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Air at the Podgorica 4 (RB) station

Podgorica, Montenegro

Network: Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro · Station code: ME0012A

This year, up to yesterday (October 6)

No measured day above the EU limit in 2026.

Daily average for 279 of 279 days · data for 2026 not yet finally verified · Yardstick: EU limits (Directive 2008/50/EC)

Fair

Air now · Measured at 20:00

Latest values

Latest value: 20:00

Readings
PollutantValueLevel
NO₂11.5 µg/m³Fair
O₃81 µg/m³Fair

How the air is changing

Over the last seven days there was more O₃ in the air than the week before.

  • NO₂: average 10.3 µg/m³, week before 9.3 µg/m³
  • O₃: average 75 µg/m³, week before 64.5 µg/m³

Last month there was less O₃ in the air than the month before.

  • NO₂: average 11.4 µg/m³, month before 12 µg/m³
  • O₃: average 67.5 µg/m³, month before 81.3 µg/m³

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Nitrogen dioxide NO₂

11.5

Nowµg/m³

Measured at 20:00

12.6

Last 24 hoursµg/m³

measured in 92 % of hours · provisional

10.3

Last 7 daysµg/m³

measured in 100 % of hours · provisional

11.3

Last 30 daysµg/m³

measured in 100 % of hours · provisional

11

Last 12 monthsµg/m³

measured in 99 % of hours · provisional

Days in 2026: NO₂, at least one hour above 200 µg/m³

No measured day above the limit.

1102031JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • above the limit
  • below the limit

Months of 2026

MonthDays with an hour above 200Hours above 200Highest dayNo readings
January00260
February00190
March00190
April00120
May00130
June00130
July00130
August00160
September00150
October up to yesterday00120

