SmogRank / Germany / Bavaria / Bamberg
Bamberg, month by month
Bamberg has a measured daily mean on 1,168 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 75 US AQI (22.1 µg/m³), 405th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 27 US AQI (4.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 53 US AQI (10.0 µg/m³), against 51 US AQI (9.2 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
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
Months without a mean, and why
6 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Bamberg's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 7522.1 µg/m³ | 405thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| January 2026 | 6617.1 µg/m³ | 626thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| March 2025 | 6214.8 µg/m³ | 964thof 2,862 | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| February 2023 | 6014.0 µg/m³ | 410thof 1,129 | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| January 2025 | 5913.5 µg/m³ | 580thof 2,474 | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 Europe, January 2025and 1 more |
| January 2024 | 5813.0 µg/m³ | 600thof 2,385 | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 Germany, Czechia and 2 more countries, January 2024 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Bamberg's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2025 | 15966.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| 10 Feb 2023 | 12243.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 11742.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 21 Feb 2025 | 10738.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 10637.4 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 30 Mar 2024 | 10436.7 µg/m³ | Europe, March and April 2024 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | 10135.7 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 10135.5 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| 9 Feb 2025 | 10035.3 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 9633.3 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
Daily means, the highest since 11 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Bamberg, Germany, 11 Jan 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/bamberg/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Bamberg now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).