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[ZR08] Air pollution by particulate matter PM10 in PM2.5
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In 2019, PM10 pollution was just slightly lower than in 2018. The reason was changeable weather with periods of participations and high temperature, especially in November and December when no temperature inversions occured. Exceedences of the daily limit values occur especially in the cold part of the year due to heating and meteorological conditions which are extremely unfavourable in winter.  In 2019, at two measuring sites PM10 concentration were above the allowed annual number of 35 while annual limit value for PM10 and PM2,5 was not exceeded. 

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Figure ZR08-1: Number of days with exceeded 24-hour limit concentration of 50 µg PM10/m3 (may not be exceeded more than 35 times per calendar year), Slovenia
Sources:

National automatic measurement air quality network database, Slovenian Environment Agency, database of complementary automated measurement networks, 2019 (Thermal power plant Šoštanj, TE-TO Thermal power plant Ljubljana, Environment Information System Anhovo, Municipality of Ljubljana, Municipality of Celje, Municipality of Maribor, Municipality of Miklavž in the Drava field, Municipality of Ruše and Municipality of Ptuj)

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Urban background[number of days] - Ljubljana Bežigrad[number of days] - Ljubljana BF[number of days] - Celje[number of days] - Hrastnik[number of days] - Koper[number of days] - Nova Gorica[number of days] - Novo mesto[number of days] - Kranj[number of days] - EIS Celje[number of days] - Velenje[number of days] - Maribor Vrbanski[number of days] - Ptuj[number of days] Suburban background[number of days] - Trbovlje[number of days] - Pesje[number of days] - Škale[number of days] - Šoštanj[number of days] Urban-traffic type[number of days] - Maribor center[number of days] - Zagorje[number of days] - Ljubljana center[number of days] - Ljubljana Gospodarsko[number of days] - Celje Mariborska[number of days] - Nova Gorica Grčna[number of days] - Murska Sobota Cankarjeva[number of days] Rural/Agricultural type[number of days] - Prapretno[number of days] - Murska Sobota - Rakičan[number of days] - Ruše[number of days] - Miklavž[number of days] Rural/Industrial type[number of days] - Morsko[number of days] - Gorenje Polje[number of days] - Žerjav[number of days] Rural type/natural background[number of days] - Iskrba[number of days] permitted exceedance[number of days]
2005 68 70 0 97 0 0 37 0 0 89 0 0 0 65 157 23 15 0 111 101 143 0 0 0 0 0 40 15 65 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 35
2006 48 47 0 59 0 40 47 0 0 92 0 0 0 43 86 24 19 0 102 108 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 54 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 35
2007 38 46 0 48 0 19 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 35.33 81 14 11 0 95 91 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 37 0 0 17 18 16 0 0 0 35
2008 29.25 36 0 37 0 11 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 72 9 12 0 88 54 109 101 0 0 0 0 33.50 25 42 0 0 20 16 24 0 0 0 35
2009 24.60 30 25 42 0 2 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 24.33 48 12 13 0 67.67 35 56 112 0 0 0 0 25 20 30 0 0 15 14 16 0 5 5 35
2010 37.50 43 32 58 30 15 25 60 37 0 0 0 0 28.67 64 10 12 0 63 47 68 74 0 0 0 0 40.50 29 52 0 0 15.67 5 13 29 5 5 35
2011 48.44 63 51 73 51 21 28 69 55 0 0 25 0 34.67 68 16 20 0 77.67 64 75 94 0 0 0 0 60 49 71 0 0 36.67 13 18 79 3 3 35
2012 25.30 27 21 55 17 23 19 45 27 0 11 8 0 25.33 65 2 9 0 67.67 34 62 107 0 0 0 0 34.50 25 44 0 0 21.67 10 11 44 1 1 35
2013 23.73 22 24 51 15 10 12 49 28 35 8 7 0 14 50 6 0 0 52.67 36 48 74 0 0 0 0 20.50 3 38 0 0 15 3 5 37 0 0 35
2014 19.73 19 12 41 10 16 19 22 12 41 15 10 0 12.50 33 12 5 0 39.33 25 38 55 0 0 0 0 17.50 2 33 0 0 7.33 8 11 3 0 0 35
2015 33.36 43 35 70 22 28 24 40 17 76 9 3 0 14.75 50 9 0 0 63 34 70 85 0 0 0 0 23.50 0 47 0 0 7.67 7 10 6 0 0 35
2016 29.45 36 40 53 25 11 15 41 27 45 10 21 0 12.50 38 8 1 3 53.33 43 51 66 0 0 0 0 29.33 1 42 0 45 9.33 6 3 19 0 0 35
2017 29.17 30 32 49 19 18 24 33 28 39 19 21 38 20.50 39 20 9 14 41.50 35 46 51 39 57 21 0 33.33 0 44 17 39 7.33 6 7 9 3 3 35
2018 18.83 28 16 35 11 4 6 31 13 43 2 12 25 11.75 37 3 3 4 36 30 55 51 20 45 5 46 28 0 34 15 35 3.67 3 3 5 2 2 35
2019 11.17 16 8 23 9 8 10 10 8 25 2 0 15 4.75 16 1 1 1 25.71 13 28 37 21 43 10 28 18.67 0 14 11 31 4.33 5 7 1 2 2 35
Figure ZR08-2: Average annual concentration of PM10 (annual limit value is 40 µg/m3), Slovenia
Sources:

