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Air at the Zenica - Centar station

Zenica, Zenica-Doboj Canton · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Network: Federal Hydrometeorological Institute · Station code: BA0037A

This year, up to yesterday (October 6)

at least

10 days

with a daily average of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) above the legal limit of 125 µg/m³.

3 days are allowed in the whole year.

The number allowed for the whole year has been exceeded.

at least 7 days more than allowed

In 2025: 40 days above the limit, 3 allowed.

at least

32 days

with an 8-hour average of ozone (O₃) above the target value of 120 µg/m³.

The target value allows 25 such days a year, averaged over three years.

Worst day: January 22, 2026, SO₂ 288 µg/m³ as a daily average, 2.3 times the limit.

Also: at least 34 days above the legal daily limit for PM10 of 50 µg/m³ (too few readings to compare with the allowed number).

Also: at least 18 hours above the legal hourly limit for SO₂ of 350 µg/m³ (too few readings to compare with the allowed number).

Daily average for 212 of 279 days · data for 2026 not yet finally verified · Yardstick: legal limits in the Federation of BiH (Pravilnik, Official Gazette FBiH 1/12, 50/19, 3/21)

All figures by year and month

Poor

Air now · Measured at 16:00

Latest values

Latest value: 16:00

Readings
PollutantValueLevel
PM1032.7 µg/m³Fair
NO₂23.8 µg/m³Fair
O₃124.6 µg/m³Poor
SO₂69.9 µg/m³Moderate

How the air is changing

Over the last seven days there was more PM10, NO₂, and SO₂ in the air than the week before.

  • PM10: average 37.2 µg/m³, week before 19.3 µg/m³
  • NO₂: average 32.5 µg/m³, week before 21.7 µg/m³
  • O₃: average 54.1 µg/m³, week before 49.9 µg/m³
  • SO₂: average 43.4 µg/m³, week before 37.7 µg/m³

There are not enough readings to compare with the month before.

  • PM10: too few readings to compare
  • NO₂: too few readings to compare
  • O₃: too few readings to compare
  • SO₂: too few readings to compare

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Ozone O₃

124.6

Nowµg/m³

Measured at 16:00

47.9

Last 24 hoursµg/m³

measured in 92 % of hours · provisional

54.1

Last 7 daysµg/m³

measured in 100 % of hours · provisional

too few readings

Last 30 days

measured in 49 % of hours · provisional

too few readings

Last 12 months

measured in 77 % of hours · 2 months with too few readings · provisional

Days in 2026: O₃, 8-hour average above 120 µg/m³

32 days above the limit. 46 days without any reading from the station.

