SmogRank / World / Japan / Niigata / May 2024
Most polluted cities in Niigata, Japan, May 2024
12 cities in Niigata, Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Jōetsu at 10.8 µg/m³, #603 of 2,641 cities in the world. Cleanest: Maki at 7.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
About 0 people in this city breathed unhealthy air on an average day of May 2024.
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.
- 1Niigata 0
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
All cities in the world, May 2024 · All cities in Japan, May 2024 · Niigata now
Use this board
SmogRank, most polluted cities in Niigata, Japan, PM2.5, May 2024, smogrank.com/jp/region/niigata/history/2024-05 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).
You're welcome to reuse a single chart, image or figure with this citation and a link. Terms. Raw monitor readings in bulk are published by OpenAQ, under each provider's licence.