SmogRank / Japan / Chiba / Motona
Motona, month by month
Motona has a measured daily mean on 857 days since 2 May 2024. Its worst month was July 2024, at 57 US AQI (12.3 µg/m³), 386th of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2024, at 24 US AQI (4.4 µg/m³).
Every month since 2024
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
Motona's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 386thof 2,566 | – |
| August 2025 | 5511.0 µg/m³ | 1,001stof 2,901 | Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025 |
| July 2026 | 529.7 µg/m³ | 1,444thof 2,784 | – |
| March 2025 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 1,665thof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| July 2025 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 1,361stof 2,889 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| April 2025 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 1,321stof 2,951 | – |
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.
Motona's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2025 | 11340.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 11039.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 10235.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 6 Jul 2025 | 10035.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 4 Aug 2025 | 8225.6 µg/m³ | Japan, 4 to 5 August 2025 |
| 5 Jul 2024 | 8024.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 25 Aug 2025 | 7823.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 22 Jul 2024 | 7521.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 6 Jul 2024 | 7421.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 7421.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 2 May 2024; 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, Motona, Japan, 2 May 2024 – 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/motona/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Motona now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 03:07 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).