1102031JanJan 10: no data from the stationJan 27: no data from the stationFebFeb 24: no data from the stationFeb 25: no data from the stationFeb 26: no data from the stationFeb 27: no data from the stationFeb 28: no data from the stationMarMar 1: no data from the stationMar 2: no data from the stationMar 3: no data from the stationMar 4: no data from the stationMar 5: no data from the stationMar 6: no data from the stationMar 7: no data from the stationMar 16: 120 µg/m³, above the limitAprApr 5: no data from the stationApr 6: no data from the stationApr 11: no data from the stationApr 12: no data from the stationMayMay 23: no data from the stationMay 26: 131 µg/m³, above the limitMay 27: 128 µg/m³, above the limitJunJun 10: no data from the stationJun 20: 123 µg/m³, above the limitJun 21: 127 µg/m³, above the limitJun 24: 124 µg/m³, above the limitJun 25: 124 µg/m³, above the limitJun 26: 122 µg/m³, above the limitJun 27: 137 µg/m³, above the limitJun 28: 132 µg/m³, above the limitJun 30: 128 µg/m³, above the limitJulJul 14: no data from the stationJul 15: no data from the stationJul 16: no data from the stationJul 17: no data from the stationJul 18: no data from the stationJul 19: no data from the stationJul 29: 135 µg/m³, above the limitJul 30: 143 µg/m³, above the limitJul 31: 140 µg/m³, above the limitAugAug 1: 139 µg/m³, above the limitAug 2: 132 µg/m³, above the limitAug 3: 134 µg/m³, above the limitAug 4: 138 µg/m³, above the limitAug 5: 139 µg/m³, above the limitAug 6: 150 µg/m³, above the limitAug 7: 148 µg/m³, above the limitAug 8: 126 µg/m³, above the limitAug 9: 137 µg/m³, above the limitAug 10: 154 µg/m³, above the limitAug 11: 153 µg/m³, above the limitAug 12: 130 µg/m³, above the limitAug 13: 134 µg/m³, above the limitAug 14: 123 µg/m³, above the limitAug 15: 133 µg/m³, above the limitAug 16: 134 µg/m³, above the limitAug 20: 126 µg/m³, above the limitAug 21: 125 µg/m³, above the limitSepSep 2: no data from the stationSep 3: no data from the stationSep 4: no data from the stationSep 5: no data from the stationSep 6: no data from the stationSep 7: no data from the stationSep 8: no data from the stationSep 9: no data from the stationSep 10: no data from the stationSep 11: no data from the stationSep 12: no data from the stationSep 13: no data from the stationSep 14: no data from the stationSep 15: no data from the stationSep 16: no data from the stationSep 17: no data from the stationSep 18: no data from the stationSep 19: no data from the stationSep 20: no data from the stationSep 21: no data from the stationOctNovDec
  • above the limit
  • below the limit
  • too few readings for the day
  • no O₃ data in the EEA database
  • no data from the station
Days above the limit with values (32)
  1. Mar 16 120
  2. May 26 131
  3. May 27 128
  4. Jun 20 123
  5. Jun 21 127
  6. Jun 24 124
  7. Jun 25 124
  8. Jun 26 122
  9. Jun 27 137
  10. Jun 28 132
  11. Jun 30 128
  12. Jul 29 135
  13. Jul 30 143
  14. Jul 31 140
  15. Aug 1 139
  16. Aug 2 132
  17. Aug 3 134
  18. Aug 4 138
  19. Aug 5 139
  20. Aug 6 150
  21. Aug 7 148
  22. Aug 8 126
  23. Aug 9 137
  24. Aug 10 154
  25. Aug 11 153
  26. Aug 12 130
  27. Aug 13 134
  28. Aug 14 123
  29. Aug 15 133
  30. Aug 16 134
  31. Aug 20 126
  32. Aug 21 125

Values in µg/m³, limit 120 µg/m³.

Months of 2026

MonthDays above 120Highest 8 hNo readings
January0722
February0855
March1 above the number allowed1207
April01154
May2 above the number allowed1311
June8 above the number allowed1371
July3 above the number allowed1436
August18 above the number allowed1540
September010120
October up to yesterday01170

Values in µg/m³. ■ marks a month with at least one day above the limit; the number allowed applies to the whole year. “No readings”: days on which not a single reading came from the station.

