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Calafat, month by month
Calafat has a measured daily mean on 462 days since 11 February 2025. Its worst month was January 2026, at 88 US AQI (28.7 µg/m³), 189th of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2026, at 32 US AQI (5.7 µg/m³).
Every month since 2025
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 |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 7 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2026 | 15 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2025 | 3 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2025 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | 14 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 4 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.
Calafat's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 8828.7 µg/m³ | 189thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 Eastern Europe, January 2026 |
| March 2025 | 7924.1 µg/m³ | 443rdof 2,862 | Romania, Hungary and Serbia, March 2025 Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| March 2026 | 7622.3 µg/m³ | 525thof 2,971 | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| February 2026 | 7220.3 µg/m³ | 546thof 2,866 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| December 2025 | 6617.2 µg/m³ | 633rdof 3,006 | Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| August 2026 | 6114.2 µg/m³ | 417thof 2,896 | – |
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.
Calafat's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2026 | 16473.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 14 Feb 2025 | 16271.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 11 Mar 2025 | 16169.8 µg/m³ | Romania, Hungary and Serbia, March 2025 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | 16068.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| 21 Jan 2026 | 15764.6 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 24 Feb 2025 | 15662.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 20 Feb 2025 | 15662.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 21 Feb 2025 | 15561.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 15460.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 12 Feb 2025 | 15459.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 11 Feb 2025; 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, Calafat, Romania, 11 Feb 2025 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ro/calafat/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Calafat now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).