SmogRank / Japan / Gifu / Minokamo
Minokamo, month by month
Minokamo has a measured daily mean on 1,011 days since 1 August 2023. Its worst month was July 2026, at 55 US AQI (11.5 µg/m³), 996th of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2024, at 14 US AQI (2.6 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
4 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| May 2025 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Minokamo's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 996thof 2,784 | – |
| April 2024 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 884thof 2,520 | – |
| September 2024 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 521stof 2,010 | – |
| August 2024 | 509.0 µg/m³ | 874thof 2,010 | – |
| November 2023 | 498.9 µg/m³ | 889thof 2,243 | Japan, November 2023 |
| August 2026 | 488.7 µg/m³ | 1,296thof 2,896 | – |
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.
Minokamo's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2023 | 8125.3 µg/m³ | Japan, November 2023 |
| 5 Nov 2023 | 7823.5 µg/m³ | Japan, November 2023 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 7723.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 3 Nov 2023 | 7421.2 µg/m³ | Japan, November 2023 |
| 19 Apr 2024 | 7421.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Sept 2024 | 7321.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 7320.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 7320.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 7220.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 7019.4 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Aug 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, Minokamo, Japan, 1 Aug 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/minokamo/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Minokamo now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 00:07 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).