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Saga, month by month
Saga has a measured daily mean on 1,151 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was April 2024, at 59 US AQI (13.6 µg/m³), 525th of 2,520 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 28 US AQI (5.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.7 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
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
Months without a mean, and why
1 month
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jul 2023 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Saga's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | 5913.6 µg/m³ | 525thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| November 2025 | 5812.6 µg/m³ | 703rdof 2,715 | – |
| January 2025 | 5712.4 µg/m³ | 684thof 2,474 | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| May 2024 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 458thof 2,684 | – |
| February 2026 | 5611.7 µg/m³ | 1,067thof 2,866 | – |
| March 2026 | 5611.6 µg/m³ | 1,296thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Saga's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2024 | 12645.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 11139.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 11 Feb 2024 | 9432.3 µg/m³ | Japan, 11 to 12 February 2024 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 9029.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 8728.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 27 Feb 2025 | 8628.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 8527.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 30 Dec 2023 | 8426.8 µg/m³ | Japan, 29 to 31 December 2023 |
| 2 Jul 2025 | 8426.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 8326.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 28 Jul 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Saga, Japan, 28 Jul 2023 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring System via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/jp/saga/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Saga now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).