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Most polluted cities in Gwangju, South Korea

2 measured cities, this year; 2 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Masan at 64.6 µg/m³, #78 in the world.

Jeollanam-do: 18 measured citiesGwangju: 2 measured citiesJeollabuk-do: 13 measured cities#2 Gwangju: 34.2 µg/m³#1 Masan: 64.6 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
  1. 1Masan 15712.9×
  2. 2Gwangju 986.8×
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 Gwangju, South Korea, PM2.5, this year to 2 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC, smogrank.com/kr/region/gwangju?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-02 08:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.