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Air at the Gorazde - Rasadnik station

Goražde, Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde · Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Network: Federal Hydrometeorological Institute · Station code: BA0041A

This year, up to yesterday (October 6)

at least

1 day

with a daily average of particulate matter PM10 above the legal limit of 50 µg/m³.

Readings are missing for part of the period, so the real number may be higher.

Worst day: October 3, 2026, PM10 66 µg/m³ as a daily average, 1.3 times the limit.

Daily average for 4 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

Fair

Air now · Measured at 17:00

Latest values

Latest value: 17:00

Readings
PollutantValueLevel
PM1027.8 µg/m³Fair
O₃Model estimate, not a measurement84 µg/m³no level
SO₂8.5 µg/m³Good

How the air is changing

Over the last seven days there was less SO₂ in the air than the week before.

  • PM10: too few readings to compare
  • PM2.5: too few readings to compare
  • O₃: too few readings to compare
  • SO₂: average 13.3 µg/m³, week before 30.8 µg/m³

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

  • PM10: too few readings to compare
  • PM2.5: too few readings to compare
  • O₃: too few readings to compare
  • SO₂: too few readings to compare

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Particulate matter PM10

27.8

Nowµg/m³

Measured at 17:00

26.7

Last 24 hoursµg/m³

measured in 92 % of hours · provisional

too few readings

Last 7 days

measured in 65 % of hours · provisional

too few readings

Last 30 days

measured in 15 % of hours · provisional

too few readings

Last 12 months

measured in 1 % of hours · provisional

Days in 2026: PM10, daily average above 50 µg/m³

1 day above the limit. 27 days without any reading from the station.

1102031JanJan 10: no data from the stationJan 27: no data from the stationFebMarAprApr 5: no data from the stationApr 6: no data from the stationApr 11: no data from the stationApr 12: no data from the stationMayJunJun 10: no data from the stationJulAugSepSep 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 stationOctOct 3: 66 µg/m³, above the limitNovDec
  • above the limit
  • below the limit
  • too few readings for the day
  • no PM10 data in the EEA database
  • no data from the station
Days above the limit with values (1)
  1. Oct 3 66

Values in µg/m³, limit 50 µg/m³.

Months of 2026

MonthDays above 50Highest dayNo readings
January2
February0
March0
April4
May0
June1
July0
August0
September20
October up to yesterday1 above the number allowed660

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: PM10 in µg/m³highest 249 µg/m³, latest 28 µg/m³ (17:00)0100200300ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedhighest 249latest 28 (17:00)
measuredmodel estimate, not countedday above the limit (daily average)
Last 7 days, every hour: PM10 in µg/m³
Values as a table
Hour toµg/m³Note
Wednesday, 10/7
18:0028model estimate, not counted
17:0027.8
16:0023.2
15:0024.1
14:0030.7
13:0050.2
12:0034.8
11:0042.9
10:0033.8
09:0034.9
08:0028.2
07:0026.3
06:0024
05:0020.1
04:0018.9
03:0019.3
02:0018.7
01:0018.9
Tuesday, 10/6
00:0021.8
23:0023.4
22:0022.5
21:0023.1
20:0020.7
19:0033.6
18:0026.7
17:0034.2
16:0023
15:0031.3
14:0025.8
13:0043.1
12:0037.4
11:0036.7
10:0035.4
09:0036.9
08:0083.2
07:0063.2
06:0028.2
05:0027.5
04:0018.2
03:0018
02:0018.8
01:0019.9
Monday, 10/5
00:0020
23:0017.8
22:0022.3
21:0023.2
20:0024
19:0030.9
18:0020.8
17:0025.6
16:0018.9
15:0025.5
14:0029
13:0022.3
12:0031
11:0046.6
10:0056.6
09:0041.4
08:0030.7
07:0023
06:0014.7
05:0014.3
04:0013.2
03:0015.7
02:0020.4
01:0023.7
Sunday, 10/4
00:0019.9
23:0015.6
22:0016
21:0016.9
20:0026.4
19:0026.1
18:0037
17:0015
16:0012.7
15:0013.3
14:0022.6
13:0024.9
12:0031.9
11:0061.8
10:0086.4
09:0060.9
08:0067.6
07:0045
06:0035.1
05:0030.4
04:0029.7
03:0023
02:0025.1
01:0022.1
Saturday, 10/3
00:0021.9
23:0023.8
22:0029.2
21:0030.7
20:0037.3
19:0040.3
18:0034.6
17:009.1
16:0012.7
15:0012
14:0018
13:0032.5
12:0047.3
11:00115.3
10:00202.2
09:00248.7
08:00233
07:0077
06:0061.8
05:0066.4
04:0074.5
03:0055.1
02:0049.8
01:0052.6
Friday, 10/2
00:0070.7
23:0073
22:0069
21:0060.9
20:0057
19:0043.4
18:0015.1
17:0020.2
16:0013.4
15:0013.6
14:0020.6
13:0029.3
12:0039.8
11:0054.6
Last 30 days, daily average: PM10 in µg/m³ · 1 day above the limithighest 66 µg/m³, latest 31 µg/m³02550759/99/169/239/30latest 31
day above the limittoo few readingslegal daily limit, 50 µg/m³no data from the station
Last 30 days, daily average: PM10 in µg/m³ · 1 day above the limit
Values as a table
Dayµg/m³Note
Tue, 10/631.4provisional
Mon, 10/525.5provisional
Sun, 10/431.9provisional
Sat, 10/366.1above the limit · provisional
Fri, 10/2too few readings
Thu, 10/1no measurement
Wed, 9/30no measurement
Tue, 9/29no measurement
Mon, 9/28no measurement
Sun, 9/27no measurement
Sat, 9/26no measurement
Fri, 9/25no measurement
Thu, 9/24no measurement
Wed, 9/23no measurement
Tue, 9/22no measurement
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: PM10 in µg/m³highest 39 µg/m³, latest 39 µg/m³0204060DecFebAprJunAugOcthighest 39
Last 12 monthsthis month so fara year earlierlegal annual limit, 40 µg/m³month with days without data from the station
Last 12 months, monthly average: PM10 in µg/m³
Values as a table
Monthµg/m³a year earlierNote
October 2026 so far39.1measured in 76 % of hours · provisional
September 2026too few readings20 days without data from the station
August 2026too few readingstoo few readings
July 2026too few readings11.2
June 2026too few readings14.61 day without data from the station
May 2026too few readings15.7
April 2026too few readings20.94 days without data from the station
March 2026too few readings28.6
February 2026too few readings43.4
January 2026too few readings34.32 days without data from the station
December 2025too few readings31 days without data from the station
November 2025too few readings30 days without data from the station

