SmogRank / South Korea / Gyeonggi-do / Gapyeong

Gapyeong, month by month

Gapyeong has a measured daily mean on 850 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was February 2026, at 85 US AQI (27.6 µg/m³), 294th of 2,866 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2024, at 23 US AQI (4.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 60 US AQI (14.0 µg/m³), against 56 US AQI (11.8 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2024

202664 so far217 days measured492nd of 2,791 in the world
Jan72#392Feb85#294Mar84#356Apr61#594May57#570Jun20 daysJul17 daysAug20 daysSep17 daysOctnone
202456 for the year280 days measured417th of 2,097 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Gapyeong'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 Gapyeong marked; each year, the year's.
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

6 months
MonthWhy
Oct 2026No day measured. The others: 6 with no readings from the monitor, 6 with readings left out by our checks.
Sep 202617 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 13 with readings left out by our checks.
Aug 202620 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 202617 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jun 202620 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
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.

Gapyeong's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
February 2026 8527.6 µg/m³27 of 28294thof 2,866South Korea and Japan, 19 to 21 February 2026
South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026and 1 more
March 2026 8427.0 µg/m³31 of 31356thof 2,971Japan and South Korea, March 2026
South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026and 1 more
March 2025 7723.0 µg/m³31 of 31463rdof 2,862Japan and South Korea, March 2025
Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025
January 2025 7522.1 µg/m³30 of 31237thof 2,474Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
South Korea, 13 to 14 January 2025
January 2026 7220.6 µg/m³31 of 31392ndof 2,617South Korea and Japan, January 2026
South Korea, January 2026
December 2025 7019.4 µg/m³29 of 31540thof 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.

Gapyeong's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
21 Jan 2025 17285.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
13 Feb 2026 16270.6 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
16 Jan 2026 15966.8 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, January 2026
5 Feb 2026 15866.1 µg/m³South Korea, February 2026
22 Jan 2025 15662.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
12 Feb 2026 15561.2 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
11 Feb 2026 15560.8 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
25 Mar 2025 15155.5 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2025
27 Mar 2026 14854.4 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2026
4 Feb 2026 13448.8 µg/m³South Korea, February 2026

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, Gapyeong, South Korea, 23 Mar 2024 – 30 Sep 2026. Monitor data from Korea Air Ministry of Environment via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/kr/gapyeong/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Gapyeong now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).