SmogRank / Japan / Kyoto / Kōtari
Kōtari, month by month
Kōtari has a measured daily mean on 1,148 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2025, at 60 US AQI (14.0 µg/m³), 509th of 2,889 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 33 US AQI (5.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 54 US AQI (10.7 µg/m³), against 48 US AQI (8.6 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
1 month
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| 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.
Kōtari's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 6014.0 µg/m³ | 509thof 2,889 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| March 2025 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 1,051stof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 |
| April 2025 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 677thof 2,951 | Japan and South Korea, April 2025 |
| July 2026 | 5812.7 µg/m³ | 775thof 2,784 | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| August 2025 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 676thof 2,901 | – |
| February 2026 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 990thof 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.
Kōtari's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr 2024 | 13147.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 2 Mar 2025 | 11239.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 |
| 2 Jul 2025 | 11039.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 10938.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 10738.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 17 Apr 2024 | 10537.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 1 Feb 2025 | 9935.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 31 January to 1 February 2025 |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 9934.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | 9834.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 31 January to 1 February 2025 |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 9734.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 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, Kōtari, 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/kotari/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kōtari now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).