SmogRank / Japan / Saga / Taku
Taku, month by month
Taku, Saga has a measured daily mean on 1,150 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was April 2024, at 60 US AQI (13.7 µg/m³), 514th of 2,520 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2024, at 22 US AQI (4.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³), against 49 US AQI (8.9 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.
Taku's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 514thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| November 2025 | 5813.1 µg/m³ | 675thof 2,715 | – |
| March 2026 | 5611.9 µg/m³ | 1,234thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| May 2024 | 5611.6 µg/m³ | 521stof 2,684 | – |
| January 2025 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 793rdof 2,474 | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| February 2026 | 5511.3 µg/m³ | 1,131stof 2,866 | – |
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.
Taku's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2024 | 12344.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 10737.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 11 Feb 2024 | 9532.5 µg/m³ | Japan, 11 to 12 February 2024 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 8828.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 8527.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 27 Feb 2025 | 8427.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 8326.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | 8326.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 20 Apr 2024 | 8225.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 2 Jul 2025 | 8024.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 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, Taku, Saga, 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/taku/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Taku 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).