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Okayama, month by month

Okayama has a measured daily mean on 1,138 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was June 2025, at 62 US AQI (14.8 µg/m³), 465th of 2,508 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 33 US AQI (6.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 55 US AQI (11.3 µg/m³), against 51 US AQI (9.2 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)150 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Okayama'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 Okayama 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

2 months
MonthWhy
Jan 202419 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 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.

Okayama's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
June 2025 6214.8 µg/m³30 of 30465thof 2,508Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
Japan, June 2025
July 2025 6114.6 µg/m³31 of 31440thof 2,889Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
August 2025 6114.3 µg/m³31 of 31416thof 2,901–
March 2025 5913.6 µg/m³31 of 311,065thof 2,862Japan and South Korea, March 2025
Japan, March 2025and 1 more
July 2026 5913.6 µg/m³31 of 31644thof 2,784Japan and South Korea, July 2026
April 2025 5913.3 µg/m³30 of 30639thof 2,951Japan and South Korea, 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.

Okayama's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
4 Jul 2025 13549.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
2 Jul 2025 11039.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
1 Mar 2025 10838.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025
3 Jul 2025 10236.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
18 Apr 2024 10235.9 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
5 Jul 2025 10135.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
2 Mar 2025 9935.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025
9 Jul 2025 9934.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
23 Jan 2025 9633.2 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
22 Jul 2026 9331.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, July 2026

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, Okayama, 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/okayama/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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

Updated 2026-10-12 23:07 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).