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Most polluted cities in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, 2025

13 cities in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 365 days; 13 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Kimje at 18.6 µg/m³, #268 of 2,624 cities in the world. Cleanest: Koch'ang at 12.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

About 87.5K people in these 8 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day of 2025.

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.

← Iksan 30.3K 30K0
Every city in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea ranked for 2025 with monitors in two or more places, one column each, ranked by people breathing unhealthy air: height is people on an average day, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1Iksan
    30.3K
  2. 2Gunsan
    23.2K
  3. 3Jeonju
    22.7K
  4. 4Jeongeup
    6.55K
  5. 5Buan
    1.83K
  6. 6Namsa
    1.16K
  7. 7Changsu
    1.02K
  8. 8Imsil
    704
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 Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, PM2.5, 2025, smogrank.com/kr/region/jeollabuk-do/history/2025 (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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