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Air at the LJ Celovska station

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Network: Slovenian Environment Agency · Station code: SI0072A

This year, up to yesterday (October 6)

3 days

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

35 days are allowed in the whole year.

Worst day: January 23, 2026, PM10 84 µg/m³ as a daily average, 1.7 times the limit.

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

All figures by year and month

Fair

Air now · Measured at 17:00

Latest values

Latest value: 17:00

Readings
PollutantValueLevel
PM1017.3 µg/m³Fair
NO₂Model estimate, not a measurement14 µg/m³no level

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 24.3 µg/m³, week before 16.6 µg/m³
  • PM2.5: average 13.6 µg/m³, week before 9.4 µg/m³
  • NO₂: too few readings to compare

Last month there was more NO₂ and less PM10 and PM2.5 in the air than the month before.

  • PM10: average 13.5 µg/m³, month before 15.9 µg/m³
  • PM2.5: average 6.8 µg/m³, month before 8.3 µg/m³
  • NO₂: average 23.6 µg/m³, month before 20.3 µg/m³

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Particulate matter PM10

17.3

Nowµg/m³

Measured at 17:00

32.2

Last 24 hoursµg/m³

measured in 92 % of hours · provisional

24.3

Last 7 daysµg/m³

measured in 100 % of hours · provisional

15.8

Last 30 daysµg/m³

measured in 100 % of hours · provisional

too few readings

Last 12 months

measured in 76 % of hours · 2 months with too few readings · provisional

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

3 days above the limit.

1102031JanJan 22: 64 µg/m³, above the limitJan 23: 84 µg/m³, above the limitJan 24: 62 µg/m³, above the limitFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • above the limit
  • below the limit
Days above the limit with values (3)
  1. Jan 22 64
  2. Jan 23 84
  3. Jan 24 62

Values in µg/m³, limit 50 µg/m³.

Months of 2026

MonthDays above 50Highest dayNo readings
January3 above the number allowed840
February0340
March0420
April0280
May0260
June0310
July0210
August0290
September0250
October up to yesterday0300

