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Most polluted cities in Jeollanam-do, South Korea

15 measured cities, last 30 days; 1 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Mokpo at 16.0 µg/m³, #328 in the world.

About 0 people in these 6 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day over the last 30 days.

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.

Gyeongsangbuk-do: 17 measured citiesJeollanam-do: 15 measured citiesGwangju: 2 measured citiesGyeongsangnam-do: 12 measured citiesJeollabuk-do: 13 measured cities#15 Jangseong: 8.4 µg/m³#13 Jangheung: 8.7 µg/m³#14 Gwangyang: 8.7 µg/m³#12 Kurye: 9.1 µg/m³#11 Yeosu: 9.7 µg/m³#9 Kwangyang: 10.5 µg/m³#10 Yeongam: 10.5 µg/m³#8 Boseong: 10.7 µg/m³#7 Suncheon: 11.4 µg/m³#6 Sinan: 12.2 µg/m³#5 Yeonggwang: 12.8 µg/m³#4 Haenam: 13.2 µg/m³#3 Muan: 13.3 µg/m³#2 Naju: 14.7 µg/m³#1 Mokpo: 16.0 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Mokpo 0 0.750
Every measured city in Jeollanam-do, South Korea 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. 1Mokpo 0
  2. 2Muan 0
  3. 3Suncheon 0
  4. 4Kwangyang 0
  5. 5Yeosu 0
  6. 6Gwangyang 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

Bad-air episodes in Jeollanam-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 Jeollanam-do, South Korea, PM2.5, last 30 days to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/kr/region/jeollanam-do?w=30d.

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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.