SmogRank / Japan / Hokkaido / Kitami
Kitami, month by month
Kitami has a measured daily mean on 1,105 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 55 US AQI (11.0 µg/m³), 564th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2024, at 25 US AQI (4.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 37 US AQI (6.6 µg/m³), against 38 US AQI (6.9 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
3 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 14 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 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.
Kitami's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 5511.0 µg/m³ | 564thof 2,566 | – |
| December 2025 | 519.2 µg/m³ | 1,536thof 3,006 | – |
| March 2026 | 509.0 µg/m³ | 1,881stof 2,971 | – |
| February 2024 | 498.9 µg/m³ | 866thof 2,486 | Hokkaido and Aomori, Japan, February 2024 |
| November 2025 | 468.3 µg/m³ | 1,456thof 2,715 | – |
| February 2026 | 468.3 µg/m³ | 1,883rdof 2,866 | – |
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.
Kitami's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Jul 2024 | 9633.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 17 Jul 2024 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 4 Jul 2024 | 9331.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 14 Feb 2024 | 9130.6 µg/m³ | Hokkaido and Aomori, Japan, February 2024 |
| 5 Jul 2024 | 7924.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 3 Jul 2024 | 7924.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 7521.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 22 Mar 2026 | 7421.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 13 Feb 2024 | 7320.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 15 Feb 2024 | 7320.7 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Kitami, 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/kitami/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kitami 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).