SmogRank / Japan / Nagano / Suwa
Suwa, month by month
Suwa has a measured daily mean on 1,008 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2026, at 54 US AQI (10.6 µg/m³), 1,211th of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 23 US AQI (4.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 46 US AQI (8.2 µg/m³), against 42 US AQI (7.6 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
8 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2024 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2024 | 14 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | 13 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2024 | 9 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2023 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 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.
Suwa's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 5410.6 µg/m³ | 1,211thof 2,784 | – |
| April 2024 | 5310.1 µg/m³ | 1,005thof 2,520 | – |
| April 2025 | 529.9 µg/m³ | 1,197thof 2,951 | Japan, 19 to 20 April 2025 |
| March 2025 | 529.8 µg/m³ | 1,625thof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| July 2025 | 529.7 µg/m³ | 1,338thof 2,889 | – |
| August 2025 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 1,329thof 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.
Suwa's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2025 | 13248.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 8427.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 21 May 2025 | 8427.0 µg/m³ | Japan, May 2025 |
| 19 Apr 2025 | 8125.0 µg/m³ | Japan, 19 to 20 April 2025 |
| 18 Apr 2025 | 7924.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 7321.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 May 2025 | 7320.9 µg/m³ | Japan, May 2025 |
| 5 Aug 2025 | 7220.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 7220.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 7120.0 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, Suwa, 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/suwa/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Suwa now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).