SmogRank / North Macedonia / Grad Skopje

Air quality in Skopje

Grad Skopje, North Macedonia. PM2.5 from 5 reference monitors, updated hourly.

11.2 µg/m³
Moderate

Mean for 30 Sept, the most recent day with readings, 0.7× the WHO 24-hour guideline. No hourly readings have reached us since; some networks publish days late.

Rank

24 h
–
not enough data
7 days
#411
of 2,333 · 11.3 µg/m³
30 days
#291
of 2,331 · 12.6 µg/m³
Year
#289
of 2,173 · 16.3 µg/m³

Why it ranks here

Seasonal. Over the past year its worst months were December, averaging up to 44.8 µg/m³ against 8.6 in its cleanest month. Seasonal peaks usually come from heating, crop burning, fire or dust seasons.

Based on Skopje's own measurements; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.

Hour by hour

No hourly readings in the last few days. The chart returns when the monitors' data arrives.

Every day for a year

SepNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepMonWedFri2025-09-29: 7.8 µg/m³2025-09-30: 15.5 µg/m³2025-10-01: no data2025-10-02: 2.5 µg/m³2025-10-03: 1.4 µg/m³2025-10-04: 6.5 µg/m³2025-10-05: 17.6 µg/m³2025-10-06: 10.5 µg/m³2025-10-07: no data2025-10-08: 8.2 µg/m³2025-10-09: 10.5 µg/m³2025-10-10: 13.8 µg/m³2025-10-11: 11.2 µg/m³2025-10-12: 15.7 µg/m³2025-10-13: 22.5 µg/m³2025-10-14: 23.6 µg/m³2025-10-15: no data2025-10-16: no data2025-10-17: 17.2 µg/m³2025-10-18: 15.6 µg/m³2025-10-19: 16.2 µg/m³2025-10-20: 22.9 µg/m³2025-10-21: 24.2 µg/m³2025-10-22: 24.8 µg/m³2025-10-23: 20.1 µg/m³2025-10-24: 10.3 µg/m³2025-10-25: 14.8 µg/m³2025-10-26: 19.8 µg/m³2025-10-27: 14.1 µg/m³2025-10-28: 22.9 µg/m³2025-10-29: 24.5 µg/m³2025-10-30: 28.3 µg/m³2025-10-31: 35.5 µg/m³2025-11-01: 34.3 µg/m³2025-11-02: 31.5 µg/m³2025-11-03: 32.1 µg/m³2025-11-04: 8.1 µg/m³2025-11-05: 16.5 µg/m³2025-11-06: no data2025-11-07: no data2025-11-08: 17.9 µg/m³2025-11-09: 21.9 µg/m³2025-11-10: 21.7 µg/m³2025-11-11: 10.5 µg/m³2025-11-12: 30.2 µg/m³2025-11-13: 33.9 µg/m³2025-11-14: 42.9 µg/m³2025-11-15: 45.8 µg/m³2025-11-16: 53.8 µg/m³2025-11-17: 48.3 µg/m³2025-11-18: 23.4 µg/m³2025-11-19: 21.7 µg/m³2025-11-20: 28.1 µg/m³2025-11-21: 11.2 µg/m³2025-11-22: 9.8 µg/m³2025-11-23: 14.7 µg/m³2025-11-24: 30.9 µg/m³2025-11-25: 27.9 µg/m³2025-11-26: 16.9 µg/m³2025-11-27: 10.3 µg/m³2025-11-28: no data2025-11-29: no data2025-11-30: no data2025-12-01: no data2025-12-02: 77.3 µg/m³2025-12-03: 80.6 µg/m³2025-12-04: 34.5 µg/m³2025-12-05: 39.8 µg/m³2025-12-06: 11.1 µg/m³2025-12-07: 18.7 µg/m³2025-12-08: 15.4 µg/m³2025-12-09: 32.3 µg/m³2025-12-10: 55.1 µg/m³2025-12-11: 73.4 µg/m³2025-12-12: 56.2 µg/m³2025-12-13: 48.5 µg/m³2025-12-14: 55.9 µg/m³2025-12-15: 74.4 µg/m³2025-12-16: 74.7 µg/m³2025-12-17: 86.1 µg/m³2025-12-18: 94.7 µg/m³2025-12-19: 46.8 µg/m³2025-12-20: 17.2 µg/m³2025-12-21: 24.9 µg/m³2025-12-22: 39.5 µg/m³2025-12-23: 48.9 µg/m³2025-12-24: 55.6 µg/m³2025-12-25: 14.1 µg/m³2025-12-26: 23.2 µg/m³2025-12-27: 24.0 µg/m³2025-12-28: 30.6 µg/m³2025-12-29: 33.4 µg/m³2025-12-30: 48.7 