Banja Luka vs Sarajevo AQI Comparison

Side-by-side OpenAQ-derived air quality comparison for Banja Luka and Sarajevo. Values use mapped daily PM2.5 and PM10 observations normalized to US EPA AQI.

Lower average AQI: Banja Luka (1-pt gap)PM2.5: Banja Luka 38.8 ug/m3 · Sarajevo 37.5 ug/m3

Source: OpenAQ local exports mapped to AQI Now cities; city summaries cover 2024-01-01–2024-12-31 and 2024-01-01–2024-12-31.

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Banja Luka vs Sarajevo

Banja Luka

Srpska, Republika, Bosnia and Herzegovina

PM2.5: 38.8 ug/m3
PM10: n/a ug/m3
Worst month: November
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federation of, Bosnia and Herzegovina

PM2.5: 37.5 ug/m3
PM10: 36.1 ug/m3
Worst month: January
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

Lower average AQI in this selected period: Banja Luka. Values are historical OpenAQ-derived city summaries, not live readings.

Yearly EPA AQI trend

Seasonal EPA AQI heatmap

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Banja Luka

157

142

106

164

Sarajevo

147

125

144

133

What this comparison measures

Average EPA AQI — city-level daily AQI values averaged across the OpenAQ coverage window.
PM2.5 and PM10 — mapped monitor concentrations aggregated to daily city averages.
Seasonality — worst and cleanest months from the monthly city rollups.
Trend — difference between the earliest and latest yearly AQI average in this build.