SmogRank / Japan / Osaka / Takatsuki
Takatsuki, month by month
Takatsuki has a measured daily mean on 821 days since 29 July 2023. Its worst month was July 2026, at 59 US AQI (13.2 µg/m³), 694th of 2,784 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2024, at 29 US AQI (5.2 µg/m³).
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
12 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 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 2025 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | 6 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 24 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | No day measured. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | No day measured. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2023 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2023 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2023 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 3 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.
Takatsuki's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | 5913.2 µg/m³ | 694thof 2,784 | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| July 2025 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 1,176thof 2,889 | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| August 2025 | 5310.1 µg/m³ | 1,215thof 2,901 | – |
| March 2025 | 529.9 µg/m³ | 1,609thof 2,862 | – |
| March 2026 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 1,777thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| April 2026 | 529.5 µg/m³ | 1,058thof 2,941 | – |
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.
Takatsuki's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2025 | 9432.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | 9130.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 9030.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | 8829.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| 3 Jul 2025 | 8828.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 8225.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 8024.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, July 2026 |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 7924.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 31 Jan 2025 | 7823.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 1 Feb 2025 | 7622.6 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 29 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, Takatsuki, Japan, 29 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/takatsuki/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Takatsuki 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).