SmogRank / South Korea / Chungcheongnam-do / Seosan

Seosan, month by month

Seosan has a measured daily mean on 897 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was March 2025, at 81 US AQI (25.4 µg/m³), 423rd of 2,862 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2026, at 43 US AQI (7.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 63 US AQI (15.3 µg/m³), against 58 US AQI (12.6 µg/m³) in 2024.

Every month since 2024

202458 for the year282 days measured367th of 2,097 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Seosan's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Seosan marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
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

Months without a mean, and why

1 month
MonthWhy
Mar 20249 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Seosan's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
March 2025 8125.4 µg/m³31 of 31423rdof 2,862Japan and South Korea, March 2025
South Korea, 9 to 11 March 2025
March 2026 8024.7 µg/m³31 of 31435thof 2,971South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026
January 2025 7421.6 µg/m³31 of 31252ndof 2,474Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
South Korea, 13 to 14 January 2025
February 2026 7320.8 µg/m³28 of 28526thof 2,866South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
South Korea, February 2026
April 2024 7019.2 µg/m³28 of 30256thof 2,520–
April 2025 6717.6 µg/m³30 of 30450thof 2,951–

Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.

Seosan's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
21 Jan 2025 15257.6 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
16 Mar 2026 15155.9 µg/m³South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026
17 Mar 2026 14553.3 µg/m³South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026
20 Jan 2025 13951.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
22 Mar 2025 13951.1 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, March 2025
15 Jan 2026 13348.3 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, January 2026
24 Nov 2025 13248.1 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, November 2025
22 Jan 2025 13248.0 µg/m³Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025
14 Feb 2026 12746.0 µg/m³South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026
7 Nov 2025 12745.9 µg/m³South Korea, 5 to 7 November 2025

Daily means, the highest since 23 Mar 2024; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Seosan, South Korea, 23 Mar 2024 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Korea Air Ministry of Environment via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/kr/seosan/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Seosan now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).