Air Pollution in Japan

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Current Air Quality
52
Moderate
on Friday, Oct 23rd 2026, 10:00 am
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
59
Togitsu
2
57
Tomioka
3
55
Ōmura
4
55
Uekimachi-mōno
5
53
Beppu
6
53
Ichinoseki
7
53
Suzuka
8
50
Uto
9
50
Hisai-motomachi
10
50
Ōmuta
11
50
Honmachi
12
50
Satte
13
50
Tahara
14
50
Nagareyama
15
50
Miyakonojō
16
46
Ōita
17
46
Isahaya
18
46
Kashima
19
46
Asaka
20
46
Matsumoto
21
46
Yaita
22
46
Kurume
23
46
Saijō
24
46
Kashiwa
25
46
Kozakai-chō
26
46
Kochi
27
46
Daitōchō
28
46
Nobeoka
29
46
Fukuechō
30
46
Ōmihachiman
31
46
Kumamoto
32
42
Tanushimarumachi-toyoki
33
42
Takeochō-takeo
34
42
Shimabara
35
42
Kagoshima
36
42
Takaishi
37
42
Kobayashi
38
42
Nakatsu
39
42
Utsunomiya
40
42
Kitami
41
42
Buzen
42
42
Ōbu
43
42
Hitoyoshi
44
42
Kikuchi
45
42
Handa
46
42
Fukuoka
47
42
Tsurusaki
48
42
Gobō
49
42
Takahama
50
42
Anjō

Cities with the best air quality

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1
3
Mihara
2
5
Hanyū
3
5
Furukawa
4
5
Sayama
5
5
Ryōtsu-minato
6
5
Noshiro
7
5
Yokote
8
5
Sakaiminato
9
5
Jōetsu
10
6
Niitsu-honchō
11
6
Fukushima
12
6
Miyoshi
13
6
Maebashi
14
6
Ōdate
15
7
Ōmiya
16
7
Iwata
17
7
Zushi
18
7
Tochigi
19
7
Ashikaga
20
8
Komaki
21
8
Yugawara
22
8
Itsukaichi
23
8
Kōnan
24
8
Kameoka
25
8
Kannabechō-yahiro
26
8
Hiroshima
27
9
Shimada
28
9
Yotsukaidō
29
9
Mino
30
9
Gōtsuchō
31
9
Kamaishi
32
9
Sandachō
33
9
Hino
34
9
Mino
35
9
Miyako
36
9
Kumagaya
37
9
Ishiki
38
9
Hayama
39
9
Ōtsuki
40
9
Ōdachō-ōda
41
9
Rifu
42
9
Hiratsuka
43
9
Kanuma
44
9
Onomichi
45
10
Takehara
46
10
Sumoto
47
10
Fukuyama
48
10
Kushiro
49
10
Numazu
50
10
Kaminokawa
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Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
51
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
53
 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
20
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
14
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇾🇹 Mayotte
75
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
36
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon
39
 🇹🇩 Republic of Chad 🇩🇯 Republic of Djibouti 🇬🇳 Republic of Guinea 🇬🇼 Republic of Guinea-Bissau 🇲🇬 Republic of Madagascar 🇲🇿 Republic of Mozambique 🇳🇪 Republic of Niger 🇷🇼 Republic of Rwanda
35
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
74
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
85
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
17
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
58
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
142
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda
45
 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
98

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica 🇧🇻 Bouvet Island 🇹🇫 French Southern Territories 🇭🇲 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
149
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
70
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 🇰🇭 Cambodia
26
 🇨🇳 China
153
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
107
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
31
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
21
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
55
 🇮🇳 India
207
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
375
 🇯🇵 Japan
59
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
104
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
22
 🇱🇦 Laos
47
 🇲🇴 Macao
61
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
154
 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
91
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
65
 🇵🇭 Philippines
66
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
27
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
52
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
269
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
47
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
73
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon
57
 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan
76
 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
123
 🇸🇬 Singapore
127
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
52
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
22
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
81
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
112
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
115
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
59
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic
82
 🇹🇼 Taiwan
45
 🇹🇷 Turkey
150
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
46
 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
98
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
15
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
50
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
62
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
40
 🇫🇷 France
55
 🇩🇪 Germany
221
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
10
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
21
 🇬🇷 Greece
61
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
38
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
44
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
21
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
15
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
19
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
36
 🇱🇻 Latvia
30
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
28
 🇲🇹 Malta
18
 🇲🇨 Monaco
12
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
16
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
45
 🇵🇱 Poland
78
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
29
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
12
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
20
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
5
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
30
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
31
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
70
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
50
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
25
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
11
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
25
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
27
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
59
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
20
 🇷🇴 Romania
60
 🇷🇺 Russia
72
 🇸🇲 San Marino 🇷🇸 Serbia
46
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
35
 🇪🇸 Spain
55
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
16
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
44
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
48
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
22
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
14
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
65
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
8
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
10
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
12
 🇲🇽 Mexico
77
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
21
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
39
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
19
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
64
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
30
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
25
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
100

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
45
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
17
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
17
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
24
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
61
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
12
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
8
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
54
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
87
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay
24
 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
60
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQIAir Pollution LevelHealth ImplicationsCautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50GoodAir quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no riskNone
51 -100ModerateAir quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
101-150Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsMembers of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is not likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
151-200UnhealthyEveryone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effectsActive children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion
201-300Very UnhealthyHealth warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.Active children and adults, and people with respiratory disease, such as asthma, should avoid all outdoor exertion; everyone else, especially children, should limit outdoor exertion.
300+HazardousHealth alert: everyone may experience more serious health effectsEveryone should avoid all outdoor exertion

To know more about Air Quality and Pollution, check the wikipedia Air Quality topic or the airnow guide to Air Quality and Your Health.

For very useful health advices of Beijing Doctor Richard Saint Cyr MD, check www.myhealthbeijing.com blog.


Usage Notice: All the Air Quality data are unvalidated at the time of publication, and due to quality assurance these data may be amended, without notice, at any time. The World Air Quality Index project has exercised all reasonable skill and care in compiling the contents of this information and under no circumstances will the World Air Quality Index project team or its agents be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any loss, injury or damage arising directly or indirectly from the supply of this data.