Air quality in North Korea

No monitor here publishes data we're allowed to use, so North Korea has no measured ranking yet. Model estimates below.

Estimated: cities without a monitor

North Korea cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City	7-day estimate	Band
Pyongyang	≈ 17 µg/m³	Moderate
Hamhŭng	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Namp’o	≈ 17 µg/m³	Moderate
Sunch’ŏn	≈ 18 µg/m³	Moderate
Hŭngnam	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Kaesŏng	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Wŏnsan	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Chongjin	≈ 6 µg/m³	Good
Man’gyŏngdae-ri	≈ 17 µg/m³	Moderate
Kaech’ŏn	≈ 18 µg/m³	Moderate
Sariwŏn-si	≈ 18 µg/m³	Moderate
Sinŭiju	≈ 21 µg/m³	Moderate
Tŏkch’ŏn	≈ 16 µg/m³	Moderate
Haeju	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Kanggye	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Changam-ch’on	≈ 6 µg/m³	Good
Hyesan	≈ 6 µg/m³	Good
Paech’ŏn-ŭp	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Sinp’o	≈ 8 µg/m³	Good
Songnim-ni	≈ 17 µg/m³	Moderate
Ch’ŏngdan-ŭp	≈ 16 µg/m³	Moderate
Sinch’ŏn-ŭp	≈ 18 µg/m³	Moderate
Paek'ak	≈ 16 µg/m³	Moderate
Chaeryŏng-ni	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Manp’o	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Ŭllyul	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Kangnyŏng	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Kangsŏn	≈ 17 µg/m³	Moderate
P’yŏngsŏng	≈ 18 µg/m³	Moderate
Hwasŏng	≈ 6 µg/m³	Good
Myŏnggan-dong	≈ 6 µg/m³	Good
Hyesan-dong	≈ 6 µg/m³	Good
Ŭnch’ŏn-ŭp	≈ 18 µg/m³	Moderate
Kwail-ŭp	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Ŭndŏk	≈ 7 µg/m³	Good
Ŏrang	≈ 6 µg/m³	Good
Samch’ŏn	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Sinwŏn-ŭp	≈ 18 µg/m³	Moderate
Pongch’ŏn-ŭp	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Yuktae-dong	≈ 8 µg/m³	Good

Estimates contain modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information 2026.