SmogRank / Taiwan / Takao / Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung, month by month
Kaohsiung has a measured daily mean on 844 days since 8 February 2024. Its worst month was February 2025, at 90 US AQI (30.3 µg/m³), 210th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was June 2025, at 38 US AQI (6.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 70 US AQI (19.3 µg/m³), against 64 US AQI (16.2 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
5 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 12 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | 6 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 25 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | 6 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Kaohsiung's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 9030.3 µg/m³ | 210thof 2,633 | Taiwan, 26 to 28 February 2025 |
| January 2025 | 8929.6 µg/m³ | 97thof 2,474 | – |
| December 2024 | 8527.4 µg/m³ | 122ndof 2,616 | – |
| January 2026 | 8125.4 µg/m³ | 236thof 2,617 | – |
| December 2025 | 8125.1 µg/m³ | 366thof 3,006 | – |
| February 2026 | 8024.9 µg/m³ | 382ndof 2,866 | – |
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.
Kaohsiung's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2025 | 15256.5 µg/m³ | Taiwan, 26 to 28 February 2025 |
| 1 Jan 2025 | 14051.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 18 Feb 2025 | 13951.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 15 Nov 2024 | 12846.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 26 Feb 2025 | 12545.3 µg/m³ | Taiwan, 26 to 28 February 2025 |
| 23 Jan 2025 | 12444.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 16 Mar 2024 | 12344.5 µg/m³ | Taiwan, March 2024 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 11943.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 11 Mar 2024 | 11842.3 µg/m³ | – |
| 10 Mar 2024 | 11741.8 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 8 Feb 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, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 8 Feb 2024 – 12 Oct 2026. Monitor data from Taiwan's Ministry of Environment via OpenAQ; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/tw/kaohsiung/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Kaohsiung 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).