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

14 cities in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea ranked by their average PM2.5 so far (278 of 365 days); 14 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Seonghwan at 22.8 µg/m³, #303 of 2,745 cities in the world. Cleanest: Buyeo at 12.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

About 112K people in these 12 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day of 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.

← Cheonan 57.7K 50K0
Every city in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea ranked for 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. 1Cheonan
    57.7K
  2. 2Asan
    12.7K
  3. 3Hongseong
    8.82K
  4. 4Boryeong
    6.86K
  5. 5Seonghwan
    4.42K
  6. 6Yesan
    4.3K
  7. 7Gongju
    4.01K
  8. 8Tangjin
    3.46K
  9. 9Nonsan
    2.92K
  10. 10Seosan
    2.91K
  11. 11Yŏnmu
    2.21K
  12. 12Taesal-li
    1.26K
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, 2026 (so far), smogrank.com/kr/region/chungcheongnam-do/history/2026 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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