Last 7 days, every hour: O₃ in µg/m³highest 157 µg/m³, latest 125 µg/m³ (16:00)0100200ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedlatest 125 (16:00)
measuredmodel estimate, not counted
Last 7 days, every hour: O₃ in µg/m³
Values as a table
Hour toµg/m³Note
Wednesday, 10/7
17:0089model estimate, not counted
16:00124.6
15:00133.2
14:00117.4
13:0098.5
12:0066.6
11:0052.7
10:0034.3
09:0022.7
08:0016.3
07:0024.4
06:0036
05:0038.6
04:0040.7
03:0040.7
02:0040.2
01:0031.5
Tuesday, 10/6
00:0020.4
23:0014.8
22:0014.1
21:0016.8
20:0028.8
19:0040.1
18:0081.2
17:00135.7
16:00142.6
15:00149.4
14:00157.1
13:00124.2
12:0089.7
11:0052.9
10:0034.7
09:0020.2
08:0015.5
07:0024.3
06:0036.7
05:0039.2
04:0040.8
03:0039.2
02:0027.6
01:0020.1
Monday, 10/5
00:0015.5
23:0029.5
22:0032.9
21:0027.1
20:0047.6
19:0069.2
18:0097.4
17:00101.3
16:00108.9
15:00107.5
14:0096
13:0089
12:0081.9
11:0063.1
10:0042
09:0023.5
08:0017.9
07:0023.7
06:0036.2
05:0042.8
04:0042.4
03:0045.2
02:0045.8
01:0035
Sunday, 10/4
00:0023.8
23:0018.3
22:0018.5
21:0026.2
20:0039.6
19:0083.5
18:00104.1
17:00110.5
16:00109.5
15:00111.1
14:00103.4
13:0087.9
12:0085.8
11:0061.7
10:0051.9
09:0038.8
08:0032.9
07:0033.6
06:0038.1
05:0042.8
04:0041.7
03:0042
02:0040.9
01:0028.2
Saturday, 10/3
00:0019.3
23:0016.6
22:0024.1
21:0030.8
20:0042.7
19:0075.7
18:0097.8
17:00107.4
16:00107.4
15:00114.9
14:00102.3
13:0093.8
12:0071.1
11:0069.7
10:0051.2
09:0031.5
08:0023.6
07:0029.6
06:0035.4
05:0039.2
04:0038.8
03:0033.3
02:0022.4
01:0018.1
Friday, 10/2
00:0014.6
23:0023.7
22:0019.2
21:0017.4
20:0023.2
19:0074.1
18:0092.4
17:0099.4
16:00100.6
15:00100.1
14:0098
13:0077.2
12:0061.9
11:0055.3
10:0037.5
09:0025.6
08:0015.4
07:0022
06:0034.5
05:0037.4
04:0042.7
03:0041.4
02:0039.3
01:0031.1
Thursday, 10/1
00:0029.3
23:0017.4
22:0027.8
21:0031.5
20:0043.5
19:0079.5
18:0092.2
17:0096.1
16:0097.8
15:00102.5
14:0099
13:0091
12:0088.1
11:0056.2
10:0034.9
09:0020.7
08:0015.5
07:0018.6
06:0033
05:0035.1
04:0037.6
03:0039.5
02:0035.5
01:0025.3
Wednesday, 9/30
00:0021.6
23:0018.2
22:0024.2
21:0040.4
20:0054.2
Last 30 days, highest 8-hour average of the day: O₃ in µg/m³highest 117 µg/m³, latest 117 µg/m³0501001509/99/169/239/30highest 117
too few readingstarget value, 120 µg/m³no data from the station
Last 30 days, highest 8-hour average of the day: O₃ in µg/m³
Values as a table
Dayµg/m³Note
Tue, 10/6116.6provisional
Mon, 10/593.9provisional
Sun, 10/499.5provisional
Sat, 10/396.3provisional
Fri, 10/288provisional
Thu, 10/193.3provisional
Wed, 9/3092.4provisional
Tue, 9/29100.9provisional
Mon, 9/2898.7provisional
Sun, 9/2786.3provisional
Sat, 9/2675.7provisional
Fri, 9/2574.7provisional
Thu, 9/2466.3provisional
Wed, 9/2367.7provisional
Tue, 9/22too few readings
Mon, 9/21no data from the station
Sun, 9/20no data from the station
Sat, 9/19no data from the station
Fri, 9/18no data from the station
Thu, 9/17no data from the station
Wed, 9/16no data from the station
Tue, 9/15no data from the station
Mon, 9/14no data from the station
Sun, 9/13no data from the station
Sat, 9/12no data from the station
Fri, 9/11no data from the station
Thu, 9/10no data from the station
Wed, 9/9no data from the station
Tue, 9/8no data from the station
Mon, 9/7no data from the station
Last 12 months, monthly average: O₃ in µg/m³highest 86 µg/m³, latest 54 µg/m³050100DecFebAprJunAugOcthighest 86latest 54
Last 12 monthsthis month so fara year earliermonth with days without data from the station
Last 12 months, monthly average: O₃ in µg/m³
Values as a table
Monthµg/m³a year earlierNote
October 2026 so far54.140.8measured in 100 % of hours · provisional · year before: same days
September 2026too few readings40.9measured in 30 % of hours · provisional · 20 days without data from the station
August 202686.557.9measured in 97 % of hours · provisional
July 2026too few readings65.4measured in 74 % of hours · provisional · 6 days without data from the station
June 202675.170.9measured in 93 % of hours · provisional · 1 day without data from the station
May 2026too few readings57.4measured in 60 % of hours · provisional · 1 day without data from the station
April 2026too few readings60.1measured in 38 % of hours · provisional · 4 days without data from the station
March 202653.551.7measured in 75 % of hours · provisional · 7 days without data from the station
February 202633.629measured in 81 % of hours · provisional · 5 days without data from the station
January 202626.426.9measured in 88 % of hours · provisional · 2 days without data from the station
December 20251425.6measured in 100 % of hours · verified
November 202517.721.5measured in 84 % of hours · verified · 4 days without data from the station

