Gostivar vs Skopje AQI Comparison

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

Lower average AQI: Gostivar (4-pt gap)PM2.5: Gostivar 19.1 ug/m3 · Skopje 21.5 ug/m3

Source: OpenAQ local exports mapped to AQI Now cities; city summaries cover 2024-01-29–2024-09-20 and 2024-01-01–2024-09-20.

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Gostivar vs Skopje

Gostivar

Gostivar, North Macedonia

PM2.5: 19.1 ug/m3
PM10: 34.3 ug/m3
Worst month: February
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

Skopje

Skopje, North Macedonia

PM2.5: 21.5 ug/m3
PM10: 38.7 ug/m3
Worst month: February
Trend: n/a

EPA category: Moderate

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

Yearly EPA AQI trend

Seasonal EPA AQI heatmap

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Skopje

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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.