SmogRank / Japan / Yamagata / Shinjō

Shinjō, month by month

Shinjō has a measured daily mean on 986 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2025, at 57 US AQI (12.2 µg/m³), 791st of 2,889 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was January 2024, at 29 US AQI (5.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 46 US AQI (8.2 µg/m³), against 42 US AQI (7.5 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2023

202546 for the year302 days measured1,676th of 2,681 in the world
202442 for the year291 days measured1,288th of 2,097 in the world
2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)149 days measured
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Shinjō'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 Shinjō 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

7 months
MonthWhy
Jan 202612 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Dec 202517 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 202513 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 202513 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Dec 202413 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 20242 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 20234 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.

Shinjō's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
July 2025 5712.2 µg/m³31 of 31791stof 2,889Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
June 2024 5611.8 µg/m³28 of 30371stof 2,563–
April 2024 5611.6 µg/m³29 of 30780thof 2,520Japan and South Korea, April 2024
June 2025 5410.7 µg/m³27 of 301,091stof 2,508Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
March 2026 5410.5 µg/m³26 of 311,539thof 2,971–
August 2023 529.6 µg/m³31 of 31684thof 1,980–

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.

Shinjō's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
3 Jul 2025 10135.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
4 Jul 2025 9834.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
18 Apr 2024 9130.7 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, April 2024
14 Feb 2026 8226.0 µg/m³Japan, 14 to 15 February 2026
24 Mar 2026 8024.5 µg/m³–
21 May 2025 7522.2 µg/m³–
2 Jul 2025 7421.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
5 Jul 2025 7421.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025
20 Jul 2026 7421.4 µg/m³–
27 Apr 2024 7321.1 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, Shinjō, 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/shinjo/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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

Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).