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Germany: cleaner or dirtier, 2024

In Germany, 40 cities have enough days in both years to compare 2024 with the same days of 2023: 29 got dirtier and 9 cleaner.

The 29 cities that got dirtier, biggest rise first

#	City	2023	2024	Change
1	TeltowBrandenburg, Germany	54	56	+1.0 µg/m³+9%
2	BerlinState of Berlin, Germany	54	56	+1.0 µg/m³+9%
3	BurghausenBavaria, Germany	50	53	+1.0 µg/m³+11%
4	Schwandorf in BayernBavaria, Germany	46	51	+0.9 µg/m³+11%
5	MunichBavaria, Germany	48	52	+0.8 µg/m³+9%
6	TraunreutBavaria, Germany	48	51	+0.7 µg/m³+8%
7	MarktredwitzBavaria, Germany	46	50	+0.7 µg/m³+8%
8	OytenLower Saxony, Germany	44	48	+0.7 µg/m³+9%
9	AugsburgBavaria, Germany	47	50	+0.6 µg/m³+7%
10	GoslarLower Saxony, Germany	31	34	+0.6 µg/m³+11%
11	PassauBavaria, Germany	53	54	+0.5 µg/m³+5%
12	CoburgBavaria, Germany	47	49	+0.5 µg/m³+6%
13	BremerhavenBremen, Germany	46	48	+0.5 µg/m³+6%
14	AschaffenburgBavaria, Germany	42	44	+0.5 µg/m³+7%
15	SalzgitterLower Saxony, Germany	38	41	+0.5 µg/m³+7%
16	WeidenBavaria, Germany	53	54	+0.4 µg/m³+4%
17	GroßostheimBavaria, Germany	50	52	+0.4 µg/m³+4%
18	Neu-UlmBavaria, Germany	49	51	+0.4 µg/m³+4%
19	BambergBavaria, Germany	47	49	+0.4 µg/m³+5%
20	DelmenhorstLower Saxony, Germany	48	50	+0.3 µg/m³+3%
21	BraunschweigLower Saxony, Germany	42	43	+0.3 µg/m³+4%
22	RintelnLower Saxony, Germany	40	42	+0.3 µg/m³+4%
23	NurembergBavaria, Germany	51	51	+0.2 µg/m³+2%
24	StarnbergBavaria, Germany	37	38	+0.2 µg/m³+3%
25	Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg, Germany	52	52	+0.2 µg/m³+2%
26	WürzburgBavaria, Germany	46	46	+0.1 µg/m³+1%
27	WilhelmshavenLower Saxony, Germany	39	40	+0.1 µg/m³+1%
28	OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany	51	51	+0.1 µg/m³+1%
29	HannoverLower Saxony, Germany	43	43	+0.1 µg/m³+1%

The 9 cities that got cleaner, biggest fall first

#	City	2023	2024	Change
1	KielSchleswig-Holstein, Germany	46	37	−1.6 µg/m³−20%
2	ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein, Germany	41	37	−0.8 µg/m³−11%
3	FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein, Germany	40	36	−0.8 µg/m³−11%
4	OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany	47	44	−0.5 µg/m³−6%
5	KleinmachnowBrandenburg, Germany	47	45	−0.3 µg/m³−4%
6	LübeckSchleswig-Holstein, Germany	36	34	−0.3 µg/m³−5%
7	GöttingenLower Saxony, Germany	41	39	−0.2 µg/m³−3%
8	NeuenhagenBrandenburg, Germany	49	48	−0.1 µg/m³−1%
9	LindauBavaria, Germany	48	48	−0.1 µg/m³−1%

Means in US AQI over the days a city was measured in both years, the same calendar days each year; a city needs 55% of the days paired, and at least 30. The change is in µg/m³ and per cent. How we compare.

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

Updated 2026-10-07 12:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.