SmogRank / Countries / Germany / May 2023

Most polluted cities in Germany, May 2023

159 cities in Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Krefeld at 14.6 µg/m³, #74 of 1,267 cities in the world. Cleanest: Lübeck at 6.7. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.6
  2. 2DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.4
  3. 3DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.1
  4. 4JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.5
  5. 4EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.5
  6. 6DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.2
  7. 7GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.1
  8. 8AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.0
  9. 9TeltowBrandenburg
    10.9
  10. 10SolingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.7
  11. 10HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.7
  12. 12WeidenBavaria
    10.6
  13. 13NordhausenThuringia
    10.5
  14. 13KielSchleswig-Holstein
    10.5
  15. 13JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.5
  16. 16WormsRheinland-Pfalz
    10.4
  17. 16TrierRheinland-Pfalz
    10.4
  18. 16OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.4
  19. 16MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.4
  20. 16Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt
    10.4
  21. 16DelmenhorstLower Saxony
    10.4
  22. 16BergheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.4
  23. 23UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.2
  24. 23Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz
    10.2
  25. 23DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.2
  26. 26KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.1
  27. 26BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.1
  28. 28HildesheimLower Saxony
    10.0
  29. 28HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt
    10.0
  30. 28BerlinState of Berlin
    10.0
  31. 31OldenburgLower Saxony
    9.9
  32. 31MühlhausenThuringia
    9.9
  33. 31MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.9
  34. 31KasselHesse
    9.9
  35. 31GreizThuringia
    9.9
  36. 36SaalfeldThuringia
    9.8
  37. 36MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    9.8
  38. 36Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    9.8
  39. 36BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.8
  40. 40OsnabrückLower Saxony
    9.7
  41. 40GroßostheimBavaria
    9.7
  42. 40EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg
    9.7
  43. 43MunichBavaria
    9.6
  44. 44SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz
    9.5
  45. 44MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.5
  46. 44FriesoytheLower Saxony
    9.5
  47. 44Frankfurt am MainHesse
    9.5
  48. 48WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt
    9.4
  49. 48StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.4
  50. 48PassauBavaria
    9.4
  51. 48NauenBrandenburg
    9.4
  52. 48Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg
    9.4
  53. 48CottbusBrandenburg
    9.4
  54. 48BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.4
  55. 55NurembergBavaria
    9.3
  56. 55KöthenSaxony-Anhalt
    9.3
  57. 55HamburgHamburg
    9.3
  58. 58RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    9.2
  59. 58Neu-UlmBavaria
    9.2
  60. 58LingenLower Saxony
    9.2
  61. 58KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz
    9.2
  62. 58KehlBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.2
  63. 58Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz
    9.2
  64. 58WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt
    9.2
  65. 65WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    9.1
  66. 65UlmBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.1
  67. 65RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.1
  68. 65NeuenhagenBrandenburg
    9.1
  69. 65LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.1
  70. 65Limburg an der LahnHesse
    9.1
  71. 65ErfurtThuringia
    9.1
  72. 65BremerhavenBremen
    9.1
  73. 65AltenburgThuringia
    9.1
  74. 65Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg
    9.1
  75. 75WeimarThuringia
    9.0
  76. 75ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.0
  77. 75PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.0
  78. 75NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz
    9.0
  79. 75BendorfRheinland-Pfalz
    9.0
  80. 75AnsbachBavaria
    9.0
  81. 81WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.9
  82. 81Schwandorf in BayernBavaria
    8.9
  83. 81MarktredwitzBavaria
    8.9
  84. 81MainzRheinland-Pfalz
    8.9
  85. 81KelheimBavaria
    8.9
  86. 81JenaThuringia
    8.9
  87. 81HannoverLower Saxony
    8.9
  88. 81BurghausenBavaria
    8.9
  89. 81Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg
    8.9
  90. 90TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.8
  91. 90PotsdamBrandenburg
    8.8
  92. 90OytenLower Saxony
    8.8
  93. 90LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.8
  94. 90Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria
    8.8
  95. 90Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg
    8.8
  96. 90AugsburgBavaria
    8.8
  97. 90FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.8
  98. 98LubnjowBrandenburg
    8.7
  99. 98HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.7
  100. 98FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.7
  101. 98EschbornHesse
    8.7
  102. 98BensheimHesse
    8.7
  103. 103WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.6
  104. 103SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.6
  105. 103GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    8.6
  106. 103GießenHesse
    8.6
  107. 103EberswaldeBrandenburg
    8.6
  108. 103BambergBavaria
    8.6
  109. 109LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.5
  110. 109LampertheimHesse
    8.5
  111. 109ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein
    8.5
  112. 109GöttingenLower Saxony
    8.5
  113. 109DarmstadtHesse
    8.5
  114. 109Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.5
  115. 115TraunreutBavaria
    8.4
  116. 115LindauBavaria
    8.4
  117. 115HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.4
  118. 115FuldaHesse
    8.4
  119. 115FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein
    8.4
  120. 115FalkenseeBrandenburg
    8.4
  121. 121StarnbergBavaria
    8.3
  122. 121Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg
    8.3
  123. 121LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.3
  124. 121KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.3
  125. 121BraunschweigLower Saxony
    8.3
  126. 121AalenBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.3
  127. 127WiesbadenHesse
    8.2
  128. 127SaarbrückenSaarland
    8.2
  129. 127KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.2
  130. 127CoburgBavaria
    8.2
  131. 131WürzburgBavaria
    8.1
  132. 131WilhelmshavenLower Saxony
    8.1
  133. 131SalzgitterLower Saxony
    8.1
  134. 131Rüsselsheim am MainHesse
    8.1
  135. 131NeuruppinBrandenburg
    8.1
  136. 131MarsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.1
  137. 131HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.1
  138. 138SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.0
  139. 138KleinmachnowBrandenburg
    8.0
  140. 138EisenachThuringia
    8.0
  141. 141StrausbergBrandenburg
    7.9
  142. 141HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.9
  143. 143StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    7.8
  144. 143RintelnLower Saxony
    7.8
  145. 143Marburg an der LahnHesse
    7.8
  146. 143BremenBremen
    7.8
  147. 147WittenbergeBrandenburg
    7.7
  148. 147WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.7
  149. 149MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.6
  150. 149FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.6
  151. 149Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.6
  152. 149AschaffenburgBavaria
    7.6
  153. 153Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.3
  154. 153Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.3
  155. 155GoslarLower Saxony
    7.2
  156. 155Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.2
  157. 157NetphenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.1
  158. 158MeiningenThuringia
    6.8
  159. 159LübeckSchleswig-Holstein
    6.7
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+

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