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Most polluted cities in Hyōgo, Japan, August 2023

15 cities in Hyōgo, Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Sandachō at 9.0 µg/m³, #746 of 1,926 cities in the world. Cleanest: Nishiwaki at 4.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

← Sandachō 0% 0.75%0
Every city in Hyōgo, Japan ranked for August 2023, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Hyōgo, Japan, PM2.5, August 2023, smogrank.com/jp/region/hyogo/history/2023-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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