µg/m³2025-12-31: 8.4 µg/m³2026-01-01: 30.9 µg/m³2026-01-02: 55.9 µg/m³2026-01-03: 50.3 µg/m³2026-01-04: 37.8 µg/m³2026-01-05: 22.7 µg/m³2026-01-06: 25.9 µg/m³2026-01-07: no data2026-01-08: no data2026-01-09: 44.0 µg/m³2026-01-10: 76.8 µg/m³2026-01-11: 7.6 µg/m³2026-01-12: 15.5 µg/m³2026-01-13: 44.3 µg/m³2026-01-14: 58.1 µg/m³2026-01-15: 73.6 µg/m³2026-01-16: 65.7 µg/m³2026-01-17: 64.7 µg/m³2026-01-18: 27.6 µg/m³2026-01-19: 19.6 µg/m³2026-01-20: 4.0 µg/m³2026-01-21: 1.8 µg/m³2026-01-22: 2.0 µg/m³2026-01-23: 36.4 µg/m³2026-01-24: 43.5 µg/m³2026-01-25: 43.4 µg/m³2026-01-26: 22.6 µg/m³2026-01-27: 8.3 µg/m³2026-01-28: 31.9 µg/m³2026-01-29: 28.2 µg/m³2026-01-30: 14.7 µg/m³2026-01-31: 26.2 µg/m³2026-02-01: 12.4 µg/m³2026-02-02: 13.7 µg/m³2026-02-03: 27.9 µg/m³2026-02-04: 22.7 µg/m³2026-02-05: 15.3 µg/m³2026-02-06: 21.0 µg/m³2026-02-07: 30.7 µg/m³2026-02-08: 24.6 µg/m³2026-02-09: 20.8 µg/m³2026-02-10: 13.5 µg/m³2026-02-11: 12.6 µg/m³2026-02-12: 19.8 µg/m³2026-02-13: 20.4 µg/m³2026-02-14: 35.1 µg/m³2026-02-15: 11.2 µg/m³2026-02-16: 16.8 µg/m³2026-02-17: 17.8 µg/m³2026-02-18: 8.3 µg/m³2026-02-19: no data2026-02-20: no data2026-02-21: 12.3 µg/m³2026-02-22: 15.3 µg/m³2026-02-23: 38.5 µg/m³2026-02-24: 35.8 µg/m³2026-02-25: 10.6 µg/m³2026-02-26: 27.8 µg/m³2026-02-27: 38.8 µg/m³2026-02-28: 34.7 µg/m³2026-03-01: 37.0 µg/m³2026-03-02: 44.8 µg/m³2026-03-03: 48.3 µg/m³2026-03-04: 35.8 µg/m³2026-03-05: 33.4 µg/m³2026-03-06: 34.7 µg/m³2026-03-07: 37.5 µg/m³2026-03-08: 30.8 µg/m³2026-03-09: 23.5 µg/m³2026-03-10: 20.3 µg/m³2026-03-11: 21.7 µg/m³2026-03-12: 24.7 µg/m³2026-03-13: 25.0 µg/m³2026-03-14: 25.0 µg/m³2026-03-15: 27.3 µg/m³2026-03-16: 30.7 µg/m³2026-03-17: 33.6 µg/m³2026-03-18: 19.2 µg/m³2026-03-19: 16.0 µg/m³2026-03-20: 12.0 µg/m³2026-03-21: 17.5 µg/m³2026-03-22: 17.1 µg/m³2026-03-23: 12.9 µg/m³2026-03-24: 16.2 µg/m³2026-03-25: 20.2 µg/m³2026-03-26: 19.7 µg/m³2026-03-27: 8.3 µg/m³2026-03-28: 11.1 µg/m³2026-03-29: 8.6 µg/m³2026-03-30: 7.5 µg/m³2026-03-31: 15.3 µg/m³2026-04-01: 19.8 µg/m³2026-04-02: 9.3 µg/m³2026-04-03: 6.7 µg/m³2026-04-04: 13.2 µg/m³2026-04-05: 12.8 µg/m³2026-04-06: 14.8 µg/m³2026-04-07: 12.3 µg/m³2026-04-08: 7.8 µg/m³2026-04-09: 8.6 µg/m³2026-04-10: 13.1 µg/m³2026-04-11: 13.6 µg/m³2026-04-12: 16.8 µg/m³2026-04-13: 13.3 µg/m³2026-04-14: 14.1 µg/m³2026-04-15: 15.4 µg/m³2026-04-16: 20.1 µg/m³2026-04-17: 15.7 µg/m³2026-04-18: 11.7 µg/m³2026-04-19: no data2026-04-20: 16.6 µg/m³2026-04-21: 16.3 µg/m³2026-04-22: 11.0 µg/m³2026-04-23: 9.8 µg/m³2026-04-24: 10.4 µg/m³2026-04-25: 11.4 µg/m³2026-04-26: 10.8 µg/m³2026-04-27: 8.2 µg/m³2026-04-28: 12.2 µg/m³2026-04-29: 11.6 µg/m³2026-04-30: 7.2 µg/m³2026-05-01: 9.0 µg/m³2026-05-02: 8.9 µg/m³2026-05-03: 6.4 µg/m³2026-05-04: 10.8 µg/m³2026-05-05: 11.7 µg/m³2026-05-06: 10.4 µg/m³2026-05-07: 11.1 µg/m³2026-05-08: 15.5 µg/m³2026-05-09: 13.0 µg/m³2026-05-10: 10.8 µg/m³2026-05-11: 12.6 µg/m³2026-05-12: 9.5 µg/m³2026-05-13: 6.2 µg/m³2026-05-14: 7.8 µg/m³2026-05-15: 6.2 µg/m³2026-05-16: 8.3 