SmogRank / Japan / Miyazaki / Takanabe
Takanabe, month by month
Takanabe has a measured daily mean on 1,090 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2026, at 60 US AQI (13.9 µg/m³), 607th of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2024, at 37 US AQI (6.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 54 US AQI (10.7 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.6 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
3 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 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. |
| Jul 2023 | 3 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 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.
Takanabe's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 6013.9 µg/m³ | 607thof 2,784 | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| January 2025 | 5812.6 µg/m³ | 665thof 2,474 | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| March 2025 | 5812.6 µg/m³ | 1,140thof 2,862 | – |
| August 2024 | 5712.4 µg/m³ | 298thof 2,010 | Miyazaki, Oita and Kumamoto, Japan, August 2024 |
| April 2025 | 5712.4 µg/m³ | 716thof 2,951 | – |
| February 2026 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 1,005thof 2,866 | South Korea and Japan, 19 to 21 February 2026 |
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.
Takanabe's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2025 | 14151.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 9432.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 11 Feb 2024 | 9331.4 µg/m³ | Japan, 11 to 12 February 2024 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 8929.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 8828.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| 23 Jan 2025 | 8628.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 8628.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| 4 Aug 2024 | 8627.8 µg/m³ | Miyazaki, Oita and Kumamoto, Japan, August 2024 |
| 25 Jul 2026 | 8627.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| 19 Apr 2024 | 8326.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
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, Takanabe, 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/takanabe/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Takanabe 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).