Krompachy vs Žiar nad Hronom: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Krompachy's air was about 1.6× as polluted as Žiar nad Hronom's: PM2.5 averaged 13.4 µg/m³ against 8.3, on the 202 days both cities were measured. Krompachy had the dirtier air on 178 of those days, Žiar nad Hronom on 21. Krompachy was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 75 of them, Žiar nad Hronom on 6.

Right now

Krompachy#1,473on the 24-hour board of 2,581, at 30 US AQI (5.4 µg/m³)

Žiar nad Hronom#1,903on the 24-hour board of 2,581, at 22 US AQI (3.9 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Krompachy

Žiar nad Hronom

Each city's daily mean from 13 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Krompachy. Faded: Žiar nad Hronom. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

Year	Krompachy	Žiar nad Hronom	Days both measured	Days Krompachy was worse
2026 so far	13.1	8.2	175	153
2025	15.3	10.6	261	213
2024	19.2	10.9	219	203

Means in µg/m³, as in the chart above, over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.

Each city's worst days

Krompachy

8 Oct 202610336.2 µg/m³
27 Jun 20269532.7 µg/m³
15 Mar 20269331.4 µg/m³

Žiar nad Hronom

4 Aug 20267019.3 µg/m³
5 Aug 20266918.7 µg/m³
27 Jun 20266818.2 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

Krompachy

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

Žiar nad Hronom

Side by side with Žarnovica (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, Krompachy and Žiar nad Hronom, 13 Oct 2025 – 12 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/sk-krompachy/sk-ziar-nad-hronom (accessed 13 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-13 04:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.