SmogRank / Japan / Chiba / Sakura
Sakura, month by month
Sakura has a measured daily mean on 1,130 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2024, at 58 US AQI (12.8 µg/m³), 323rd of 2,566 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was February 2024, at 32 US AQI (5.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³), against 43 US AQI (7.7 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.
Sakura's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 323rdof 2,566 | – |
| August 2025 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 606thof 2,901 | Chiba, Ibaraki and Yamanashi, Japan, August 2025 |
| December 2025 | 5611.8 µg/m³ | 996thof 3,006 | Japan, December 2025 |
| July 2025 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 961stof 2,889 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| July 2026 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 1,021stof 2,784 | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 Japan, July 2026 |
| November 2025 | 5511.2 µg/m³ | 848thof 2,715 | – |
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.
Sakura's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2025 | 11541.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 6 Jul 2025 | 10637.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 9834.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 9231.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 9130.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 20 Dec 2025 | 8728.2 µg/m³ | Japan, December 2025 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 8426.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 Japan, July 2026 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 8326.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 30 Aug 2025 | 8225.6 µg/m³ | Chiba, Ibaraki and Yamanashi, Japan, August 2025 |
| 20 May 2025 | 8225.5 µg/m³ | Japan, May 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, Sakura, 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/sakura/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Sakura now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).