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: NO₂ in µg/m³highest 23 µg/m³, latest 12 µg/m³ (20:00)0102030ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedlatest 12 (20:00)
measuredmodel estimate, not counted
Last 7 days, every hour: NO₂ in µg/m³
Values as a table
Hour toµg/m³Note
Wednesday, 10/7
22:008model estimate, not counted
21:0010model estimate, not counted
20:0011.5
19:0010.1
18:009.6
17:009.5
16:009.3
15:0010.4
14:0012.4
13:0012.1
12:0013.2
11:0017.3
10:0019.1
09:0020.3
08:0017.7
07:0014.4
06:0017.1
05:0010.6
04:009.8
03:0010.5
02:0010.1
01:0010
Tuesday, 10/6
00:0010.5
23:0012.6
22:0011.8
21:0012.4
20:0013.4
19:0013.2
18:0013.7
17:0010.4
16:0011.3
15:0012.1
14:0012.2
13:0011.5
12:0011.9
11:0013.5
10:0016.1
09:0017.3
08:0017.1
07:0013.7
06:0011.9
05:0010
04:0010.2
03:0011
02:0011.6
01:0010.2
Monday, 10/5
00:0011.8
23:0013.7
22:0012.5
21:0012.4
20:0012.9
19:0014
18:0015.5
17:0012.5
16:0013.3
15:0012
14:0012.8
13:0010.7
12:0011.1
11:0011.4
10:0010
09:0011
08:0010.3
07:008.8
06:008.8
05:0010.8
04:0010.1
03:009.4
02:0011
01:0013.2
Sunday, 10/4
00:0012.6
23:0015.4
22:0022.7
21:0011.1
20:0011.8
19:0010.6
18:0011.2
17:0010.6
16:0012
15:0012.4
14:0014.2
13:0011.9
12:0011.7
11:0010.7
10:008.6
09:009
08:009.3
07:0010
06:008.1
05:008.2
04:008.5
03:008.8
02:008.5
01:008.2
Saturday, 10/3
00:008.8
23:009.3
22:0012.9
21:0015.8
20:0016.8
19:0010.3
18:0010.2
17:009.8
16:0011
15:0011.8
14:0011.3
13:0012.4
12:0010.1
11:0011.3
10:0017.2
09:009.7
08:009.1
07:007.5
06:007.1
05:006.5
04:006.7
03:006.8
02:007.5
01:007.6
Friday, 10/2
00:007.5
23:008.2
22:007.4
21:007.5
20:007.5
19:009.1
18:0010.2
17:0010.8
16:0010.3
15:009.9
14:0010.8
13:0011.2
12:009.9
11:0010
10:009.3
09:008.7
08:008.6
07:007.8
06:007.7
05:007.4
04:007.1
03:006.9
02:007.1
01:007.7
Thursday, 10/1
00:007.6
23:007.8
22:008.4
21:008
20:0010.4
19:0011.1
18:0011.6
17:0011.3
16:0011.8
15:0010.9
14:008.7
13:008.3
12:008.4
11:008.5
10:008.3
09:009
08:009.3
07:007.9
06:007.5
05:007.5
04:007.5
03:007.3
02:007.3
01:007.8
Wednesday, 9/30
00:007.9
Last 30 days, daily average: NO₂ in µg/m³highest 15 µg/m³, latest 12 µg/m³010209/99/169/239/30highest 15latest 12
Last 30 days, daily average: NO₂ in µg/m³
Values as a table
Dayµg/m³Note
Tue, 10/612.5provisional
Mon, 10/511.7provisional
Sun, 10/411.1provisional
Sat, 10/310.3provisional
Fri, 10/28.7provisional
Thu, 10/18.8provisional
Wed, 9/308.8provisional
Tue, 9/299.3provisional
Mon, 9/289.3provisional
Sun, 9/278.9provisional
Sat, 9/269.5provisional
Fri, 9/2510.5provisional
Thu, 9/2410.1provisional
Wed, 9/237.6provisional
Tue, 9/227.4provisional
Mon, 9/2111.8provisional
Sun, 9/2012.6provisional
Sat, 9/1913.5provisional
Fri, 9/1814.4provisional
Thu, 9/1714.1provisional
Wed, 9/1613.1provisional
Tue, 9/159.8provisional
Mon, 9/1410.9provisional
Sun, 9/1310.7provisional
Sat, 9/1214.3provisional
Fri, 9/1115.2provisional
Thu, 9/1014.3provisional
Wed, 9/914.3provisional
Tue, 9/813.7provisional
Mon, 9/710.4provisional
Last 12 months, monthly average: NO₂ in µg/m³highest 14 µg/m³, latest 11 µg/m³01020DecFebAprJunAugOcthighest 14latest 11
Last 12 monthsthis month so fara year earliermonth with days without data from the station
Last 12 months, monthly average: NO₂ in µg/m³
Values as a table
Monthµg/m³a year earlierNote
October 2026 so far10.57.6measured in 100 % of hours · provisional · year before: same days
September 202611.410.8measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
August 202612too few readingsmeasured in 100 % of hours · provisional
July 20269.79.6measured in 99 % of hours · provisional
June 202610.29.4measured in 99 % of hours · provisional
May 20269.811.5measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
April 20269.310.4measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
March 20269.810.7measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
February 202610.58.7measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
January 202613.55.6measured in 99 % of hours · provisional
December 202514.46.4measured in 100 % of hours · verified
November 202510.64.7measured in 91 % of hours · verified · 2 days without data from the station

NO₂ by year

Yardstick: EU limits (Directive 2008/50/EC)

Measure2026*20252024
Hours above 200 µg/m³ (allowed 18)010²
Hours above 400 µg/m³, three hours in a row (alert threshold)000
Annual average, µg/m³ (EU limit 40)10.7*10.2too few
Highest daily average, µg/m³26January 2228December 2311December 18
Highest hourly value, µg/m³148August 15232August 1342December 30
Hours measured100 %96 %26 %
Days without any reading from the station013179

* 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.

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

■ 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 50 µg/m³, 18 days allowed. In 2026 there were 0 such days.
  • WHO 2021: daily 25 µg/m³, at most three to four days a year. In 2026 there were 2 such days.

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

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: 3

1 outage, 62 hours in total in the last 12 months.

Timeline of outages from October 7, 2025 to today

FromToDuration
Nov 25, 2025 19:00Nov 28, 2025 09:003 days

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

Where the data comes from

Measured by Environmental Protection Agency of Montenegro. 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 EU limits come from Directive 2008/50/EC. Here they serve as a yardstick for comparison. 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.

How we measure

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