SmogRank / North Macedonia / Bitola / Bitola
Bitola, month by month
Bitola has a measured daily mean on 817 days since 4 January 2023. Its worst month was December 2025, at 152 US AQI (56.6 µg/m³), 165th of 3,006 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2026, at 53 US AQI (10.1 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
20 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2025 | 12 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 18 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 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2023 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2023 | 4 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 26 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2023 | 1 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2023 | 8 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 22 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.
Bitola's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 15256.6 µg/m³ | 165thof 3,006 | North Macedonia, Bulgaria and 2 more countries, December 2025 Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| December 2023 | 13750.1 µg/m³ | 27thof 2,247 | Eastern Europe, December 2023 |
| January 2026 | 13448.8 µg/m³ | 46thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| January 2023 | 13248.0 µg/m³ | 24thof 1,261 | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| January 2024 | 13047.1 µg/m³ | 39thof 2,385 | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| February 2024 | 10738.1 µg/m³ | 67thof 2,486 | South-eastern Europe, February 2024 Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 |
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.
Bitola's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jan 2023 | 236161.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 5 Jan 2023 | 207132.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 19 Dec 2023 | 196119.1 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, December 2023 |
| 20 Dec 2025 | 194117.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| 6 Jan 2023 | 192114.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 188108.0 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 186106.0 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 186105.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 186105.0 µg/m³ | North Macedonia, Bulgaria and 2 more countries, December 2025 Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| 23 Jan 2024 | 185104.3 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, Bitola, North Macedonia, 4 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/mk/bitola/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Bitola now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).