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Most polluted cities in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, May 2026

14 cities in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Seonghwan at 20.1 µg/m³, #280 of 2,852 cities in the world. Cleanest: Gongju at 12.7. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

About 22.2K people in these 12 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day of May 2026.

Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.

← Asan 6.98K 6K0
Every city in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea ranked for May 2026 with monitors in two or more places, one column each, ranked by people breathing unhealthy air: height is people on an average day, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Asan
    6.98K
  2. 2Hongseong
    6.61K
  3. 3Yesan
    3.94K
  4. 4Nonsan
    1.57K
  5. 5Tangjin
    1.26K
  6. 6Seonghwan
    975
  7. 7Yŏnmu
    893
  8. 8Cheonan
    0
  9. 9Boryeong
    0
  10. 10Seosan
    0
  11. 11Taesal-li
    0
  12. 12Gongju
    0
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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, PM2.5, May 2026, smogrank.com/kr/region/chungcheongnam-do/history/2026-05 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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