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Most polluted cities in Ibaraki, Japan, January 2026

13 cities in Ibaraki, Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Chikusei at 8.7 µg/m³, #1,313 of 2,593 cities in the world. Cleanest: Kitaibaraki at 3.8. 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.

← Chikusei 0% 0.75%0
Every city in Ibaraki, Japan ranked for January 2026, 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. 2Naka
    0%
  3. 3Toride
    0%
  4. 4Kamisu
    0%
  5. 5Koga
    0%
  6. 6Ishioka
    0%
  7. 7Bandō
    0%
  8. 8Hitachi-Naka
    0%
  9. 9Kashima-shi
    0%
  10. 10Mito
    0%
  11. 11Kasama
    0%
  12. 12Hitachiomiya
    0%
  13. 13Kitaibaraki
    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, January 2026, smogrank.com/jp/region/ibaraki/history/2026-01 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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