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Bitterfeld-Wolfen, month by month

Bitterfeld-Wolfen has a measured daily mean on 826 days since 22 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2026, at 79 US AQI (24.0 µg/m³), 274th of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2025, at 27 US AQI (4.8 µg/m³).

Every month since 2023

202552 for the year295 days measured1,077th of 2,681 in the world
2024too few days for a mean (a year needs 257)249 days measured
2023too few days for a mean (a year needs 256)49 days measured
Jan1 dayFeb58#472Mar20 daysApr3 daysMaynoneJunnoneJulnoneAugnoneSepnoneOctnoneNovnoneDecnone
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Bitterfeld-Wolfen's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Bitterfeld-Wolfen marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

19 months
MonthWhy
Jun 202616 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jun 202516 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202520 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 202414 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Sep 2024No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 202412 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202415 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 202420 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Dec 2023No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Nov 2023No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Oct 2023No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Sep 2023No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Aug 2023No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jul 2023No day measured. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jun 2023No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
May 2023No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Apr 20233 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202320 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jan 20231 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 9 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.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
January 2026 7924.0 µg/m³26 of 31274thof 2,617Europe, January and February 2026
Europe, December 2025 to January 2026
February 2025 7522.2 µg/m³24 of 28402ndof 2,633Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025
Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
February 2026 7321.0 µg/m³25 of 28517thof 2,866Europe, January and February 2026
March 2026 6416.2 µg/m³31 of 31748thof 2,971Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
February 2023 5813.1 µg/m³25 of 28472ndof 1,129Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023
December 2025 5712.1 µg/m³28 of 31963rdof 3,006Europe, December 2025 to January 2026

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.

Bitterfeld-Wolfen's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
24 Jan 2026 16980.8 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
6 Feb 2026 16574.9 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
25 Jan 2026 16270.6 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
23 Jan 2026 15560.6 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
11 Mar 2025 15256.5 µg/m³Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025
31 Mar 2024 15155.9 µg/m³Europe, March and April 2024
10 Jan 2024 15055.4 µg/m³Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024
13 Feb 2025 15055.3 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
9 Nov 2024 13649.8 µg/m³Europe, November 2024
10 Feb 2025 13348.3 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025

Daily means, the highest since 22 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany, 22 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/bitterfeld-wolfen/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Bitterfeld-Wolfen now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.

Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).