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Most polluted cities in Daegu, South Korea

2 measured cities, this year; 2 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Hwawŏn at 85.0 µg/m³, #25 in the world.

Gyeongsangbuk-do: 16 measured citiesDaegu: 2 measured citiesGyeongsangnam-do: 13 measured citiesNorth Chungcheong: 7 measured cities#2 Daegu: 14.4 µg/m³#1 Hwawŏn: 85.0 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
  1. 1Hwawŏn 17217.0×
  2. 2Daegu 612.9×
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

Bad-air episodes in Daegu

Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Daegu, South Korea, PM2.5, this year to 2 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC, smogrank.com/kr/region/daegu?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-02 10:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.