SmogRank / Romania / Ilfov / Baloteşti
Baloteşti, month by month
Baloteşti has a measured daily mean on 962 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2024, at 94 US AQI (32.1 µg/m³), 92nd of 2,486 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 34 US AQI (6.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 53 US AQI (10.0 µg/m³), against 56 US AQI (12.0 µg/m³) in 2023.
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 |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 6 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitors, 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2026 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2026 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2026 | 14 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| May 2026 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Apr 2026 | 17 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 13 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Nov 2025 | 14 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitors, 14 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Apr 2025 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 3 with no readings from the monitors, 9 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2025 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Feb 2025 | 12 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 14 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 2 with readings left out by our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 5 with no readings from the monitors, 12 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2024 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with no readings from the monitors, 9 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jan 2024 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with no readings from the monitors, 2 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2023 | 16 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 13 with no readings from the monitors, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 3 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 25 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Jan 2023 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 5 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 7 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Baloteşti's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | 9432.1 µg/m³ | 92ndof 2,486 | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 |
| January 2025 | 8024.9 µg/m³ | 168thof 2,474 | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| December 2023 | 7722.8 µg/m³ | 115thof 2,247 | South-eastern Europe, 28 December 2023 to 1 January 2024 Eastern Europe, December 2023 |
| January 2026 | 7119.7 µg/m³ | 442ndof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| November 2024 | 7019.1 µg/m³ | 247thof 2,624 | Eastern Europe, 25 to 29 November 2024 Southern Europe, November 2024and 1 more |
| February 2026 | 6617.4 µg/m³ | 665thof 2,866 | Europe, January and February 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.
Baloteşti's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2024 | 221146.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 12 Feb 2024 | 183101.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 10 Feb 2024 | 17691.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 9 Feb 2024 | 15662.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Dec 2023 | 13951.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, December 2023 |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 13850.7 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 30 Dec 2023 | 13549.4 µg/m³ | South-eastern Europe, 28 December 2023 to 1 January 2024 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 13147.7 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| 27 Jan 2024 | 12846.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 12645.6 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 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, Baloteşti, Romania, 1 Jan 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ro/balotesti/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Baloteşti now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).