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Piteşti, month by month
Piteşti has a measured daily mean on 223 days since 21 December 2025. Its worst month was March 2026, at 77 US AQI (22.9 µg/m³), 502nd of 2,971 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was July 2026, at 48 US AQI (8.7 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
5 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). |
| Sep 2026 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 8 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 2 with readings left out by our checks. |
| Aug 2026 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2025 | 9 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 2 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.
Piteşti's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 7722.9 µg/m³ | 502ndof 2,971 | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| February 2026 | 7220.4 µg/m³ | 540thof 2,866 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| April 2026 | 5410.9 µg/m³ | 800thof 2,941 | – |
| June 2026 | 5310.0 µg/m³ | 662ndof 2,497 | – |
| May 2026 | 488.7 µg/m³ | 1,081stof 2,874 | – |
| July 2026 | 488.7 µg/m³ | 1,689thof 2,784 | – |
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.
Piteşti's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2026 | 16067.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 6 Jan 2026 | 14151.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 13348.3 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 4 Feb 2026 | 12846.4 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 21 Jan 2026 | 12545.4 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 27 Dec 2025 | 12344.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 5 Mar 2026 | 12043.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| 17 Jan 2026 | 11842.5 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 11440.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 3 Mar 2026 | 11039.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
Daily means, the highest since 21 Dec 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, Piteşti, Romania, 21 Dec 2025 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/ro/pitesti/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Piteşti 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).