SmogRank / Japan / Kumamoto / Uto
Uto, month by month
Uto has a measured daily mean on 1,010 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was November 2023, at 59 US AQI (13.3 µg/m³), 208th of 2,243 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2024, at 38 US AQI (6.8 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
5 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | 5 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 25 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. |
| 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.
Uto's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 | 5913.3 µg/m³ | 208thof 2,243 | Japan, November 2023 |
| May 2024 | 5812.9 µg/m³ | 395thof 2,684 | Japan, May 2024 |
| March 2026 | 5812.9 µg/m³ | 1,074thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| January 2025 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 710thof 2,474 | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| April 2025 | 5611.9 µg/m³ | 778thof 2,951 | – |
| September 2024 | 5611.8 µg/m³ | 289thof 2,010 | Japan and South Korea, September 2024 |
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.
Uto's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2025 | 14352.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 29 Mar 2026 | 10738.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 10336.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, June and July 2025 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | 9633.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 6 Sept 2024 | 8929.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, September 2024 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 8829.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 4 Sept 2024 | 8728.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, September 2024 |
| 4 Nov 2023 | 8628.0 µg/m³ | Japan, November 2023 |
| 24 Jan 2025 | 8427.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 31 Aug 2025 | 8426.9 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, Uto, 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/uto/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Uto now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).