SmogRank / Japan / Saitama / Misato, Saitama
Misato, Saitama, month by month
Misato, Saitama has a measured daily mean on 1,065 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was April 2024, at 61 US AQI (14.3 µg/m³), 461st of 2,520 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 (10.9 µg/m³), against 55 US AQI (11.2 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
7 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 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. |
| Dec 2024 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 9 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | 13 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 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.
Misato, Saitama's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | 6114.3 µg/m³ | 461stof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| November 2023 | 6013.9 µg/m³ | 184thof 2,243 | Japan, November 2023 |
| July 2024 | 5913.6 µg/m³ | 249thof 2,566 | – |
| December 2023 | 5812.6 µg/m³ | 385thof 2,247 | – |
| December 2025 | 5812.6 µg/m³ | 905thof 3,006 | Japan, December 2025 |
| January 2025 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 710thof 2,474 | – |
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.
Misato, Saitama's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2025 | 11541.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 10737.9 µg/m³ | Japan, December 2025 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 10436.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 9834.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 9633.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 20 Apr 2024 | 9331.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 19 Apr 2024 | 8829.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 8828.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 4 Nov 2023 | 8828.8 µg/m³ | Japan, November 2023 |
| 6 Jul 2025 | 8627.8 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, Misato, Saitama, 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/misato-saitama/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Misato, Saitama now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 01:07 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).