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Morohongō, month by month

Morohongō has a measured daily mean on 1,098 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was April 2024, at 60 US AQI (14.0 µg/m³), 484th of 2,520 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 29 US AQI (5.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³), against 51 US AQI (9.2 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202552 for the year337 days measured1,098th of 2,681 in the world
2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)145 days measured
JanFebMarAprMayJunJul4 daysAug46#958Sep20 daysOct46#674Nov55#358Dec51#894
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Morohongō'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 Morohongō 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

6 months
MonthWhy
Aug 202618 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202521 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202514 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jun 202420 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Sep 202320 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
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.

Morohongō's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
April 2024 6014.0 µg/m³30 of 30484thof 2,520Japan and South Korea, April 2024
July 2024 5913.3 µg/m³29 of 31274thof 2,566–
July 2025 5813.0 µg/m³31 of 31639thof 2,889Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
August 2025 5611.7 µg/m³31 of 31846thof 2,901Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025
November 2023 5511.5 µg/m³30 of 30358thof 2,243Japan, November 2023
April 2025 5511.0 µg/m³30 of 30932ndof 2,951Japan, 19 to 20 April 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.

Morohongō's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
8 Jul 2025 11240.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
7 Jul 2025 10737.8 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
9 Jul 2025 9231.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
26 Mar 2025 9230.9 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2025
4 Nov 2023 9130.5 µg/m³Japan, November 2023
5 Nov 2023 9130.4 µg/m³Japan, November 2023
18 Apr 2024 9030.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
19 Apr 2024 8929.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
21 May 2025 8628.1 µg/m³Japan, May 2025
20 Apr 2024 8627.7 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Morohongō, 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/morohongo/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Morohongō now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).