SmogRank / South Korea / Gyeonggi-do / Yangp'yŏng
Yangp'yŏng, month by month
Yangp'yŏng has a measured daily mean on 906 days since 23 March 2024. Its worst month was January 2025, at 98 US AQI (34.1 µg/m³), 71st of 2,474 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 37 US AQI (6.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 67 US AQI (17.7 µg/m³), against 62 US AQI (15.0 µg/m³) in 2024.
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
1 month
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| 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.
Yangp'yŏng's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 9834.1 µg/m³ | 71stof 2,474 | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 South Korea, 13 to 14 January 2025and 1 more |
| March 2025 | 8527.5 µg/m³ | 362ndof 2,862 | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 South Korea, 9 to 11 March 2025and 1 more |
| March 2026 | 8527.4 µg/m³ | 346thof 2,971 | Japan and South Korea, March 2026 South Korea, 15 to 18 March 2026and 1 more |
| February 2026 | 8125.3 µg/m³ | 364thof 2,866 | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 South Korea, February 2026 |
| February 2025 | 7823.5 µg/m³ | 329thof 2,633 | Japan and South Korea, February and March 2025 South Korea, 14 to 16 February 2025 |
| December 2024 | 7723.3 µg/m³ | 166thof 2,616 | South Korea, 19 to 21 December 2024 |
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.
Yangp'yŏng's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2025 | 190110.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 17995.5 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 20 Jan 2025 | 16270.9 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, 17 to 24 January 2025 |
| 16 Feb 2025 | 15967.6 µg/m³ | South Korea, 14 to 16 February 2025 |
| 5 Feb 2026 | 15966.4 µg/m³ | South Korea, February 2026 |
| 15 Feb 2025 | 15864.9 µg/m³ | South Korea, 14 to 16 February 2025 |
| 16 Jan 2026 | 15763.8 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, January 2026 |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 15460.4 µg/m³ | South Korea and Japan, 10 to 15 February 2026 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | 15460.1 µg/m³ | Japan and South Korea, March 2025 |
| 14 Jan 2025 | 14955.0 µg/m³ | South Korea, 13 to 14 January 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, Yangp'yŏng, 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/yangp-yong/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Yangp'yŏng now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 04:07 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).