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Most polluted cities in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
17 measured cities, this year; 17 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Yeongju at 18.4 µg/m³, #405 in the world.
About 73.9K people in these 6 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far this year.
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.
Cities coloured by their PM2.5 over the last 24 hours. Fires, smoke and ash: Oct 5, the newest UTC day mapped.
Not on this map: #17 Dodong-ri 11.2.
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
Estimated: cities without a monitor
Gyeongsangbuk-do cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Heunghae | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Jenzan | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Japan and South Korea, July 202616 to 25 July 2026, 10 days205 cities39 µg/m³peak, Mooka
- Japan and South Korea, March 202623 to 31 March 2026, 9 days322 cities86 µg/m³peak, Pohang
- South Korea, 15 to 18 March 20264 days100 cities68 µg/m³peak, Seonghwan
- South Korea, 9 to 12 March 20264 days89 cities59 µg/m³peak, Gumi
- South Korea and Japan, 19 to 21 February 20263 days52 cities48 µg/m³peak, Yeongju
- South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 20266 days153 cities82 µg/m³peak, Wŏnju
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 Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/kr/region/gyeongsangbuk-do?w=year.
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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.