SmogRank / Germany / Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Bützow
Bützow, month by month
Bützow has a measured daily mean on 1,012 days since 14 February 2023. Its worst month was January 2026, at 68 US AQI (18.3 µg/m³), 546th of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 28 US AQI (5.0 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 48 US AQI (8.7 µg/m³), against 48 US AQI (8.6 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
13 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 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. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 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. |
| 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. |
| Oct 2023 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2023 | 1 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2023 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2023 | 2 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 13 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Bützow's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 6818.3 µg/m³ | 546thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2026 | 6617.3 µg/m³ | 670thof 2,866 | Germany, Poland and Czechia, February 2026 Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2025 | 6616.9 µg/m³ | 766thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| March 2025 | 6516.8 µg/m³ | 786thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more |
| March 2026 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 1,154thof 2,971 | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| December 2023 | 5612.0 µg/m³ | 438thof 2,247 | Europe, December 2023 |
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.
Bützow's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec 2023 | 15358.4 µg/m³ | Europe, December 2023 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 15358.2 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 7 Dec 2023 | 13348.4 µg/m³ | Europe, December 2023 |
| 3 Mar 2024 | 11239.8 µg/m³ | Europe, February and March 2024 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 11139.5 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Mar 2025 | 11039.0 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | 10838.4 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 10838.2 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 13 Feb 2025 | 10637.4 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 6 Feb 2026 | 10336.2 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
Daily means, the highest since 14 Feb 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, Bützow, Germany, 14 Feb 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/buetzow/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Bützow 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).