µg/m³2026-05-17: 3.4 µg/m³2026-05-18: 6.3 µg/m³2026-05-19: 9.3 µg/m³2026-05-20: 10.4 µg/m³2026-05-21: 8.4 µg/m³2026-05-22: 13.3 µg/m³2026-05-23: 11.9 µg/m³2026-05-24: 12.1 µg/m³2026-05-25: 7.6 µg/m³2026-05-26: no data2026-05-27: 9.8 µg/m³2026-05-28: 11.9 µg/m³2026-05-29: 6.3 µg/m³2026-05-30: 5.7 µg/m³2026-05-31: 7.0 µg/m³2026-06-01: 10.2 µg/m³2026-06-02: 11.9 µg/m³2026-06-03: 10.7 µg/m³2026-06-04: 5.2 µg/m³2026-06-05: 6.8 µg/m³2026-06-06: no data2026-06-07: no data2026-06-08: no data2026-06-09: no data2026-06-10: no data2026-06-11: 10.2 µg/m³2026-06-12: 4.3 µg/m³2026-06-13: no data2026-06-14: 5.1 µg/m³2026-06-15: 5.9 µg/m³2026-06-16: 5.8 µg/m³2026-06-17: 5.2 µg/m³2026-06-18: 8.0 µg/m³2026-06-19: 8.0 µg/m³2026-06-20: 8.4 µg/m³2026-06-21: no data2026-06-22: no data2026-06-23: no data2026-06-24: 9.7 µg/m³2026-06-25: 8.8 µg/m³2026-06-26: 10.7 µg/m³2026-06-27: 10.9 µg/m³2026-06-28: 10.4 µg/m³2026-06-29: 10.0 µg/m³2026-06-30: 13.9 µg/m³2026-07-01: 10.5 µg/m³2026-07-02: 14.5 µg/m³2026-07-03: 13.2 µg/m³2026-07-04: 6.6 µg/m³2026-07-05: 5.3 µg/m³2026-07-06: 9.2 µg/m³2026-07-07: 9.5 µg/m³2026-07-08: 11.5 µg/m³2026-07-09: 4.2 µg/m³2026-07-10: 5.6 µg/m³2026-07-11: 8.7 µg/m³2026-07-12: 9.0 µg/m³2026-07-13: 8.8 µg/m³2026-07-14: 11.1 µg/m³2026-07-15: 12.0 µg/m³2026-07-16: 13.6 µg/m³2026-07-17: 11.7 µg/m³2026-07-18: 14.3 µg/m³2026-07-19: 12.1 µg/m³2026-07-20: 14.3 µg/m³2026-07-21: 8.4 µg/m³2026-07-22: 10.8 µg/m³2026-07-23: 6.3 µg/m³2026-07-24: 8.2 µg/m³2026-07-25: 7.5 µg/m³2026-07-26: 9.7 µg/m³2026-07-27: 10.7 µg/m³2026-07-28: 11.7 µg/m³2026-07-29: 8.8 µg/m³2026-07-30: 9.2 µg/m³2026-07-31: 9.6 µg/m³2026-08-01: 8.7 µg/m³2026-08-02: 7.3 µg/m³2026-08-03: 7.6 µg/m³2026-08-04: 8.5 µg/m³2026-08-05: 10.3 µg/m³2026-08-06: no data2026-08-07: 13.1 µg/m³2026-08-08: 11.5 µg/m³2026-08-09: 7.6 µg/m³2026-08-10: 11.0 µg/m³2026-08-11: 10.7 µg/m³2026-08-12: 11.9 µg/m³2026-08-13: 12.7 µg/m³2026-08-14: 15.0 µg/m³2026-08-15: 7.9 µg/m³2026-08-16: no data2026-08-17: 14.1 µg/m³2026-08-18: 17.8 µg/m³2026-08-19: 7.0 µg/m³2026-08-20: 12.5 µg/m³2026-08-21: 16.3 µg/m³2026-08-22: 18.6 µg/m³2026-08-23: no data2026-08-24: 18.5 µg/m³2026-08-25: 13.5 µg/m³2026-08-26: 12.9 µg/m³2026-08-27: 13.4 µg/m³2026-08-28: 17.7 µg/m³2026-08-29: 16.1 µg/m³2026-08-30: 17.3 µg/m³2026-08-31: 13.3 µg/m³2026-09-01: 14.0 µg/m³2026-09-02: 13.8 µg/m³2026-09-03: 11.1 µg/m³2026-09-04: 11.9 µg/m³2026-09-05: 12.8 µg/m³2026-09-06: no data2026-09-07: 10.5 µg/m³2026-09-08: 16.9 µg/m³2026-09-09: 17.4 µg/m³2026-09-10: 17.9 µg/m³2026-09-11: 17.9 µg/m³2026-09-12: 15.1 µg/m³2026-09-13: no data2026-09-14: 10.8 µg/m³2026-09-15: 10.7 µg/m³2026-09-16: 9.3 µg/m³2026-09-17: 13.5 µg/m³2026-09-18: 16.0 µg/m³2026-09-19: 14.9 µg/m³2026-09-20: no data2026-09-21: 16.6 µg/m³2026-09-22: 4.6 µg/m³2026-09-23: 6.3 µg/m³2026-09-24: 11.8 µg/m³2026-09-25: 15.3 µg/m³2026-09-26: 12.7 µg/m³2026-09-27: 7.4 µg/m³2026-09-28: 8.8 µg/m³2026-09-29: 11.7 µg/m³2026-09-30: 11.2 µg/m³
Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data

