SmogRank / Japan / Hokkaido / Muroran
Muroran, month by month
Muroran has a measured daily mean on 950 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was March 2026, at 59 US AQI (13.5 µg/m³), 1,007th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2024, at 23 US AQI (4.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 44 US AQI (8.0 µg/m³), against 42 US AQI (7.5 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
8 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 8 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jan 2026 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2025 | 13 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | 19 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 9 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2023 | 17 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2023 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 3 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 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.
Muroran's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 5913.5 µg/m³ | 1,007thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| July 2024 | 5611.7 µg/m³ | 454thof 2,566 | Japan, 12 to 14 July 2024 |
| June 2025 | 5310.3 µg/m³ | 1,216thof 2,508 | – |
| May 2024 | 5310.0 µg/m³ | 755thof 2,684 | – |
| May 2025 | 5310.0 µg/m³ | 862ndof 2,826 | – |
| April 2026 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 1,033rdof 2,941 | – |
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.
Muroran's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2026 | 9935.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 14 Feb 2024 | 9733.9 µg/m³ | Hokkaido and Aomori, Japan, February 2024 |
| 30 Mar 2026 | 9432.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 12 Jul 2024 | 8929.5 µg/m³ | Japan, 12 to 14 July 2024 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | 8024.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 6 Nov 2025 | 7924.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 13 Jul 2024 | 7924.0 µg/m³ | Japan, 12 to 14 July 2024 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 7923.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 3 Jul 2024 | 7823.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 16 Jul 2024 | 7723.0 µg/m³ | – |
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, Muroran, 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/muroran/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Muroran 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).