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Air at the Novi Pazar station

Novi Pazar, Serbia

Network: Agency for Environmental Protection · Station code: RS0055A

This year, up to yesterday (October 6)

at least

6 days

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

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

In 2025: 129 days above the limit, 35 allowed.

Worst day: August 28, 2026, PM10 66 µg/m³ as a daily average, 1.3 times the limit.

Daily average for 183 of 279 days · data for 2026 not yet finally verified · Yardstick: EU limits (Directive 2008/50/EC)

All figures by year and month

Moderate

Air now · Measured at 21:00

Latest values

Latest value: 21:00

Readings
PollutantValueLevel
PM10107.6 µg/m³Moderate

How the air is changing

Over the last seven days there was more PM10 and PM2.5 in the air than the week before.

  • PM10: average 32.8 µg/m³, week before 23.5 µg/m³
  • PM2.5: average 20.1 µg/m³, week before 16.6 µg/m³

Last month there was less PM10 in the air than the month before.

  • PM10: average 28 µg/m³, month before 32.8 µg/m³
  • PM2.5: average 15 µg/m³, month before 15.2 µg/m³

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Particulate matter PM10

107.6

Nowµg/m³

Measured at 21:00

47.6

Last 24 hoursµg/m³

measured in 96 % of hours · provisional

32.8

Last 7 daysµg/m³

measured in 100 % of hours · provisional

28.1

Last 30 daysµg/m³

measured in 100 % of hours · provisional

too few readings

Last 12 months

measured in 74 % of hours · provisional

Days in 2024: PM10, daily average above 50 µg/m³

134 days above the limit.

