Air Pollution in Japan

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Current Air Quality
83
Moderate
on Tuesday, May 19th 2026, 20:00 pm
Past 24 hours Air Quality

Cities with the worst air quality

#AQICity
1
97
Kashima-shi
2
91
Tomiya
3
89
Tottori
4
85
Ōta
5
85
Rifu
6
82
Wakuya
7
80
Furukawa
8
80
Kashima
9
78
Fukuoka
10
78
Omigawa
11
78
Ashikaga
12
78
Takayama
13
76
Tsuruoka
14
76
Maebaru-chūō
15
76
Matsumoto
16
74
Tamana
17
74
Tochigi
18
74
Kan’onjichō
19
74
Shiroishi
20
74
Himimachi
21
74
Fukushima
22
74
Kōriyama
23
74
Uekimachi-mōno
24
72
Iwanuma
25
72
Kawanoechō
26
72
Jōetsu
27
72
Fukui-shi
28
72
Sagae
29
70
Iwaki
30
70
Tanushimarumachi-toyoki
31
70
Yanagawa
32
70
Shimabara
33
70
Uozu
34
70
Akita
35
68
Takaoka
36
68
Tosu
37
68
Tomioka
38
68
Nagai
39
68
Nagato
40
68
Kanazawa
41
68
Sendai
42
65
Nyūzen
43
65
Toyama
44
65
Saga
45
65
Niihama
46
65
Toyooka
47
65
Niimi
48
63
Imarichō-kō
49
63
Takeochō-takeo
50
63
Togitsu

Cities with the best air quality

#AQICity
1
9
Maizuru
2
10
Kure
3
10
Hiroshima
4
11
Hatsukaichi
5
12
Nakamura
6
12
Maebashi
7
12
Goshogawara
8
13
Miyoshi
9
13
Takehara
10
13
Asahikawa
11
13
Kitami
12
13
Namerikawa
13
13
Obihiro
14
13
Kushiro
15
14
Kōfu
16
15
Mihara
17
15
Taketoyo
18
17
Kaseda-shirakame
19
17
Ishige
20
17
Sapporo
21
17
Itsukaichi
22
17
Kochi
23
17
Tomakomai
24
17
Youkaichi
25
17
Kainan
26
18
Hekinan
27
18
Kozakai-chō
28
18
Yugawara
29
18
Ishiki
30
19
Hiratsuka
31
20
Hondomachi-hondo
32
20
Sakai
33
20
Iwakura
34
20
Fukuyama
35
20
Zushi
36
20
Komaki
37
21
Seto
38
21
Saiki
39
21
Kōnan
40
21
Kaizuka
41
21
Ōiso
42
21
Aki
43
21
Takatsuki
44
21
Ōami
45
21
Miyakonojō
46
21
Tsurusaki
47
21
Iwata
48
21
Ichihara
49
21
Okinawa
50
21
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Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 🇨🇩 Congo, The Democratic Republic Of 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇪🇹 Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
114
 🇰🇲 Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros 🇸🇴 Federal Republic of Somalia 🇬🇦 Gabonese Republic 🇬🇭 Ghana
53
 🇱🇾 Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 🇲🇷 Islamic Republic of Mauritania 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
51
 🇰🇪 Kenya
44
 🇲🇦 Kingdom of Morocco
19
 🇱🇸 Lesotho
61
 🇱🇷 Liberia 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇲🇱 Mali 🇲🇺 Mauritius
3
 🇾🇹 Mayotte
66
 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇬 Nigeria 🇩🇿 People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria 🇦🇴 Republic of Angola 🇧🇯 Republic of Benin 🇧🇮 Republic of Burundi 🇨🇻 Republic of Cabo Verde
48
 🇨🇲 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
34
 🇸🇳 Republic of Senegal
39
 🇿🇦 Republic of South Africa
178
 🇸🇸 Republic of South Sudan 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo 🇷🇪 Réunion
23
 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 🇸🇨 Seychelles
20
 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
72
 🇪🇷 State of Eritrea 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 🇹🇿 Tanzania 🇬🇲 The Gambia
112
 🇹🇬 Togolese Republic 🇹🇳 Tunisian Republic 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 🇿🇲 Zambia
33
 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
34

