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Most polluted cities in Nara, Japan
6 measured cities, this year; 6 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Tenri at 10.0 µg/m³, #995 in the world.
About 0 people in this city breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far this year.
Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.
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
Estimated: cities without a monitor
Nara cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Yamatokōriyama | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Kashiba | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Yamato-Takada | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Sakurai | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Katsuragi | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Gojō | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Hikiso | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Tawaramoto | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Ōuda-yamaguchi | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Gose | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Tatsuno-kita | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Kanmaki | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Haibara-akanedai | ≈ 4 µg/m³ |
| Fuki | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Takatsukadai | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
| Shimobuchi | ≈ 7 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Nara
- Japan and South Korea, July 202616 to 25 July 2026, 10 days205 cities39 µg/m³peak, Mooka
- Japan and South Korea, June and July 202530 June to 10 July 2025, 11 days532 cities117 µg/m³peak, Kōka
- Japan, May 202520 to 21 May 2025, 2 days107 cities34 µg/m³peak, Ayase
- Japan and South Korea, March 202521 to 27 March 2025, 7 days479 cities320 µg/m³peak, Yecheon
- Japan and South Korea, February and March 202526 February to 2 March 2025, 5 days200 cities70 µg/m³peak, Fukuyama
- Japan and South Korea, 31 January to 1 February 20252 days113 cities38 µg/m³peak, Yawata
Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Nara, Japan, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC, smogrank.com/jp/region/nara?w=year.
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Updated 2026-10-06 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.