SmogRank / Japan / Tochigi / Kanuma
Kanuma, month by month
Kanuma has a measured daily mean on 1,093 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2025, at 59 US AQI (13.6 µg/m³), 542nd of 2,889 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2024, at 26 US AQI (4.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 47 US AQI (8.5 µg/m³), against 44 US AQI (8.0 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
4 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Feb 2024 | 18 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2023 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| 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.
Kanuma's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 5913.6 µg/m³ | 542ndof 2,889 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| April 2024 | 5813.1 µg/m³ | 583rdof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| August 2025 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 709thof 2,901 | Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025 |
| July 2024 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 402ndof 2,566 | – |
| July 2026 | 5511.3 µg/m³ | 1,051stof 2,784 | – |
| June 2025 | 5310.3 µg/m³ | 1,216thof 2,508 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 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.
Kanuma's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jul 2025 | 10236.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 10035.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 9934.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 5 Aug 2025 | 9331.9 µg/m³ | Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025 |
| 19 Apr 2024 | 9130.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 9030.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 19 Apr 2025 | 8125.4 µg/m³ | Japan, 19 to 20 April 2025 |
| 20 Apr 2024 | 8024.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 21 May 2025 | 8024.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Apr 2025 | 7823.6 µg/m³ | Japan, 19 to 20 April 2025 |
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, Kanuma, 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/kanuma/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kanuma 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).