O₃ by year

Yardstick: legal limits in the Federation of BiH (Pravilnik, Official Gazette FBiH 1/12, 50/19, 3/21)

Measure2026*20252024
Days with 8-hour average above 120 µg/m³ (target value 25)≥ 32379
Annual average, µg/m³too few4459.9
Highest 8-hour average, µg/m³154August 10134June 26168April 9
Hours measured71 %98 %98 %
Days without any reading from the station4672

* 2026 up to October 6; the average since the start of the year is not yet an annual average.

The monitoring networks have not yet finally verified this year’s data. The EEA publishes verified values once a year.

≥ means at least: more than a tenth of the days or hours are missing, so the real number may be higher.

■ and a figure in red: more than is allowed for the whole year.

The column for 2023 is shown on wider screens.

The worst days of 2026

DayHighest 8 hTimes the limit
Aug 10, 2026provisional1541.3 ×
Aug 11, 2026provisional1531.3 ×
Aug 6, 2026provisional1501.3 ×
Aug 7, 2026provisional1481.2 ×
Jul 30, 2026provisional1431.2 ×

Daily average in µg/m³, daily limit 120 µg/m³. Days with the same unverified value over many hours are not on this list.

Outages in the last 12 months

Every period of at least 24 hours in which no reading arrived from this station.

Days without a reading: 60

11 outages, 1,440 hours in total in the last 12 months.

Timeline of outages from October 7, 2025 to today

FromToDuration
Sep 1, 2026 09:00Sep 22, 2026 09:0021 days
Jul 13, 2026 22:00Jul 20, 2026 09:006 days
Jul 1, 2026 09:00Jul 2, 2026 09:0024 hours
Jun 9, 2026 05:00Jun 11, 2026 11:002 days
May 23, 2026 00:00May 24, 2026 08:0032 hours
Apr 10, 2026 04:00Apr 13, 2026 11:003 days
Apr 4, 2026 12:00Apr 7, 2026 09:003 days
Feb 23, 2026 14:00Mar 8, 2026 15:0013 days
Jan 26, 2026 14:00Jan 28, 2026 14:002 days
Jan 9, 2026 14:00Jan 11, 2026 11:0045 hours
Nov 21, 2025 14:00Nov 26, 2025 11:005 days

Calculated from the hourly values the EEA publishes. If late values arrive afterwards, an outage gets shorter or disappears.

Who is responsible

Air quality in the Federation of BiH is monitored by three networks of stations: the federal, the cantonal and the municipal one (Air Protection Act, Official Gazette FBiH 72/24, Art. 12 to 16).

Federal Hydrometeorological Institute (FHMZ)
Runs the federal network, collects the data of all networks and publishes it. It issues a report every month and, every year by 31 July, the annual air quality report (Art. 14, 19 and 63).
Canton
Sets up the cantonal network and is responsible for the measures. When limit values are exceeded, it adopts an air quality plan. When warning or alert thresholds are at risk of being exceeded, it adopts a short-term intervention plan. When the information threshold or a concentration dangerous to health is exceeded, it informs the public (Art. 15, 22, 25, 27 and 61). In Zenica-Doboj Canton the Ministry of Physical Planning, Transport, Communications and Environmental Protection is responsible for environmental protection. The 2024 intervention plan was adopted by the Government of the canton.
Municipality
May run its own stations with the consent of the canton and must publish their results (Art. 16 and 17). Under the Zenica-Doboj Canton intervention plan (Official Gazette ZDK 3/24, Art. 3), the mayor of the municipality or city declares readiness based on the report of the authorised expert institution, and warning and alert based on the decision of the operational headquarters.
Inspectorates
The inspectorates of the Federation, the canton and the municipality supervise the law and the measures, each within its remit (Art. 71).

