SmogRank / Handlová / Krompachy
Handlová vs Krompachy: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Krompachy's air was about 1.9× as polluted as Handlová's: PM2.5 averaged 14.8 µg/m³ against 7.7, on the 173 days both cities were measured. Krompachy had the dirtier air on 166 of those days, Handlová on 7. Krompachy was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 79 of them, Handlová on 11.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Handlová | Krompachy | Days Handlová was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 40 | 61 | 2 |
| 2025 | 55 | 64 | 38 |
| 2024 | 57 | 70 | 24 |
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
Handlová
- 11 Dec 20258125.3 µg/m³
- 9 Nov 20257019.2 µg/m³
- 11 Nov 20256918.8 µg/m³
Krompachy
- 5 Dec 202510537.0 µg/m³
- 8 Oct 202610336.2 µg/m³
- 27 Jun 20269532.7 µg/m³
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
Handlová
Side by side with Prievidza (the nearest), Čaňa (Slovakia's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Krompachy
Side by side with Prešov (the nearest), Čaňa (Slovakia's worst on 30 days), Gujranwala (the world's worst on 30 days).
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Handlová and Krompachy, 13 Oct 2025 – 12 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/sk-handlova/sk-krompachy (accessed 12 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 2026-10-12 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.