SmogRank / Japan / Miyagi / Kurihara

Kurihara, month by month

Kurihara has a measured daily mean on 1,151 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2025, at 54 US AQI (10.5 µg/m³), 1,155th of 2,889 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was January 2026, at 19 US AQI (3.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 37 US AQI (6.6 µg/m³), against 34 US AQI (6.1 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

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 Kurihara'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 Kurihara 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.

Kurihara's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2025 5410.5 µg/m³31 of 311,155thof 2,889–
April 2024 529.9 µg/m³30 of 301,033rdof 2,520Japan and South Korea, April 2024
March 2025 529.5 µg/m³27 of 311,686thof 2,862–
June 2025 488.7 µg/m³30 of 301,676thof 2,508–
March 2026 488.7 µg/m³31 of 311,950thof 2,971–
June 2024 448.0 µg/m³30 of 301,308thof 2,563–

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.

Kurihara's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
18 Apr 2024 10336.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
9 Jul 2025 7421.3 µg/m³–
24 Mar 2026 7220.4 µg/m³–
7 Jun 2025 7120.1 µg/m³–
14 Feb 2026 7120.1 µg/m³–
20 Aug 2025 7119.6 µg/m³–
13 Jul 2024 7019.3 µg/m³–
17 Apr 2024 6919.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
20 Jul 2026 6918.7 µg/m³–
26 Mar 2025 6918.6 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, Kurihara, 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/kurihara/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Kurihara 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).