SmogRank / Montenegro / Podgorica / Podgorica
Podgorica, month by month
Podgorica has a measured daily mean on 403 days since 4 January 2023. Its worst month was December 2025, at 144 US AQI (52.8 µg/m³), 184th of 3,006 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2026, at 40 US AQI (7.2 µg/m³).
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
34 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 7 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 3 with no readings from the monitor, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2026 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | 10 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2025 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2025 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2023 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2023 | 3 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2023 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 26 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2023 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2023 | No day measured. The others: 3 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | No day measured. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2023 | No day measured. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 3 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 6 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Podgorica's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 14452.8 µg/m³ | 184thof 3,006 | North Macedonia, Bulgaria and 2 more countries, December 2025 Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| January 2024 | 10838.2 µg/m³ | 71stof 2,385 | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| February 2024 | 9934.6 µg/m³ | 83rdof 2,486 | South-eastern Europe, February 2024 Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 |
| February 2026 | 7220.2 µg/m³ | 549thof 2,866 | – |
| March 2026 | 6918.9 µg/m³ | 637thof 2,971 | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| September 2026 | 6617.0 µg/m³ | 325thof 2,997 | Montenegro, North Macedonia and 2 more countries, September 2026 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Podgorica's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan 2023 | 201126.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 16 Dec 2025 | 196119.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 192114.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| 7 Jan 2023 | 189110.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 5 Jan 2023 | 187107.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 4 Jan 2023 | 18097.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 17995.3 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| 7 Feb 2024 | 17995.1 µg/m³ | South-eastern Europe, February 2024 |
| 8 Jan 2023 | 17894.5 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 14 Jan 2024 | 17792.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
Daily means, the highest since 4 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Podgorica, Montenegro, 4 Jan 2023 – 8 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/me/podgorica/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Podgorica now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 00:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). 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).