SmogRank / South Korea / Jeollanam-do / Kurye
Kurye, month by month
Kurye has a measured daily mean on 800 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was March 2026, at 71 US AQI (20.0 µg/m³), 605th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2024, at 32 US AQI (5.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 55 US AQI (11.2 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.5 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
6 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | 10 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 1 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2025 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 6 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 3 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.
Kurye's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 7120.0 µg/m³ | 605thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026and 1 more |
| April 2024 | 6416.2 µg/m³ | 357thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| March 2025 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 1,081stof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| November 2025 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 656thof 2,715 | South Korea and Japan, November 2025 |
| January 2025 | 5913.2 µg/m³ | 597thof 2,474 | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 South Korea, 13 to 14 January 2025 |
| May 2025 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 530thof 2,826 | South Korea and Japan, 27 May to 3 June 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.
Kurye's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar 2026 | 11340.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 18 Apr 2024 | 10035.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 10035.3 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | 9834.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 3 Apr 2026 | 9834.1 µg/m³ | South Korea, 2 to 3 April 2026 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 9633.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 9532.6 µg/m³ | South Korea, 9 to 12 March 2026 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 9432.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | 9331.9 µg/m³ | South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026 |
| 29 Mar 2024 | 9231.2 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, Kurye, 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/kurye/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kurye 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).