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Most polluted cities in Daejeon, South Korea

1 measured city, this year; 1 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Daejeon at 42.0 µg/m³, #164 in the world.

Chungcheongnam-do: 14 measured citiesDaejeon: 1 measured cityNorth Chungcheong: 7 measured cities#1 Daejeon: 42.0 µg/m³
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  1. 1Daejeon 58.4×
Low risk1–3
Moderate risk4–6
High risk7–10
Very high risk10+

Canada's AQHI+ for PM2.5 (1 point per 10 µg/m³), which is defined on hourly values. 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 Daejeon, South Korea, PM2.5, this year to 2 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC, smogrank.com/kr/region/daejeon?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-02 06:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the Canada AQHI+ PM2.5 sub-index.