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Most polluted cities in Ibaraki, Japan, March 2024

18 cities in Ibaraki, Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Chikusei at 10.5 µg/m³, #330 of 1,643 cities in the world. Cleanest: Koga at 6.0. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

OpenAQ's archive, where our readings come from, has almost none from Japan for March 21, 2024: cities in Japan are averaged over their other days. Why.

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.

← Chikusei 0% 0.75%0
Every city in Ibaraki, Japan ranked for March 2024, 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.
  1. 1Chikusei
    0%
  2. 2Tsuchiura
    0%
  3. 3Shimo-tsuma
    0%
  4. 3Ishioka
    0%
  5. 5Naka
    0%
  6. 5Jōsō
    0%
  7. 7Bandō
    0%
  8. 8Toride
    0%
  9. 8Kamisu
    0%
  10. 10Hokota
    0%
  11. 11Hitachiomiya
    0%
  12. 11Inashiki
    0%
  13. 13Kasama
    0%
  14. 14Hitachi-Naka
    0%
  15. 15Kashima-shi
    0%
  16. 15Kitaibaraki
    0%
  17. 15Hitachi
    0%
  18. 18Koga
    0%
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 Ibaraki, Japan, PM2.5, March 2024, smogrank.com/jp/region/ibaraki/history/2024-03 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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