SmogRank / South Korea / Jeollanam-do / Mokpo
Mokpo, month by month
Mokpo has a measured daily mean on 920 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was March 2026, at 79 US AQI (24.1 µg/m³), 460th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was August 2025, at 45 US AQI (8.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 62 US AQI (15.2 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.
Mokpo's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 7924.1 µg/m³ | 460thof 2,971 | South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026 |
| November 2025 | 7622.4 µg/m³ | 341stof 2,715 | South Korea and Japan, November 2025 South Korea, 5 to 7 November 2025 |
| February 2026 | 7421.3 µg/m³ | 503rdof 2,866 | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 South Korea, February 2026 |
| March 2025 | 7220.6 µg/m³ | 543rdof 2,862 | – |
| December 2025 | 7119.8 µg/m³ | 515thof 3,006 | South Korea, 29 to 30 December 2025 South Korea, 16 to 20 December 2025and 1 more |
| January 2026 | 6919.0 µg/m³ | 497thof 2,617 | South Korea and Japan, January 2026 |
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.
Mokpo's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jan 2026 | 12645.5 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, January 2026 |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 12545.3 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | 12344.3 µg/m³ | South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 11943.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 16 Jan 2026 | 11942.7 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, January 2026 |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 11742.0 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 |
| 16 Feb 2025 | 11641.5 µg/m³ | South Korea, 14 to 16 February 2025 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | 11541.0 µg/m³ | South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026 |
| 6 Nov 2025 | 11340.4 µg/m³ | South Korea, 5 to 7 November 2025 |
| 25 Nov 2025 | 11239.9 µg/m³ | South 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Mokpo, 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/mokpo/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Mokpo now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).