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Niihama, month by month

Niihama has a measured daily mean on 1,157 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was April 2024, at 68 US AQI (18.4 µg/m³), 282nd of 2,520 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was January 2024, at 43 US AQI (7.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 57 US AQI (12.5 µg/m³), against 55 US AQI (11.5 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)156 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Niihama'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 Niihama 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

1 month
MonthWhy
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.

Niihama's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
April 2024 6818.4 µg/m³30 of 30282ndof 2,520Japan and South Korea, April 2024
March 2025 6617.3 µg/m³31 of 31747thof 2,862Japan and South Korea, March 2025
Japan, March 2025and 1 more
July 2025 6315.6 µg/m³31 of 31361stof 2,889Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
June 2025 6215.1 µg/m³30 of 30433rdof 2,508Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
April 2025 6014.0 µg/m³30 of 30588thof 2,951–
May 2024 6013.8 µg/m³31 of 31343rdof 2,684Japan, May 2024
South Korea and Japan, May 2024

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.

Niihama's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
2 Mar 2025 15257.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025
4 Jul 2025 15155.8 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
3 Jul 2025 13448.8 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
1 Mar 2025 12745.9 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025
15 Feb 2024 12143.6 µg/m³Japan, 14 to 15 February 2024
18 Apr 2024 11039.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
19 Apr 2024 10938.8 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
2 Jul 2025 10537.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
27 Mar 2025 10537.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2025
Japan, March 2025
28 Feb 2025 10436.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, February and March 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.

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

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

Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).