SmogRank / Japan / Ibaraki / Kasama

Kasama, month by month

Kasama, Ibaraki has a measured daily mean on 1,067 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 60 US AQI (13.8 µg/m³), 236th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was January 2026, at 27 US AQI (4.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 48 US AQI (8.6 µg/m³), against 43 US AQI (7.7 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202443 for the year286 days measured1,222nd of 2,097 in the world
2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)154 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Kasama'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 Kasama 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

3 months
MonthWhy
May 2024No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Apr 2024No day measured. The others: 30 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.

Kasama's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2024 6013.8 µg/m³31 of 31236thof 2,566Japan, 6 to 8 July 2024
August 2025 5812.7 µg/m³31 of 31633rdof 2,901Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025
July 2025 5712.2 µg/m³30 of 31791stof 2,889Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
July 2026 5410.7 µg/m³27 of 311,187thof 2,784Japan, July 2026
June 2024 529.7 µg/m³23 of 30723rdof 2,563–
April 2025 529.4 µg/m³30 of 301,349thof 2,951–

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.

Kasama's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
7 Jul 2025 10537.2 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
9 Jul 2025 10436.8 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
8 Jul 2025 10035.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
8 Jul 2024 9130.4 µg/m³Japan, 6 to 8 July 2024
5 Aug 2025 9030.0 µg/m³Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025
16 Jul 2026 8427.0 µg/m³Japan, July 2026
6 Jul 2025 8125.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
19 Apr 2025 7924.2 µg/m³–
15 Feb 2026 7823.7 µg/m³–
9 Jul 2024 7722.8 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, Kasama, Ibaraki, 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/kasama/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Kasama 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).