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Most polluted cities in Saitama, Japan, August 2026

28 cities in Saitama, Japan ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Niiza at 8.3 µg/m³, #1,463 of 2,866 cities in the world. Cleanest: Ogawamachi 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.

← Niiza 0% 0.75%0

Every city in Saitama, Japan ranked for August 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.

1Niiza
0%
2Gyōda
0%
3Tokorozawa
0%
3Kukichūō
0%
5Menuma
0%
5Higashi-Matsuyama
0%
7Koshigaya
0%
7Honjō
0%
9Yorii
0%
9Sakado
0%
9Kōnosu
0%
9Ageo
0%
13Kawaguchi
0%
14Asaka
0%
15Kawagoe
0%
15Iruma
0%
17Igusa
0%
17Saitama
0%
19Kazo
0%
19Hanyū
0%
21Kodamachō-kodamaminami
0%
21Sayama
0%
23Minano
0%
23Kasukabe
0%
25Chichibu
0%
26Hannō
0%
27Kumagaya
0%
28Ogawamachi
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 2026, smogrank.com/jp/region/saitama/history/2026-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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