National automatic measurement air quality network database, Slovenian Environment Agency, database of complementary automated measurement networks, 2020 (Thermal power plant Šoštanj, TE-TO Thermal power plant Ljubljana, Environment Information System Anhovo, Municipality of Ljubljana, Municipality of Celje, Municipality of Maribor, Municipality of Miklavž in the Drava field, Municipality of Ruše and Municipality of Ptuj)

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Urban background[µg/m3] - Ljubljana Bežigrad[µg/m3] - Ljubljana BF[µg/m3] - Celje[µg/m3] - Koper[µg/m3] - Nova Gorica[µg/m3] - Novo mesto[µg/m3] - Kranj[µg/m3] - Hrastnik[µg/m3] - EIS Celje[µg/m3] - Velenje[µg/m3] - Maribor Vrbanski[µg/m3] - Ptuj[µg/m3] Suburban background[µg/m3] - Trbovlje[µg/m3] - Pesje[µg/m3] - Škale[µg/m3] - Šoštanj[µg/m3] Urban-traffic type[µg/m3] - Maribor center[µg/m3] - Zagorje[µg/m3] - Ljubljana Center[µg/m3] - Ljubljana Gospodarsko[µg/m3] - Celje Mariborska[µg/m3] - Nova Gorica Grčna[µg/m3] - Murska Sobota Cankarjeva[µg/m3] Rural/Agricultural type[µg/m3] - Prapretno[µg/m3] - Murska Sobota-Rakičan[µg/m3] - Ruše[µg/m3] - Miklavž[µg/m3] Rural/Industrial type[µg/m3] - Morsko[µg/m3] - Gorenje Polje[µg/m3] - Žerjav[µg/m3] Rural type/natural background[µg/m3] - Iskrba[µg/m3] average annual concentration - total[µg/m3] annual limit value[µg/m3]
2005 39.75 37 0 43 0 34 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 35 55 27 23 0 47.50 43 52 0 0 0 0 0 32.50 28 37 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 34.15 40
2006 32.75 33 0 35 31 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31.33 40 28 26 0 44.50 43 46 0 0 0 0 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 31.72 40
2007 31.50 32 0 32 29 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.33 37 21 24 0 40.50 40 41 0 0 0 0 0 31.50 33 30 0 0 23.50 23 24 0 15 15 28.22 40
2008 29 30 0 30 25 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26.67 38 20 22 0 40.67 34 44 44 0 0 0 0 29.50 29 30 0 0 24 22 26 0 16 16 27.64 40
2009 27.40 29 26 31 23 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26.33 33 22 24 0 38 30 36 48 0 0 0 0 30 31 29 0 0 21.50 20 23 0 16 16 26.54 40
2010 29.13 30 27 32 25 29 31 32 27 0 0 0 0 26.33 34 22 23 0 37 33 36 42 0 0 0 0 29.50 29 30 0 0 21.67 19 20 26 14 14 26.27 40
2011 29.89 32 30 35 27 27 32 30 30 0 0 26 0 26.67 35 22 23 0 38.33 34 37 44 0 0 0 0 33.50 34 33 0 0 26 21 23 34 17 17 28.56 40
2012 25.60 26 27 31 24 24 28 26 24 0 22 24 0 24.67 32 20 22 0 35.67 30 32 45 0 0 0 0 28.50 28 29 0 0 23.33 20 21 29 15 15 25.46 40