151 of 334 measured days were over the WHO 24-hour guideline.

Daily world rank

#1#2468NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

Rank on each day's board (1 = most polluted city that day).

2026 against 2025, month by month

15Jan 2026: 33.9 µg/m³JanFeb 2026: 21.5 µg/m³FebMar 2026: 23.7 µg/m³MarApr 2026: 12.6 µg/m³AprMay 2026: 9.4 µg/m³MayJun 2026: 8.6 µg/m³JunJul 2026: 9.9 µg/m³JulAug 2026: 12.6 µg/m³AugSep 2025: 9.6 µg/m³Sep 2026: 12.6 µg/m³SepOct 2025: 16.9 µg/m³OctNov 2025: 25.8 µg/m³NovDec 2025: 44.8 µg/m³Dec

Faded bars: 2025. A month shows once it has 10 measured days.

This week against past years

This weekThis week: 11.3 µg/m³11.320252025: 11.1 µg/m³11.12024no data20232023: 10.3 µg/m³10.3

Mean PM2.5 for 24 Sept to 30 Sept in each year. Dashed line: WHO 24-hour guideline.

Monitors

StationOperatorType
Gazi BabaODC-BYEEAReference
LisiceODC-BYEEAReference
KarposODC-BYEEAReference
RektoratODC-BYEEAReference
CentarODC-BYEEAReference

The city's value is the median of its reference monitors each hour; low-cost sensors are listed but not counted when reference monitors exist. Data via OpenAQ; licences as listed. How we rank. Embed this on your site.

Other cities in North Macedonia

Tetovo 14.4Gostivar 13.7Bitola 13.1Ohrid 11.8Kavadarci 11.8Prilep 11.1Kumanovo 11.0Strumica 9.5Veles 8.6Ilinden 7.8Gevgelija 7.2Kochani 5.5

30-day averages, µg/m³. All of North Macedonia →

Updated 2026-10-01 12:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.