Air Pollution in Japan

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Current Air Quality
102
Unhealthy
for Sensitive Groups
on Monday, May 18th 2026, 12:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
169
Iwade
2
129
Kōfu
3
122
Kashima
4
97
Youkaichi
5
95
Kainan
6
93
Kanie
7
91
Tamana
8
91
Jōetsu
9
89
Chiba
10
89
Iwata
11
85
Ureshinomachi-shimojuku
12
85
Himeji
13
82
Ichihara
14
82
Yashio
15
82
Kisarazu
16
80
Isahaya
17
80
Sakaidechō
18
80
Toride
19
80
Shingū
20
80
Tanashichō
21
80
Numazu
22
80
Minato
23
78
Hitoyoshi
24
78
Kawaguchi
25
78
Sōka
26
78
Fukuoka
27
78
Kikuchi
28
78
Honchō
29
78
Kasama
30
76
Ōzu
31
76
Noda
32
76
Tanushimarumachi-toyoki
33
76
Hitachi-Naka
34
76
Kasaoka
35
76
Urayasu
36
76
Zama
37
76
Tosu
38
76
Ishige
39
76
Kashiwa
40
76
Nishi-Tokyo-shi
41
74
Shiroi
42
74
Kokubunji
43
74
Asaka
44
74
Wako
45
74
Daitōchō
46
74
Higashimurayama
47
74
Honmachi
48
74
Yaita
49
74
Kashima-shi
50
74
Fujieda

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
3
Kariya
2
3
Ōme
3
5
Inuyama
4
12
Maebashi
5
12
Higashine
6
13
Fukumitsu
7
13
Noshiro
8
15
Hiroshima
9
15
Goshogawara
10
17
Ōdate
11
17
Kamogatachō-kamogata
12
17
Hondomachi-hondo
13
17
Hatsukaichi
14
17
Hirosaki
15
18
Maki
16
18
Kure
17
19
Miyoshi
18
19
Takehara
19
20
Kameyama
20
21
Tsuruoka
21
22
Yugawara
22
23
Mihara
23
24
Taketoyo
24
25
Matsue
25
25
Namerikawa
26
26
Koshigaya
27
27
Hekinan
28
27
Ishiki
29
27
Zushi
30
28
Kozakai-chō
31
28
Iwakura
32
28
Komaki
33
29
Kōnan
34
30
Kitami
35
30
Ōgaki
36
30
Chiryū
37
30
Kushiro
38
30
Kannabechō-yahiro
39
30
Mizusawa
40
30
Yokote
41
30
Hiratsuka
42
30
Yonezawa
43
30
Muroran
44
32
Fuchūchō
45
34
Aomori
46
34
Mino
47
34
Furukawa
48
35
Onomichi
49
38
Kitahama
50
38
Tateyama
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Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
78
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
23
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
53
 🇰🇪 Kenya
53
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
16
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
73
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
24
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
35
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria
22
 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
56
 🇨🇲 Republic of Cameroon 🇹🇩 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
24
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
28
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
160
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
14
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
20
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
51
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
79
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
75
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
13
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
11
 🇨🇳 China
117
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
112
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
25
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
32
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
44
 🇮🇳 India
281
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
208
 🇯🇵 Japan
96
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
72
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
5
 🇱🇦 Laos
19
 🇲🇴 Macao
50
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
59
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
26
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
69
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
82
 🇵🇭 Philippines
83
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
14
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
5
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
105
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
50
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
103
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
28
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan
77
 🇸🇬 Singapore
57
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
45
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
58
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
97
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
76
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
70
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
49
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
50
 🇹🇷 Turkey
64
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
88
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
33
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
44
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
41
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
29
 🇫🇷 France
42
 🇩🇪 Germany
52
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
10
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
9
 🇬🇷 Greece
24
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
31
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
48
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
41
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
17
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
22
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
21
 🇱🇻 Latvia
4
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
21
 🇲🇹 Malta
34
 🇲🇨 Monaco
18
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
16
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
73
 🇵🇱 Poland
72
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
24
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
14
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
16
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
3
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
24
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
32
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
27
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
32
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
21
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
25
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
21
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
15
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
16
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
22
 🇷🇴 Romania
25
 🇷🇺 Russia
64
 🇸🇲 San Marino
28
 🇷🇸 Serbia
56
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
22
 🇪🇸 Spain
43
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
18
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
39
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
35
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
49
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
28
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
68
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
24
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
24
 🇲🇽 Mexico
109
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
26
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
91
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
91
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
81
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
59
 🇵🇦 Republic of Panama 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 🇲🇫 Saint Martin 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
8
 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten 🇧🇸 The Bahamas 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
56
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
104

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
44
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
15
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
10
 🇳🇺 Niue 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands 🇳🇷 Republic of Nauru 🇻🇺 Republic of Vanuatu 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
57
 🇹🇰 Tokelau 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna

South America

🇦🇷 Argentine Republic
67
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
52
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
43
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
261
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
47
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
57
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
62
 🇸🇷 Republic of Suriname 🇻🇪 Venezuela

About the Air Quality and Pollution Measurement:

About the Air Quality Levels

AQI Air Pollution Level Health Implications Cautionary Statement (for PM2.5)
0 - 50 Good Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk None
51 -100 Moderate Air 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.
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Members 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.
151-200 Unhealthy Everyone may begin to experience health effects; members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects Active 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
201-300 Very Unhealthy Health 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+ Hazardous Health alert: everyone may experience more serious health effects Everyone 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.



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