SmogRank / Japan / Yamagata / Sakata
Sakata, month by month
Sakata, Yamagata has a measured daily mean on 942 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2025, at 58 US AQI (12.8 µg/m³), 682nd of 2,889 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was January 2024, at 28 US AQI (5.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 51 US AQI (9.1 µg/m³), against 46 US AQI (8.3 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
9 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2026 | No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2025 | 9 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2025 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | 8 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2025 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2024 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| 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.
Sakata's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 682ndof 2,889 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| July 2024 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 360thof 2,566 | Japan, 12 to 14 July 2024 |
| April 2024 | 5612.0 µg/m³ | 710thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| June 2024 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 414thof 2,563 | – |
| June 2025 | 5410.6 µg/m³ | 1,118thof 2,508 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| August 2025 | 5410.6 µg/m³ | 1,099thof 2,901 | – |
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.
Sakata's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2024 | 9633.3 µg/m³ | Japan, 12 to 14 July 2024 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 9532.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 8929.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 8627.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 13 Jul 2024 | 8125.4 µg/m³ | Japan, 12 to 14 July 2024 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 8024.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 20 Aug 2025 | 8024.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 16 Jul 2024 | 7823.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 15 Jul 2024 | 7622.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 15 Mar 2024 | 7522.0 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Sakata, Yamagata, 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/sakata/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Sakata now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).