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Bijelo Polje vs Podgorica: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Bijelo Polje's air was about 1.6× as polluted as Podgorica's: PM2.5 averaged 30.5 µg/m³ against 19.1, on the 265 days both cities were measured. Bijelo Polje had the dirtier air on 187 of those days, Podgorica on 78. Bijelo Polje was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 169 of them, Podgorica on 102.

Right now

Bijelo Polje#205on the 24-hour board of 2,547, at 69 US AQI (18.5 µg/m³)
Podgorica–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Bijelo Polje
Podgorica
Each city's daily mean from 11 Oct 2025 to 10 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Bijelo Polje, Nov 2025: 48.2 µg/m³Podgorica, Nov 2025: 13.5 µg/m³Nov2025Bijelo Polje, Dec 2025: 55.5 µg/m³Podgorica, Dec 2025: 54.2 µg/m³DecBijelo Polje, Jan 2026: 82.8 µg/m³Podgorica, Jan 2026: 44.3 µg/m³Jan2026Bijelo Polje, Feb 2026: 41.8 µg/m³Podgorica, Feb 2026: 19.9 µg/m³FebBijelo Polje, Mar 2026: 34.2 µg/m³Podgorica, Mar 2026: 18.9 µg/m³MarBijelo Polje, Apr 2026: 16.8 µg/m³Podgorica, Apr 2026: 8.3 µg/m³AprBijelo Polje, May 2026: 6.3 µg/m³Podgorica, May 2026: 7.2 µg/m³MayBijelo Polje, Jun 2026: 1.1 µg/m³Podgorica, Jun 2026: 6.5 µg/m³JunBijelo Polje, Jul 2026: 10.1 µg/m³Podgorica, Jul 2026: 9.1 µg/m³JulBijelo Polje, Aug 2026: 14.6 µg/m³Podgorica, Aug 2026: 15.7 µg/m³AugBijelo Polje, Sep 2026: 14.8 µg/m³Podgorica, Sep 2026: 18.0 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Bijelo Polje. Faded: Podgorica. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearBijelo PoljePodgoricaDays both measuredDays Bijelo Polje was worse
2026 so far8164196130
2025957310268

Means in US AQI over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.

Each city's worst days

Bijelo Polje

Podgorica

Daily means in US AQI, with µg/m³ beside them, since the index stops at its top value, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Bijelo Polje

Side by side with Pljevlja (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Podgorica

Side by side with Bar (the nearest), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Bijelo Polje and Podgorica, 11 Oct 2025 – 10 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/me-bijelo-polje/me-podgorica (accessed 11 Oct 2026).

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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-11 05:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).