SmogRank / Japan / Kumamoto / Minamata
Minamata, month by month
Minamata has a measured daily mean on 1,009 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was September 2023, at 61 US AQI (14.2 µg/m³), 205th of 2,176 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2026, at 36 US AQI (6.5 µg/m³).
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
5 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | 5 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 25 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | No day measured. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | No day measured. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 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.
Minamata's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | 6114.2 µg/m³ | 205thof 2,176 | – |
| August 2024 | 5913.2 µg/m³ | 245thof 2,010 | – |
| May 2024 | 5813.1 µg/m³ | 385thof 2,684 | Japan, May 2024 |
| September 2024 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 241stof 2,010 | Japan and South Korea, September 2024 |
| March 2026 | 5812.6 µg/m³ | 1,114thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| July 2025 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 731stof 2,889 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
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.
Minamata's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2025 | 15257.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 11641.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 11641.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 11440.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 11239.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | 9834.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 10 Sept 2023 | 9532.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 5 Sept 2024 | 9331.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, September 2024 |
| 4 Sept 2024 | 9331.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, September 2024 |
| 7 Sept 2024 | 9029.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, September 2024 |
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, Minamata, 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/minamata/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Minamata 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).