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Most polluted cities in Saitama, Japan, August 2024

29 cities in Saitama, Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Iruma at 9.7 µg/m³, #646 of 1,962 cities in the world. Cleanest: Kasukabe at 6.3. 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.

← Iruma 0% 0.75%0

Every city in Saitama, Japan ranked for August 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.

1Iruma
0%
2Gyōda
0%
3Morohongō
0%
4Kodamachō-kodamaminami
0%
5Yorii
0%
6Kazo
0%
6Misato, Saitama
0%
8Sakado
0%
9Minano
0%
10Ageo
0%
11Tokorozawa
0%
12Higashi-Matsuyama
0%
13Menuma
0%
14Kōnosu
0%
15Kawaguchi
0%
15Niiza
0%
17Honjō
0%
17Sayama
0%
19Sōka
0%
19Kawagoe
0%
21Ogawamachi
0%
21Hannō
0%
21Chichibu
0%
24Kumagaya
0%
24Kukichūō
0%
26Saitama
0%
27Koshigaya
0%
28Hanyū
0%
29Kasukabe
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 Saitama, Japan, PM2.5, August 2024, smogrank.com/jp/region/saitama/history/2024-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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