1102031JanJan 1: 144 µg/m³, above the limitJan 2: 79 µg/m³, above the limitJan 3: 145 µg/m³, above the limitJan 4: 91 µg/m³, above the limitJan 5: 152 µg/m³, above the limitJan 6: 146 µg/m³, above the limitJan 7: 90 µg/m³, above the limitJan 11: 79 µg/m³, above the limitJan 12: 82 µg/m³, above the limitJan 13: 80 µg/m³, above the limitJan 14: 135 µg/m³, above the limitJan 15: 173 µg/m³, above the limitJan 16: 74 µg/m³, above the limitJan 17: 134 µg/m³, above the limitJan 18: 128 µg/m³, above the limitJan 19: 64 µg/m³, above the limitJan 21: 80 µg/m³, above the limitJan 22: 144 µg/m³, above the limitJan 23: 160 µg/m³, above the limitJan 24: 151 µg/m³, above the limitJan 25: 131 µg/m³, above the limitJan 26: 109 µg/m³, above the limitJan 27: 77 µg/m³, above the limitJan 28: 58 µg/m³, above the limitJan 30: 80 µg/m³, above the limitJan 31: 120 µg/m³, above the limitFebFeb 1: 135 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 2: 100 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 3: 104 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 4: 123 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 5: 99 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 6: 93 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 7: 95 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 8: 91 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 9: 102 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 10: 81 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 12: 53 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 15: 75 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 16: 85 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 17: 88 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 18: 87 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 19: 78 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 20: 89 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 21: 66 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 22: 71 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 23: 57 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 25: 50 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 26: 63 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 27: 56 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 28: 72 µg/m³, above the limitFeb 29: 67 µg/m³, above the limitMarMar 2: 53 µg/m³, above the limitMar 4: 62 µg/m³, above the limitMar 5: 62 µg/m³, above the limitMar 6: 53 µg/m³, above the limitMar 10: 59 µg/m³, above the limitMar 14: 51 µg/m³, above the limitMar 15: 53 µg/m³, above the limitMar 16: 54 µg/m³, above the limitMar 17: 56 µg/m³, above the limitMar 21: 53 µg/m³, above the limitMar 22: 60 µg/m³, above the limitMar 23: 54 µg/m³, above the limitMar 27: 101 µg/m³, above the limitMar 29: 50 µg/m³, above the limitMar 31: 82 µg/m³, above the limitAprApr 1: 93 µg/m³, above the limitApr 16: 52 µg/m³, above the limitApr 23: 64 µg/m³, above the limitMayJunJun 21: 56 µg/m³, above the limitJun 22: 55 µg/m³, above the limitJulAugSepOctOct 20: 51 µg/m³, above the limitOct 21: 53 µg/m³, above the limitOct 22: 62 µg/m³, above the limitOct 23: 61 µg/m³, above the limitOct 24: 65 µg/m³, above the limitOct 25: 69 µg/m³, above the limitOct 26: 68 µg/m³, above the limitOct 27: 68 µg/m³, above the limitOct 28: 62 µg/m³, above the limitOct 29: 65 µg/m³, above the limitOct 30: 55 µg/m³, above the limitOct 31: 61 µg/m³, above the limitNovNov 1: 64 µg/m³, above the limitNov 2: 72 µg/m³, above the limitNov 3: 54 µg/m³, above the limitNov 4: 63 µg/m³, above the limitNov 5: 78 µg/m³, above the limitNov 6: 92 µg/m³, above the limitNov 7: 115 µg/m³, above the limitNov 8: 117 µg/m³, above the limitNov 9: 104 µg/m³, above