SmogRank / South Korea / Chungcheongnam-do / Buyeo
Buyeo, month by month
Buyeo has a measured daily mean on 881 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was March 2025, at 83 US AQI (26.5 µg/m³), 391st of 2,862 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2026, at 41 US AQI (7.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 63 US AQI (15.8 µg/m³), against 59 US AQI (13.3 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2024
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 |
|---|---|
| Mar 2024 | 9 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.
Buyeo's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | 8326.5 µg/m³ | 391stof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 South Korea, 9 to 11 March 2025and 2 more |
| January 2025 | 8226.0 µg/m³ | 142ndof 2,474 | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 South Korea, 13 to 14 January 2025 |
| February 2025 | 7019.1 µg/m³ | 629thof 2,633 | Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 South Korea, 14 to 16 February 2025and 2 more |
| December 2024 | 6918.6 µg/m³ | 315thof 2,616 | South Korea, 19 to 21 December 2024 |
| April 2024 | 6717.6 µg/m³ | 306thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 South Korea, 6 to 9 April 2024 |
| November 2024 | 6617.4 µg/m³ | 311thof 2,624 | South Korea, 21 November 2024 South Korea, 11 to 12 November 2024and 1 more |
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.
Buyeo's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2025 | 15966.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 15560.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 16 Feb 2025 | 13950.9 µg/m³ | South Korea, 14 to 16 February 2025 |
| 20 Jan 2025 | 13649.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 13549.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 24 Mar 2025 | 12946.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 23 Mar 2025 | 12846.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 22 Mar 2025 | 12746.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 10 Mar 2025 | 11942.8 µg/m³ | South Korea, 9 to 11 March 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | 11440.8 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 23 Mar 2024; 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, Buyeo, South Korea, 23 Mar 2024 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Korea Air Ministry of Environment via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/kr/buyeo/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Buyeo now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 00:07 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).