SmogRank / Japan / Miyagi / Wakuya
Wakuya, month by month
Wakuya has a measured daily mean on 1,143 days since 28 July 2023. Its worst month was May 2026, at 58 US AQI (12.9 µg/m³), 526th of 2,874 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2024, at 14 US AQI (2.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 38 US AQI (6.9 µg/m³), against 33 US AQI (5.9 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.
Wakuya's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | 5812.9 µg/m³ | 526thof 2,874 | – |
| July 2025 | 5511.4 µg/m³ | 961stof 2,889 | – |
| April 2024 | 529.9 µg/m³ | 1,033rdof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| March 2025 | 529.7 µg/m³ | 1,646thof 2,862 | – |
| June 2026 | 498.8 µg/m³ | 862ndof 2,497 | – |
| June 2025 | 478.5 µg/m³ | 1,720thof 2,508 | – |
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.
Wakuya's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr 2024 | 11240.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 2 Jun 2026 | 8828.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 8024.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 7924.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 24 Mar 2026 | 7723.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 26 Mar 2025 | 7622.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 19 May 2026 | 7421.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 2 Mar 2025 | 7421.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 7421.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 7421.3 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, Wakuya, 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/wakuya/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Wakuya now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).