the limitNov 10: 81 µg/m³, above the limitNov 16: 72 µg/m³, above the limitNov 18: 150 µg/m³, above the limitNov 19: 146 µg/m³, above the limitNov 20: 92 µg/m³, above the limitNov 21: 68 µg/m³, above the limitNov 22: 91 µg/m³, above the limitNov 23: 50 µg/m³, above the limitNov 24: 102 µg/m³, above the limitNov 25: 141 µg/m³, above the limitNov 26: 153 µg/m³, above the limitNov 27: 155 µg/m³, above the limitNov 28: 139 µg/m³, above the limitNov 29: 80 µg/m³, above the limitNov 30: 88 µg/m³, above the limitDecDec 1: 71 µg/m³, above the limitDec 2: 102 µg/m³, above the limitDec 3: 100 µg/m³, above the limitDec 4: 88 µg/m³, above the limitDec 5: 68 µg/m³, above the limitDec 6: 83 µg/m³, above the limitDec 7: 64 µg/m³, above the limitDec 8: 65 µg/m³, above the limitDec 9: 92 µg/m³, above the limitDec 10: 86 µg/m³, above the limitDec 13: 57 µg/m³, above the limitDec 14: 93 µg/m³, above the limitDec 15: 104 µg/m³, above the limitDec 16: 72 µg/m³, above the limitDec 17: 123 µg/m³, above the limitDec 18: 130 µg/m³, above the limitDec 19: 144 µg/m³, above the limitDec 20: 117 µg/m³, above the limitDec 22: 80 µg/m³, above the limitDec 23: 122 µg/m³, above the limitDec 25: 74 µg/m³, above the limitDec 26: 61 µg/m³, above the limitDec 27: 70 µg/m³, above the limitDec 28: 111 µg/m³, above the limitDec 29: 102 µg/m³, above the limitDec 30: 145 µg/m³, above the limitDec 31: 150 µg/m³, above the limit
  • above the limit
  • below the limit
  • too few readings for the day
Days above the limit with values (134)
  1. Jan 1 144
  2. Jan 2 79
  3. Jan 3 145
  4. Jan 4 91
  5. Jan 5 152
  6. Jan 6 146
  7. Jan 7 90
  8. Jan 11 79
  9. Jan 12 82
  10. Jan 13 80
  11. Jan 14 135
  12. Jan 15 173
  13. Jan 16 74
  14. Jan 17 134
  15. Jan 18 128
  16. Jan 19 64
  17. Jan 21 80
  18. Jan 22 144
  19. Jan 23 160
  20. Jan 24 151
  21. Jan 25 131
  22. Jan 26 109
  23. Jan 27 77
  24. Jan 28 58
  25. Jan 30 80
  26. Jan 31 120
  27. Feb 1 135
  28. Feb 2 100
  29. Feb 3 104
  30. Feb 4 123
  31. Feb 5 99
  32. Feb 6 93
  33. Feb 7 95
  34. Feb 8 91
  35. Feb 9 102
  36. Feb 10 81
  37. Feb 12 53
  38. Feb 15 75
  39. Feb 16 85
  40. Feb 17 88
  41. Feb 18 87
  42. Feb 19 78
  43. Feb 20 89
  44. Feb 21 66
  45. Feb 22 71
  46. Feb 23 57
  47. Feb 25 50
  48. Feb 26 63
  49. Feb 27 56
  50. Feb 28 72
  51. Feb 29 67
  52. Mar 2 53
  53. Mar 4 62
  54. Mar 5 62
  55. Mar 6 53
  56. Mar 10 59
  57. Mar 14 51
  58. Mar 15 53
  59. Mar 16 54
  60. Mar 17 56
  61. Mar 21 53
  62. Mar 22 60
  63. Mar 23 54
  64. Mar 27 101
  65. Mar 29 50
  66. Mar 31 82
  67. Apr 1 93
  68. Apr 16 52
  69. Apr 23 64
  70. Jun 21 56
  71. Jun 22 55
  72. Oct 20 51
  73. Oct 21 53
  74. Oct 22 62
  75. Oct 23 61
  76. Oct 24 65
  77. Oct 25 69
  78. Oct 26 68
  79. Oct 27 68
  80. Oct 28 62
  81. Oct 29 65
  82. Oct 30 55
  83. Oct 31 61
  84. Nov 1 64
  85. Nov 2 72
  86. Nov 3 54
  87. Nov 4 63
  88. Nov 5 78
  89. Nov 6 92
  90. Nov 7 115
  91. Nov 8 117
  92. Nov 9 104
  93. Nov 10 81
  94. Nov 16 72
  95. Nov 18 150
  96. Nov 19 146
  97. Nov 20 92
  98. Nov 21 68
  99. Nov 22 91
  100. Nov 23 50
  101. Nov 24 102
  102. Nov 25 141
  103. Nov 26 153
  104. Nov 27 155
  105. Nov 28 139
  106. Nov 29 80
  107. Nov 30 88
  108. Dec 1 71
  109. Dec 2 102
  110. Dec 3 100
  111. Dec 4 88
  112. Dec 5 68
  113. Dec 6 83
  114. Dec 7 64
  115. Dec 8 65
  116. Dec 9 92
  117. Dec 10 86
  118. Dec 13 57
  119. Dec 14 93
  120. Dec 15 104
  121. Dec 16 72
  122. Dec 17 123
  123. Dec 18 130
  124. Dec 19 144
  125. Dec 20 117
  126. Dec 22 80
  127. Dec 23 122
  128. Dec 25 74
  129. Dec 26 61
  130. Dec 27 70
  131. Dec 28 111
  132. Dec 29 102
  133. Dec 30 145
  134. Dec 31 150

