SmogRank / Romania / Bucharest / Bucharest
Bucharest, month by month
Bucharest has a measured daily mean on 1,177 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2025, at 88 US AQI (29.0 µg/m³), 103rd of 2,474 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 40 US AQI (7.2 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 61 US AQI (14.4 µg/m³), against 62 US AQI (15.1 µg/m³) in 2024.
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
6 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 17 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 13 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 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 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. |
| Jun 2023 | 12 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 18 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.
Bucharest's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 8829.0 µg/m³ | 103rdof 2,474 | Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia, January 2025 Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025and 1 more |
| February 2023 | 8024.4 µg/m³ | 59thof 1,129 | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| November 2024 | 7924.1 µg/m³ | 124thof 2,624 | Eastern Europe, 25 to 29 November 2024 Southern Europe, November 2024and 2 more |
| February 2025 | 7923.9 µg/m³ | 311thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| January 2026 | 7723.3 µg/m³ | 294thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| January 2024 | 7622.6 µg/m³ | 216thof 2,385 | South-eastern Europe, 28 December 2023 to 1 January 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.
Bucharest's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2025 | 15561.9 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| 1 Jan 2024 | 15357.9 µg/m³ | South-eastern Europe, 28 December 2023 to 1 January 2024 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | 15256.6 µg/m³ | South-eastern Europe, 28 December 2023 to 1 January 2024 |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 14955.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 8 Nov 2024 | 13950.8 µg/m³ | Europe, November 2024 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | 13850.5 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 13549.4 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| 12 Feb 2023 | 13549.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 20 Dec 2024 | 13348.6 µg/m³ | Serbia, Slovenia and 10 more countries, December 2024 |
| 17 Feb 2023 | 13348.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
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, Bucharest, 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/bucharest/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Bucharest now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).