded bars: 2025. A month shows once it has 10 measured days.

This week against past years

This weekThis week: 11.5 µg/m³11.520252025: 6.2 µg/m³6.220242024: 9.5 µg/m³9.520232023: 8.9 µg/m³8.9

Mean PM2.5 for 24 Sept to 30 Sept in each year. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline.

Monitors

StationOperatorType
鹿児島市山下町11番1号政府標準利用規約（第2.0版） (Government Standard Terms of Use v2.0)Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring SystemReference
鹿児島市谷山中央四丁目４９２７番地政府標準利用規約（第2.0版） (Government Standard Terms of Use v2.0)Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring SystemReference
鹿児島市鴨池二丁目31番15号政府標準利用規約（第2.0版） (Government Standard Terms of Use v2.0)Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring SystemReference

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Other cities in Japan

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30-day averages, µg/m³. All of Japan →

Updated 2026-10-01 11:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.