Antarctica

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

Asia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh
93
 🇧🇹 Bhutan
69
 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
6
 🇰🇭 Cambodia
14
 🇨🇳 China
128
 🇨🇽 Christmas Island 🇨🇨 Cocos [Keeling] Islands 🇳🇵 Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
77
 🇬🇪 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
22
 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
19
 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
28
 🇮🇳 India
342
 🇮🇷 Iran 🇦🇫 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 🇵🇰 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
131
 🇯🇵 Japan
83
 🇧🇭 Kingdom of Bahrain 🇸🇦 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇹🇭 Kingdom of Thailand
79
 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
7
 🇱🇦 Laos
41
 🇲🇴 Macao
30
 🇲🇾 Malaysia
67
 🇲🇳 Mongolia
55
 🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma]
103
 🇰🇵 North Korea 🇵🇸 Palestine
55
 🇵🇭 Philippines
79
 🇦🇲 Republic of Armenia
11
 🇦🇿 Republic of Azerbaijan
20
 🇮🇩 Republic of Indonesia
122
 🇮🇶 Republic of Iraq 🇰🇿 Republic of Kazakhstan
65
 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
102
 🇱🇧 Republic of Lebanon 🇲🇻 Republic of Maldives
46
 🇹🇯 Republic of Tajikistan 🇺🇿 Republic of Uzbekistan 🇸🇬 Singapore
67
 🇻🇳 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
30
 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
49
 🇮🇱 State of Israel
54
 🇰🇼 State of Kuwait
309
 🇶🇦 State of Qatar
81
 🇴🇲 Sultanate of Oman
59
 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 🇹🇼 Taiwan
54
 🇹🇷 Turkey
71
 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
106
 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
31
 🇨🇾 Cyprus
51
 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
56
 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 🇫🇮 Finland
50
 🇫🇷 France
48
 🇩🇪 Germany
59
 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
22
 🇱🇺 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
17
 🇬🇷 Greece
31
 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) 🇭🇺 Hungary
40
 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 🇮🇹 Italy
45
 🇯🇪 Jersey 🇧🇪 Kingdom of Belgium
26
 🇩🇰 Kingdom of Denmark
17
 🇳🇴 Kingdom of Norway
30
 🇸🇪 Kingdom of Sweden
24
 🇱🇻 Latvia
13
 🇲🇰 Macedonia
55
 🇲🇹 Malta
25
 🇲🇨 Monaco
22
 🇲🇪 Montenegro
20
 🇳🇱 Netherlands
32
 🇵🇱 Poland
67
 🇵🇹 Portuguese Republic
18
 🇦🇩 Principality of Andorra
29
 🇱🇮 Principality of Liechtenstein
16
 🇦🇱 Republic of Albania
9
 🇦🇹 Republic of Austria
26
 🇧🇾 Republic of Belarus
23
 🇧🇬 Republic of Bulgaria
29
 🇭🇷 Republic of Croatia
31
 🇪🇪 Republic of Estonia
35
 🇮🇸 Republic of Iceland
20
 🇮🇪 Republic of Ireland
26
 🇽🇰 Republic of Kosovo 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania
17
 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova
21
 🇸🇮 Republic of Slovenia
22
 🇷🇴 Romania
36
 🇷🇺 Russia
58
 🇸🇲 San Marino
35
 🇷🇸 Serbia
43
 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic
48
 🇪🇸 Spain
55
 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇨🇭 Switzerland
24
 🇺🇦 Ukraine
47
 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
54
 🇦🇽 Åland Islands

North America

🇦🇮 Anguilla 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇼 Aruba
12
 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇿 Belize 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius, and Saba
21
 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 🇨🇦 Canada
56
 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 🇨🇼 Curaçao 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
5
 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe
23
 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇶 Martinique
27
 🇲🇽 Mexico
101
 🇲🇸 Montserrat 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 🇨🇷 Republic of Costa Rica
26
 🇨🇺 Republic of Cuba 🇸🇻 Republic of El Salvador
101
 🇬🇹 Republic of Guatemala
89
 🇭🇹 Republic of Haiti 🇭🇳 Republic of Honduras
100
 🇳🇮 Republic of Nicaragua
15
 🇵🇦 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
45
 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands 🇺🇸 United States
87

Oceania

🇦🇸 American Samoa 🇦🇺 Australia
34
 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 🇹🇱 East Timor 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 🇬🇺 Guam 🇼🇸 Independent State of Samoa 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇨 New Caledonia
29
 🇳🇿 New Zealand
41
 🇳🇺 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
27
 🇧🇴 Bolivia, Plurinational State Of 🇧🇷 Brazil
37
 🇫🇰 Colony of the Falkland Islands 🇬🇫 French Guiana
7
 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇺🇾 Oriental Republic of Uruguay 🇨🇱 Republic of Chile
162
 🇨🇴 Republic of Colombia
42
 🇪🇨 Republic of Ecuador
39
 🇵🇾 Republic of Paraguay 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru
57
 🇸🇷 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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