SmogRank / Japan / Kagoshima / Kushikino
Kushikino, month by month
Kushikino has a measured daily mean on 1,126 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was March 2026, at 55 US AQI (11.5 µg/m³), 1,319th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 26 US AQI (4.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 51 US AQI (9.1 µg/m³), against 47 US AQI (8.5 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Sep 2023 | 15 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 15 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.
Kushikino's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 1,319thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| May 2024 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 609thof 2,684 | – |
| April 2025 | 5410.8 µg/m³ | 985thof 2,951 | – |
| April 2024 | 5410.6 µg/m³ | 937thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| January 2025 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 927thof 2,474 | – |
| May 2026 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 707thof 2,874 | – |
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.
Kushikino's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2025 | 11039.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 19 Apr 2024 | 10737.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 11 Feb 2024 | 10235.8 µg/m³ | Japan, 11 to 12 February 2024 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | 9633.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 9231.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 8527.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 27 Feb 2025 | 8226.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 8024.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 8024.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 8024.5 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, Kushikino, 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/kushikino/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kushikino 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).