SmogRank / Achim / Syke

Achim vs Syke: PM2.5 compared

Achim and Syke were both measured on only one day over the last year, too few to compare them (it takes 30).

Right now

Achim#2,052on the 24-hour board of 2,625, at 23 US AQI (4.2 µg/m³)
Syke#2,024on the 24-hour board of 2,625, at 24 US AQI (4.3 µg/m³)

Compare either city with another

Achim

Side by side with Oyten (the nearest), Mahlow (Germany's worst on 30 days), Kasur (the world's worst on 30 days).

Syke

Side by side with Mahlow (Germany's worst on 30 days), Kasur (the world's worst on 30 days).

The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-14 07:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence).