SmogRank / Romania / Dolj / Craiova
Craiova, month by month
Craiova has a measured daily mean on 1,157 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2026, at 108 US AQI (38.2 µg/m³), 99th of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 34 US AQI (6.1 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 59 US AQI (13.3 µg/m³), against 58 US AQI (12.8 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
7 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 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 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 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 | 9 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2023 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 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.
Craiova's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 10838.2 µg/m³ | 99thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| January 2025 | 9231.1 µg/m³ | 85thof 2,474 | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 Eastern Europe, January 2025and 1 more |
| March 2026 | 8225.8 µg/m³ | 398thof 2,971 | Romania and Bulgaria, March 2026 Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| February 2026 | 8125.2 µg/m³ | 368thof 2,866 | Europe, January and February 2026 Romania, February 2026 |
| January 2023 | 7622.7 µg/m³ | 113thof 1,261 | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| February 2023 | 7622.5 µg/m³ | 79thof 1,129 | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
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.
Craiova's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2023 | 225150.0 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 17690.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 17183.8 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, 16 to 21 December 2025 |
| 2 Jan 2023 | 16778.4 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, January 2023 |
| 4 Mar 2026 | 16576.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| 20 Jan 2026 | 16575.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 3 Mar 2026 | 16474.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| 21 Jan 2026 | 16270.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 15764.1 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | 15663.1 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, Craiova, 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/craiova/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Craiova now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).