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Most polluted cities in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

12 measured cities, last 30 days; 0 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Tongyeong at 11.7 µg/m³, #490 in the world.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

Busan: 2 measured citiesGyeongsangbuk-do: 17 measured citiesDaegu: 2 measured citiesJeollanam-do: 15 measured citiesChungcheongnam-do: 14 measured citiesGyeongsangnam-do: 12 measured citiesUlsan: 1 measured cityJeollabuk-do: 13 measured citiesNorth Chungcheong: 7 measured cities#11 Kimhae: 8.5 µg/m³#12 Chinju: 8.5 µg/m³#10 Ungsang: 8.7 µg/m³#9 Goseong: 8.8 µg/m³#8 Yangsan: 9.0 µg/m³#7 Hadong: 9.2 µg/m³#6 Naesŏ: 9.5 µg/m³#5 Geoje: 9.7 µg/m³#4 Changwon: 9.8 µg/m³#3 Changnyeong: 10.1 µg/m³#2 Sinhyeon: 11.4 µg/m³#1 Tongyeong: 11.7 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Tongyeong 0% 0.75%0
Every measured city in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Tongyeong 0%
  2. 2Sinhyeon 0%
  3. 3Changnyeong 0%
  4. 4Changwon 0%
  5. 5Geoje 0%
  6. 6Naesŏ 0%
  7. 7Hadong 0%
  8. 8Yangsan 0%
  9. 9Goseong 0%
  10. 10Ungsang 0%
  11. 11Kimhae 0%
  12. 11Chinju 0%
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

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Gyeongsangnam-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.

City7-day estimateBand
Kyosai≈ 8 µg/m³Good

Bad-air episodes in Gyeongsangnam-do

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 Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, PM2.5, last 30 days to 7 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC, smogrank.com/kr/region/gyeongsangnam-do?w=30d.

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Updated 2026-10-07 00:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.