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Cheorwon, month by month

Cheorwon has a measured daily mean on 927 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was March 2025, at 90 US AQI (30.2 µg/m³), 287th of 2,862 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2024, at 48 US AQI (8.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 69 US AQI (18.6 µg/m³), against 60 US AQI (14.0 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2024

202460 for the year281 days measured289th of 2,097 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Cheorwon's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Cheorwon marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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
MonthWhy
Mar 20248 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Cheorwon's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
March 2025 9030.2 µg/m³31 of 31287thof 2,862Japan and South Korea, March 2025
February 2026 8929.3 µg/m³28 of 28267thof 2,866South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
South Korea, February 2026
March 2026 8628.1 µg/m³31 of 31327thof 2,971Japan and South Korea, March 2026
January 2025 8024.6 µg/m³31 of 31176thof 2,474Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
South Korea, 6 January 2025
November 2025 7823.7 µg/m³29 of 30319thof 2,715South Korea, 30 November to 1 December 2025
South Korea and Japan, November 2025and 1 more
December 2025 7723.0 µg/m³31 of 31404thof 3,006South Korea, 29 to 30 December 2025
South Korea, 16 to 20 December 2025and 2 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.

Cheorwon's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
14 Feb 2026 16879.5 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
13 Feb 2026 16576.0 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
21 Jan 2025 16271.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
27 Mar 2026 15865.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
5 Feb 2026 15764.7 µg/m³South Korea, February 2026
25 Mar 2025 15662.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2025
11 Feb 2026 15560.6 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
25 Nov 2025 15460.4 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, November 2025
21 Mar 2025 15459.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2025
24 Nov 2025 15358.5 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, November 2025

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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Cheorwon, 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/cheorwon/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Cheorwon 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).