PM10 by year

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

Measure2026*20252023
Days above 50 µg/m³ (allowed 35)≥ 1²≥ 12²≥ 12²
Days above 150 µg/m³ (warning threshold FBiH)000
Days above 300 µg/m³ (alert threshold FBiH)000
Annual average, µg/m³ (legal limit 40)too fewtoo fewtoo few
Highest daily average, µg/m³66October 395January 1695January 16
Highest hourly value, µg/m³249October 3215January 16215January 16
Hours measured2 %62 %62 %
Days without any reading from the station27137137

* 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.

² Too few readings to compare with the number allowed: the figure covers only what was measured.

Unverified hourly values of particulate matter from 975 µg/m³ up, and single spikes from 500 µg/m³ up between low values, count as missing. In the verified data for BiH from 2023 to 2025 no hour was above 600 µg/m³.

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

There is no allowed number for the warning and alert thresholds: every such hour or day is in red.

Compared with the new EU rules and the WHO recommendation

This is not the yardstick for the verdict above, only a comparison. From 2030 the EU tightens its limits (Directive (EU) 2024/2881), and since 2021 the World Health Organization has recommended even lower values.

  • EU from 2030: daily 45 µg/m³, 18 days allowed. In 2026 there was 1 such day.
  • WHO 2021: daily 45 µg/m³, at most three to four days a year. In 2026 there was 1 such day.

Sources: Directive (EU) 2024/2881, Annex I; WHO global air quality guidelines 2021, table 0.1. Checked against the texts on 7 October 2026.

The worst days of 2026

DayAverageTimes the limit
Oct 3, 2026provisional661.3 ×

Daily average in µg/m³, daily limit 50 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: 121

9 outages, 2,899 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 1, 2026 09:00Jul 2, 2026 09:0024 hours
Jun 9, 2026 04:00Jun 11, 2026 11:002 days
May 23, 2026 01:00May 24, 2026 08:0031 hours
Apr 10, 2026 04:00Apr 13, 2026 11:003 days
Apr 4, 2026 12:00Apr 7, 2026 09:003 days
Jan 26, 2026 15:00Jan 28, 2026 14:0047 hours
Jan 9, 2026 14:00Jan 11, 2026 11:0045 hours
Aug 16, 2025 19:00Jan 1, 2026 00:00137 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).
Municipality
May run its own stations with the consent of the canton and must publish their results (Art. 16 and 17).
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).

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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