Air Quality Lab — Bucharest, Romania
Air Quality Profile
Bucharest reports an annual PM2.5 of 16.0 µg/m³. That's meaningfully above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ yet within the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³.
Bucharest
Romania
RomaniaAnnual Average
ModerateWHO annual classification
16.0µg/m³
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
PM2.5
2020 µg/m³ — Moderate
2121 µg/m³ — Moderate
1919 µg/m³ — Moderate
1111 µg/m³ — Fair
1111 µg/m³ — Fair
1111 µg/m³ — Fair
1313 µg/m³ — Fair
1414 µg/m³ — Fair
1313 µg/m³ — Fair
1616 µg/m³ — Moderate
2121 µg/m³ — Moderate
2323 µg/m³ — Moderate
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
2020 µg/m³ — Moderate
2121 µg/m³ — Moderate
1919 µg/m³ — Moderate
1111 µg/m³ — Fair
1111 µg/m³ — Fair
1111 µg/m³ — Fair
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1313 µg/m³ — Fair
1414 µg/m³ — Fair
1313 µg/m³ — Fair
1616 µg/m³ — Moderate
2121 µg/m³ — Moderate
2323 µg/m³ — Moderate
Best months: Apr–JunWorst months: Feb, Nov–Dec
Fair10–15 µg/m³Moderate15–25 µg/m³
Based on WUSTL PM2.5 dataset (2020–2024) · WHO 2021 thresholds
Confidence: ●●●
How air quality compares
Compared across Romania
Bucharest: 16.0 µg/m³. Typical range in Romania: 13.3–14.6 µg/m³. Low anchor: Borşa, 11.1 µg/m³. High anchor: Drobeta-Turnu Severin, 16.7 µg/m³.
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