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Kagoshima, month by month

Kagoshima has a measured daily mean on 1,140 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was March 2026, at 57 US AQI (12.5 µg/m³), 1,124th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2024, at 26 US AQI (4.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³), against 49 US AQI (8.9 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)152 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Kagoshima'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 Kagoshima 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

1 month
MonthWhy
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.

Kagoshima's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
March 2026 5712.5 µg/m³26 of 311,124thof 2,971Japan and South Korea, March 2026
April 2025 5712.4 µg/m³30 of 30716thof 2,951–
March 2025 5611.8 µg/m³30 of 311,266thof 2,862–
February 2026 5511.3 µg/m³26 of 281,131stof 2,866Japan, 23 February 2026
November 2023 5511.1 µg/m³25 of 30416thof 2,243–
October 2023 5511.0 µg/m³31 of 31254thof 2,012–

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.

Kagoshima's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
29 Mar 2026 11541.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
11 Feb 2024 10035.3 µg/m³Japan, 11 to 12 February 2024
19 Apr 2024 9934.7 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
2 Jul 2025 9834.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
23 Feb 2026 9633.5 µg/m³Japan, 23 February 2026
28 Mar 2026 9029.8 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
3 Jul 2025 8527.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
18 Apr 2024 8024.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
22 Jan 2025 7923.9 µg/m³–
25 May 2024 7823.5 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, Kagoshima, 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/kagoshima/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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

Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).