What the law requires when a limit is exceeded

A limit value is not a recommendation. The deadline for meeting the limit values for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter expired on 1 January 2021. Since then only the number of exceedances that the Pravilnik allows applies (Official Gazette FBiH 1/12, Annex X). The Air Protection Act adds that limit values, once met, must not be exceeded again (Art. 5(4)).

The law allows: for PM10 at most 35 days a year above 50 µg/m³, for sulphur dioxide at most 24 hours above 350 µg/m³ and at most 3 days above 125 µg/m³, for nitrogen dioxide at most 18 hours above 200 µg/m³ and no day with a daily average above 85 µg/m³ (Annex X).

When limits are exceeded, the canton adopts an air quality plan with measures that shorten the period of exceedance. The plan is published within eight days of adoption (Art. 8, 25, 26 and 63).

The alert thresholds are 500 µg/m³ for sulphur dioxide and 400 µg/m³ for nitrogen dioxide over three hours in a row, and 300 µg/m³ for PM10 and 280 µg/m³ for PM2.5 as a daily average (Pravilnik, Annex XIV, amended in Official Gazette FBiH 3/21). When such a situation threatens, the canton must have a short-term intervention plan. It can restrict traffic, construction work, the operation of plants and heating (Art. 27 and 28).

When the information threshold or a concentration dangerous to health is exceeded, the competent cantonal authorities inform the public through radio, television, newspapers and the internet: where, since when, how much was measured, what is expected and how to protect oneself (Art. 61 and 62).

In Zenica-Doboj Canton the procedure is set by the intervention plan (Official Gazette ZDK 3/24) in three stages: readiness, warning and alert. An alert also requires a forecast of stable weather for the next 48 hours.

The canton also has an Action Plan for Air Quality Protection from 2020 (Official Gazette ZDK 9/20), adopted under the earlier law. We could not tell from the published decision how long it applies.

We show measured values only. Whether an episode has been declared is decided by the competent authorities, who publish it on their own pages.

The limit values in BiH match the EU rules of 2008. Since 2021 the World Health Organization has recommended much lower values, for PM10 45 µg/m³ a day and 15 µg/m³ a year. From 2030 the EU lowers the annual PM10 limit to 20 µg/m³ (Directive (EU) 2024/2881).

We checked the rules against the published texts on 7 October 2026.

Where the data comes from

Measured by Federal Hydrometeorological Institute. We take the values from the European Environment Agency (EEA) under the CC BY 4.0 licence.

Values marked provisional have not been fully checked by the network yet. The EEA publishes verified data for the previous year once a year, usually by the end of September.

An hourly value is the average of one hour. We show the end of the hour: the value to 18:00 was measured from 17:00 to 18:00.

A day runs from midnight to midnight local time.

We only show an average when at least three out of four hours in the period have a reading. The EU air quality directive requires this for daily averages, and we apply the same rule to longer periods. We compare an annual average with the EU limit only once 90 % of hours are measured, as the directive requires. For 12 months and for a year we ask for more: if less than 90 % of hours are measured, every full calendar month needs readings for at least half of its hours. Otherwise a whole season could be missing from the average, such as summer, when ozone is highest.

We do not call a difference of up to 10 % a change, nor one of up to 1 µg/m³ at low levels, because weather and measurement uncertainty alone cause differences that size.

When a station sends no reading, the EEA sometimes fills the hour with a model estimate. We draw those hours dashed and leave them out of every average.

The limits are the legal limits of the Federation of BiH (Pravilnik, Official Gazette FBiH 1/12, 50/19 and 3/21, Annexes X and XIV). They match EU Directive 2008/50/EC. When more than a tenth of the days or hours are missing, the number of exceedances can only be higher, so we write “at least” in front of it.

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