SmogRank / Slovakia / Trenčín Region / Handlová
Handlová, month by month
Handlová has a measured daily mean on 962 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 81 US AQI (25.3 µg/m³), 277th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 31 US AQI (5.6 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 55 US AQI (11.2 µg/m³), against 54 US AQI (10.7 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
17 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 13 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 17 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2026 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | 16 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2026 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2026 | No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Nov 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 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. |
| Jun 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 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. |
| Apr 2024 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2023 | 3 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 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 2023 | 7 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.
Handlová's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 8125.3 µg/m³ | 277thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| December 2024 | 6918.8 µg/m³ | 309thof 2,616 | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| December 2023 | 6918.7 µg/m³ | 185thof 2,247 | South-eastern Europe, 28 December 2023 to 1 January 2024 Eastern Europe, December 2023and 4 more |
| November 2024 | 6818.4 µg/m³ | 273rdof 2,624 | Europe, November 2024 Eastern Europe, October and November 2024 |
| January 2025 | 6617.0 µg/m³ | 397thof 2,474 | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| February 2023 | 6516.7 µg/m³ | 248thof 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.
Handlová's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Dec 2024 | 15257.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| 29 Dec 2024 | 14352.4 µg/m³ | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| 16 Feb 2023 | 12846.4 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 23 Jan 2024 | 12645.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 1 Feb 2024 | 12645.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 |
| 18 Dec 2023 | 11641.4 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, December 2023 |
| 24 Feb 2025 | 11239.8 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 10 Feb 2023 | 11139.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 11 Nov 2024 | 10838.4 µg/m³ | Europe, November 2024 |
| 16 Dec 2023 | 10737.9 µg/m³ | Eastern Europe, December 2023 |
Daily means, the highest since 11 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, Handlová, Slovakia, 11 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/sk/handlova/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Handlová 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).