2013 23.91 24 26 29 20 22 27 25 23 26 21 20 0 20.50 30 23 17 12 33.33 30 29 41 0 0 0 0 25 22 28 0 0 20 16 18 26 13 13 22.62 40
2014 22.35 22.70 22.20 27.67 19.08 21.01 22.53 21.94 20.76 29 20 19 0 19.89 26.57 23 17 13 30.84 26.52 28 38 0 0 0 0 22.03 19 25.05 0 0 13.33 8 11 21 11 11.37 19.91 40
2015 26.36 28 27 32 23 24 28 26 24 35 22 21 0 21.50 29 24 17 16 33.33 28 32 40 0 0 0 0 25 21 29 0 0 21 18 20 25 13 13 23.37 40
2016 23.64 24 27 32 19 21 26 23 22 27 19 20 0 21 26 23 16 19 32 27 29 40 0 0 0 0 23.67 18 26 0 27 18.67 16 17 23 11 11 21.66 40
2017 24.25 25 25 30 20 23 27 26 23 25 21 20 26 22.50 29 24 17 20 29.50 28 29 33 29 33 25 0 26.33 0 29 21 29 19.33 18 19 21 12 12 22.32 40
2018 23.17 27 21 28 18 20 26 22 22 29 19 21 25 21 27 19 17 21 29.14 28 32 35 24 31 24 30 25.33 0 26 22 28 18.33 15 17 23 14 14 21.83 40
2019 20.33 21 19 26 17 20 21 19 20 24 17 18 22 17.75 22 16 15 18 26.29 23 25 34 24 29 23 26 22.67 0 21 22 25 17.33 15 17 20 11 11 19.23 40
Figure ZR08-3: Average annual concentration of PM2.5 (annual limit value is 25 µg/m3), Slovenia
Sources:

National automatic measurement air quality network database, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2020

Note:

In Nova Gorica, PM2.5 measurements were established in 2018. In Ljubljana, the PM2.5 mesasurement location changed from Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty to Ljubljana Bežigrad. From 2018 onward, PM2.5 measurements at the Maribor Center are no longer available.

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Urban background[µg/m3] - LJ Bežigrad[µg/m3] - LJ Biotehniška[µg/m3] - MB Vrbanski plato[µg/m3] - Nova Gorica[µg/m3] Urban-traffic type[µg/m3] - Maribor center[µg/m3] Rural background[µg/m3] - Iskrba[µg/m3] annual limit value[µg/m3]
2005 28 28 0 0 0 28 28 15 15 25
2006 29 29 0 0 0 31 31 13 13 25
2007 25 25 0 0 0 27 27 10 10 25
2008 24 24 0 0 0 23 23 11 11 25
2009 19 0 18 20 0 22 22 12 12 25
2010 22 0 22 22 0 24 24 12 12 25
2011 24 0 25 23 0 26 26 14 14 25
2012 19.50 0 21 18 0 21 21 13 13 25
2013 20 0 20 20 0 22 22 11 11 25
2014 17.36 0 17.70 17.01 0 19.20 19.20 9.33 9.33 25
2015 21 0 23 19 0 21 21 10 10 25
2016 21 0 23 19 0 21 21 9 9 25
2017 19 0 20 18 0 20 20 10 10 25
2018 16.67 19 0 17 14 0 0 11 11 25
2019 14 16 0 13 13 0 0 8 8 25
Figure ZR08-4: Average exposure indicator (AEI) for PM2.5(a three-calendaryear running annual mean concentration averaged over last three calendar year - exposure concentration obligation that need to be met by 2015 is 20 µg/m3), Slovenia
Sources:

National automatic measurement air quality network database (DKMZ), Slovenian Environment Agency, 2020

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LJ Biotehniška/Bežigrad[µg/m3] MB Vrbanski plato[µg/m3] Nova Gorica[µg/m3] exposure concentration obligation[µg/m3]
2011 22 22
2012 23 21
2013 22 20
2014 20 18
2015 20 19 20
2016 21 18 20
2017 22 19 20
2018 21 18 20
2019 18 16 14 20
2020 20
Figure ZR08-5: Average annual concentration of PM10, selected EU-28 countries
Sources:

EUROSTAT, 2020 (30.7.2020) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugin=1&pcode=t2020_rn210&language=en)

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change 2002-2017[µg/m3] 2017[µg/m3]
EU (28 countries) -6.60 21.60
Belgium -12.10 20.40
Czechia -16.60 23.90
Denmark -9 15.50
Germany -9 17.50
Estonia -9.20 10.50
Ireland -6.70 11.50
Spain -11.20 21.90
France -2.30 19.10
Italy -12.60 29.20
Netherlands -13.40 19.20
Austria -7.20 19.20
Poland -10.50 32.20
Portugal -16.30 18.30
Slovenia -5.40 24.80
Slovakia -8.10 24.20
Finland -3.70 10
Sweden -7 11.80
United Kingdom -5.80 15.60
Switzerland -8.20 15.30
Figure ZR08-6: Average annual concentration of PM 2,5 , selected EU28 countries
Sources:

Vir: EUROSTAT, 2020 (30.7.2020) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/refreshTableAction.do?tab=table&plugi…)

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change 2008-2017[µg/m3] 2017[µg/m3]
EU (28 countries) -3.40 14.10
Belgium -5.70 12.90
Bulgaria -17.70 23.80
Czechia -0.90 18.40
Denmark -1.60 9.20
Germany -3.40 12.70
Estonia -0.10 5.30
Spain -2.10 12.10
France -3.50 12
Italy -5.70 19.40
Latvia -5.80 13.60
Netherlands -5 11.30
Austria -6.10 13.80
Poland -9.70 23.80
Portugal 1.30 12
Slovenia -4.20 19.70
Slovakia -7.60 17.50
Finland -3.50 4.90
Sweden -3.80 5.40
United Kingdom -2.90 10
Norway -1.10 7
Switzerland -4.10 10.20

Goals

EU ambient air quality limit values set by Directive 2008/50/EC for the protection of human health

  • A limit value for PM2.5 of 25 µg/m3 as an annual average; in force since 1 January 2015.
  • A limit value for PM10 of 50 µg/m3 as a daily average, not to be exceeded more than 35 times in a calendar year; in force since 1 January 2005.
  • An additional limit value for PM10 of 40 µg/m3 as an annual average; in force since 1 January 2005.

WHO Air Quality Guidelines

  • Annual mean of PM2.5: 10 µg/m3.
  • Twenty-four-hour mean of PM2.5 (99th percentile of the annual daily series (3 days per year)): 25 µg/m3.
  • Annual mean of PM10: 20 µg/m3.
  • Twenty-four-hour mean of PM10 (99th percentile of the annual daily series (3 days per year)): 50 µg/m3.

Methodology

Date of data source summarization
Last modified
26.06.2020
Author(s)

Tanja Koleša, Slovenian Environment Agency