SmogRank / Japan / Hokkaido / Obihiro
Obihiro, month by month
Obihiro has a measured daily mean on 1,062 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was March 2026, at 51 US AQI (9.1 µg/m³), 1,860th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was August 2024, at 17 US AQI (3.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 36 US AQI (6.4 µg/m³), against 33 US AQI (5.9 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 14 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 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.
Obihiro's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 519.1 µg/m³ | 1,860thof 2,971 |
| January 2024 | 509.0 µg/m³ | 1,022ndof 2,385 |
| July 2024 | 498.9 µg/m³ | 1,046thof 2,566 |
| February 2026 | 488.7 µg/m³ | 1,771stof 2,866 |
| December 2025 | 478.4 µg/m³ | 1,734thof 3,006 |
| February 2024 | 458.1 µg/m³ | 1,073rdof 2,486 |
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.
Obihiro's worst days
| Day | US AQI |
|---|---|
| 3 Jul 2024 | 7924.3 µg/m³ |
| 24 Dec 2025 | 7923.9 µg/m³ |
| 14 Feb 2024 | 7723.2 µg/m³ |
| 31 Mar 2026 | 7622.7 µg/m³ |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 7622.6 µg/m³ |
| 7 Jan 2024 | 7522.0 µg/m³ |
| 21 Mar 2025 | 7522.0 µg/m³ |
| 19 Mar 2026 | 7522.0 µg/m³ |
| 20 Dec 2025 | 7521.9 µg/m³ |
| 18 Jul 2024 | 7421.7 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, Obihiro, 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/obihiro/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Obihiro now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).