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Saiki, month by month

Saiki has a measured daily mean on 1,152 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2025, at 61 US AQI (14.3 µg/m³), 469th of 2,889 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2026, at 34 US AQI (6.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 54 US AQI (10.5 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.8 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)155 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Saiki's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Saiki marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
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

Months without a mean, and why

1 month
MonthWhy
Jul 20232 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 2 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Saiki's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2025 6114.3 µg/m³31 of 31469thof 2,889Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
August 2024 5913.6 µg/m³31 of 31226thof 2,010Miyazaki, Oita and Kumamoto, Japan, August 2024
August 2025 5812.6 µg/m³31 of 31654thof 2,901–
March 2025 5712.5 µg/m³31 of 311,156thof 2,862Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025
July 2026 5712.3 µg/m³31 of 31843rdof 2,784–
April 2025 5511.4 µg/m³28 of 30849thof 2,951–

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.

Saiki's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
4 Jul 2025 15460.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
3 Jul 2025 15358.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
5 Jul 2025 13047.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
19 Apr 2024 12344.3 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
2 Jul 2025 11942.8 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
18 Apr 2024 9432.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
9 Jul 2025 9331.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
4 Aug 2024 9130.5 µg/m³Miyazaki, Oita and Kumamoto, Japan, August 2024
3 Sept 2024 8829.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, September 2024
3 Aug 2024 8728.2 µg/m³–

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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Saiki, 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/saiki/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Saiki now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).