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 56 µg/m³, latest 18 µg/m³ (16:00)0255075ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedlatest 18 (16:00)
measuredmodel estimate, not counted
Last 7 days, every hour: PM10 in µg/m³
Values as a table
Hour toµg/m³Note
Wednesday, 10/7
17:0022model estimate, not counted
16:0018.3
15:0018.7
14:0029
13:0035.3
12:0048.2
11:0056.5
10:0039.4
09:0046
08:0028.5
07:0029.8
06:0025.8
05:0023.5
04:0023.2
03:0024
02:0024
01:0030.4
Tuesday, 10/6
00:0028.2
23:0028.8
22:0036.3
21:0038.5
20:0041.4
19:0035.4
18:0031.6
17:0031.7
16:0031
15:0032.2
14:0032.1
13:0035.8
12:0033
11:0032.7
10:0027.2
09:0030.4
08:0023
07:0028.2
06:0026
05:0022.5
04:0019.8
03:0021.2
02:0021.6
01:0023.4
Monday, 10/5
00:0024.8
23:0028.7
22:0042.4
21:0041.4
20:0049
19:0049.5
18:0031.1
17:0024.1
16:0024.4
15:0026.8
14:0031.5
13:0040
12:0037.6
11:0027.6
10:0031.6
09:0029.4
08:0027.2
07:0017.6
06:0017.5
05:0017.3
04:0016.4
03:0015.6
02:0016.6
01:0018
Sunday, 10/4
00:0020.8
23:0026.8
22:0029.5
21:0032.2
20:0025.4
19:0022.5
18:0017.3
17:0017.8
16:0016.7
15:0018.5
14:0019.2
13:0021.4
12:0022.2
11:0022.1
10:0025.4
09:0019.8
08:0017.6
07:0019.5
06:0018.8
05:0018.8
04:0020
03:0017.9
02:0018.6
01:0021.6
Saturday, 10/3
00:0024
23:0027.3
22:0034.5
21:0028.4
20:0023.3
19:0017.4
18:0015.9
17:0014.7
16:0016.1
15:0020.3
14:0021.2
13:0025.2
12:0031.1
11:0030
10:0027.2
09:0021.8
08:0016.9
07:0015.2
06:0015.3
05:0016.1
04:0017.1
03:0019.5
02:0018.8
01:0021.7
Friday, 10/2
00:0026.4
23:0034.9
22:0035.9
21:0038.7
20:0040
19:0021.7
18:0018.1
17:0015.9
16:0016
15:0020.8
14:0025.2
13:0029.2
12:0034.1
11:0036.9
10:0036
09:0030.5
08:0019.5
07:0015.2
06:0015.3
05:0014.9
04:0015.8
03:0017.5
02:0018.4
01:0022.5
Thursday, 10/1
00:0022.8
23:0029.1
22:0027.3
21:0038
20:0027.9
19:0020.5
18:0017
17:0015.3
16:0016
15:0020.9
14:0021.2
13:0024.1
12:0032.8
11:0037.4
10:0027.5
09:0018.5
08:0023.5
07:0017
06:0015.3
05:0014.4
04:0014.3
03:0014.8
02:0014.6
01:0016.6
Wednesday, 9/30
00:0020.9
23:0027.5
22:0030.4
21:0032.5
20:0025.6
Last 30 days, daily average: PM10 in µg/m³highest 30 µg/m³, latest 30 µg/m³02040609/99/169/239/30highest 30
EU daily limit, 50 µg/m³
Last 30 days, daily average: PM10 in µg/m³
Values as a table
Dayµg/m³Note
Tue, 10/629.7provisional
Mon, 10/528.6provisional
Sun, 10/421.3provisional
Sat, 10/321.6provisional
Fri, 10/225provisional
Thu, 10/121.9provisional
Wed, 9/3022.1provisional
Tue, 9/2924.7provisional
Mon, 9/2822.8provisional
Sun, 9/2715.1provisional
Sat, 9/2611.2provisional
Fri, 9/2510.9provisional
Thu, 9/2420.1provisional
Wed, 9/2311.1provisional
Tue, 9/2211.8provisional
Mon, 9/2115provisional
Sun, 9/2010.8provisional
Sat, 9/1911.2provisional
Fri, 9/1812.3provisional
Thu, 9/1711provisional
Wed, 9/1612.8provisional
Tue, 9/1510.5provisional
Mon, 9/1411.4provisional
Sun, 9/139.1provisional
Sat, 9/127.9provisional
Fri, 9/113.8provisional
Thu, 9/105.9provisional
Wed, 9/918.4provisional
Tue, 9/817.4provisional
Mon, 9/717.6provisional
Last 12 months, monthly average: PM10 in µg/m³highest 30 µg/m³, latest 25 µg/m³0204060DecFebAprJunAugOcthighest 30latest 25
Last 12 monthsthis month so fara year earlierEU annual limit, 40 µg/m³
Last 12 months, monthly average: PM10 in µg/m³
Values as a table
Monthµg/m³a year earlierNote
October 2026 so far24.7measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
September 202613.5measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
August 202615.9measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
July 202613.7measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
June 202614.2measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
May 202611.9measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
April 202617.1measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
March 202621.7measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
February 202620.1measured in 99 % of hours · provisional
January 202629.6measured in 100 % of hours · provisional
December 2025too few readings
November 2025too few readings

PM10 by year

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

Measure2026*
Days above 50 µg/m³ (allowed 35)3
Annual average, µg/m³ (EU limit 40)17.7*
Highest daily average, µg/m³84January 23
Highest hourly value, µg/m³123January 23
Hours measured100 %
Days without any reading from the station0

* 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.

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 2026 there were 5 such days.
  • WHO 2021: daily 45 µg/m³, at most three to four days a year. In 2026 there were 5 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.

The worst days of 2026

DayAverageTimes the limit
Jan 23, 2026provisional841.7 ×
Jan 22, 2026provisional641.3 ×
Jan 24, 2026provisional621.2 ×

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: 0

Timeline of outages from October 7, 2025 to today

In the last 12 months this station had no outage of 24 hours or longer.

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 Slovenian Environment Agency. 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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