Values in µg/m³, limit 50 µg/m³.

Months of 2024

MonthDays above 50Highest dayNo readings
January26 above the number allowed1730
February25 above the number allowed1350
March15 above the number allowed1010
April3 above the number allowed930
May0400
June2 above the number allowed560
July0330
August0420
September0450
October12 above the number allowed690
November24 above the number allowed1550
December27 above the number allowed1500

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 128 µg/m³, latest 108 µg/m³ (21:00)050100150ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedlatest 108 (21:00)
measured
Last 7 days, every hour: PM10 in µg/m³
Values as a table
Hour toµg/m³Note
Wednesday, 10/7
21:00107.6
20:00110.8
19:0057.2
18:0023.6
17:008.7
16:0019.7
15:0018.8
14:0027.1
13:0033.1
12:0043.3
11:0064.7
10:0066.4
09:0054.8
08:0052.3
07:0031.3
06:0023.2
05:0028
04:0028.6
03:0041.5
02:0048.3
01:0051.8
Tuesday, 10/6
00:0072.4
23:0080.7
22:00118.7
21:00127.9
20:00128
19:0074.9
18:0020.7
17:0015.5
16:0013
15:0015.7
14:0020
13:0023.8
12:0029.6
11:0054.8
10:0052.5
09:0047.6
08:0026.7
07:0019
06:0015.5
05:0018.5
04:0020.1
03:0028.7
02:0033.5
01:0048.1
Monday, 10/5
00:0064.1
23:0069.8
22:0065.8
21:0097.7
20:0077.6
19:0023.2
18:0012.6
17:0015.2
16:008.9
15:0015.1
14:0020.7
13:0028.1
12:0041.1
11:0032.5
10:0046.6
09:0042.6
08:0022.9
07:0023.4
06:0019.6
05:0019.1
04:0022.3
03:0031.3
02:0045.1
01:0044.5
Sunday, 10/4
00:0048.7
23:0065.8
22:0061.1
21:0078.7
20:00100.6
19:0042.5
18:0016.4
17:0010.5
16:009.9
15:008.8
14:0016.4
13:0021.2
12:0022.8
11:0028.7
10:0032.3
09:0030.8
08:0023.7
07:0022.1
06:0015
05:0017.7
04:0022
03:0030.5
02:0030.6
01:0038.2
Saturday, 10/3
00:0048.9
23:0052.1
22:0057.9
21:00104.8
20:0049.7
19:0018.7
18:0013.2
17:0011.5
16:0011.6
15:0011.9
14:0018.5
13:0027.3
12:0022.4
11:0027.7
10:0026.4
09:0030.3
08:0019.6
07:0024.7
06:0014.5
05:0017.3
04:0021.7
03:0027.3
02:0031.1
01:0037.8
Friday, 10/2
00:0043.9
23:0051
22:0064.2
21:0079.1
20:0034.8
19:0018.5
18:0017.6
17:0013.1
16:0011.7
15:0012.5
14:0013
13:0023.9
12:0025.2
11:0033.8
10:0028.6
09:0041.4
08:0020.5
07:0015.3
06:0013.5
05:0012.3
04:0015.3
03:0020.2
02:0029.4
01:0038.7
Thursday, 10/1
00:0040.1
23:0045.7
22:0059.1
21:0083.6
20:0037.7
19:0016.2
18:0018.3
17:0012.9
16:0011.5
15:0013.1
14:0013
13:0028.2
12:0032.4
11:0030.9
10:0027.1
09:0028.2
08:0018
07:0013.4
06:0013.3
05:0013.8
04:0017.2
03:0022.1
02:0025.9
01:0032.6
Wednesday, 9/30
00:0033.1
Last 30 days, daily average: PM10 in µg/m³ · 2 days above the limithighest 60 µg/m³, latest 46 µg/m³02550759/99/169/239/30highest 60latest 46
day above the limitEU daily limit, 50 µg/m³
Last 30 days, daily average: PM10 in µg/m³ · 2 days above the limit
Values as a table
Dayµg/m³Note
Tue, 10/646.1provisional
Mon, 10/537.1provisional
Sun, 10/433.1provisional
Sat, 10/330.3provisional
Fri, 10/228.2provisional
Thu, 10/127.3provisional
Wed, 9/3027.7provisional
Tue, 9/2925.7provisional
Mon, 9/2825.5provisional
Sun, 9/2722.6provisional
Sat, 9/2630.1provisional
Fri, 9/2518.5provisional
Thu, 9/2425.4provisional
Wed, 9/2316.9provisional
Tue, 9/2212provisional
Mon, 9/2124.9provisional
Sun, 9/2022.4provisional
Sat, 9/1919.2provisional
Fri, 9/1824provisional
Thu, 9/1724.3provisional
Wed, 9/1620.2provisional
Tue, 9/1518.1provisional
Mon, 9/1418.5provisional
Sun, 9/1321.1provisional
Sat, 9/1217.2provisional
Fri, 9/1142.9provisional
Thu, 9/1058.4above the limit · provisional
Wed, 9/960.2above the limit · provisional
Tue, 9/839.1provisional
Mon, 9/727.3provisional
Last 12 months, monthly average: PM10 in µg/m³highest 111 µg/m³, latest 34 µg/m³050100150DecFebAprJunAugOcthighest 111latest 34
Last 12 monthsthis month so fara year earlierEU 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 far33.727.7measured in 100 % of hours · provisional · year before: same days
September 20262819.2measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
August 202632.821.3measured in 99 % of hours · provisional
July 202618.122.2measured in 99 % of hours · provisional
June 202620.623.7measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
May 202623.219.3measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
April 202634.632.5measured in 83 % of hours · provisional · 5 days without data from the station
March 2026too few readings54.931 days without data from the station
February 2026too few readings85.628 days without data from the station
January 2026too few readings114.231 days without data from the station
December 2025110.988.5measured in 100 % of hours · verified
November 202569.889.1measured in 99 % of hours · verified

PM10 by year

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

Measure2026*20252024
Days above 50 µg/m³ (allowed 35)≥ 6²129 above the number allowed134 above the number allowed
Annual average, µg/m³ (EU limit 40)too few52 above the number allowed49.8 above the number allowed
Highest daily average, µg/m³66August 28234January 7173January 15
Highest hourly value, µg/m³271August 28347December 16323January 1
Hours measured66 %98 %99 %
Days without any reading from the station9510

* 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.

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 2024 there were 146 such days.
  • WHO 2021: daily 45 µg/m³, at most three to four days a year. In 2024 there were 146 such days.
  • EU from 2030: annual average 20 µg/m³. Average in 2024: 50 µg/m³.
  • WHO 2021: annual average 15 µg/m³. Average in 2024: 50 µg/m³.

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 2024

DayAverageTimes the limit
Jan 15, 20241733.5 ×
Jan 23, 20241603.2 ×
Nov 27, 20241553.1 ×
Nov 26, 20241533.1 ×
Jan 5, 20241523.0 ×

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: 95

1 outage, 2,280 hours in total in the last 12 months.

Timeline of outages from October 7, 2025 to today

FromToDuration
Jan 1, 2026 00:00Apr 6, 2026 01:0095 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 Agency for Environmental Protection. 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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