SmogRank / South Korea / Gangwon-do / Kosong
Kosong, month by month
Kosong has a measured daily mean on 888 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was March 2026, at 72 US AQI (20.4 µg/m³), 589th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2024, at 21 US AQI (3.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 51 US AQI (9.2 µg/m³), against 44 US AQI (8.0 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
2 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| 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.
Kosong's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 7220.4 µg/m³ | 589thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026 |
| February 2026 | 6617.1 µg/m³ | 676thof 2,866 | South Korea and Japan, 19 to 21 February 2026 South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026and 1 more |
| April 2024 | 6315.6 µg/m³ | 379thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 South Korea, 6 to 9 April 2024 |
| January 2025 | 6215.2 µg/m³ | 477thof 2,474 | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 South Korea, 13 to 14 January 2025and 1 more |
| March 2025 | 5612.0 µg/m³ | 1,242ndof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 |
| February 2025 | 5511.5 µg/m³ | 1,052ndof 2,633 | Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 South Korea, 14 to 16 February 2025 |
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.
Kosong's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2026 | 15257.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 15256.6 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 14954.8 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | 14051.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 20 Jan 2025 | 12746.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | 12143.8 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 12143.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 5 Feb 2026 | 11742.1 µg/m³ | South Korea, February 2026 |
| 17 Apr 2024 | 11641.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 10236.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Kosong, 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/kosong/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
You're welcome to reuse a single chart, image or figure with this citation and a link. Terms. Raw monitor readings in bulk are published by OpenAQ, under each provider's licence.
Kosong 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).