SmogRank / South Korea / Gangwon-do / T’aebaek
T’aebaek, month by month
T’aebaek has a measured daily mean on 768 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was March 2026, at 76 US AQI (22.3 µg/m³), 525th of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2024, at 27 US AQI (4.8 µg/m³).
Every month since 2024
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
5 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 3 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 9 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.
T’aebaek's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 7622.3 µg/m³ | 525thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026 |
| March 2025 | 7019.5 µg/m³ | 603rdof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 |
| February 2026 | 7019.4 µg/m³ | 576thof 2,866 | South Korea and Japan, 19 to 21 February 2026 South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026and 1 more |
| April 2024 | 6416.3 µg/m³ | 350thof 2,520 | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| November 2025 | 6416.2 µg/m³ | 542ndof 2,715 | South Korea and Japan, November 2025 |
| December 2025 | 6114.5 µg/m³ | 761stof 3,006 | South Korea, 29 to 30 December 2025 South Korea, 7 December 2025 |
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.
T’aebaek's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar 2025 | 15560.7 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 14352.4 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 13549.5 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 13348.4 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 17 Apr 2024 | 13047.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, April 2024 |
| 26 Mar 2026 | 11641.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 11239.8 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, November 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | 11039.2 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 10938.6 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 27 Mar 2025 | 10738.0 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 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.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, T’aebaek, 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/t-aebaek/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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T’aebaek now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 23:07 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).