SmogRank / World / Germany / December 2023

Most polluted cities in Germany, December 2023

166 cities in Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Passau at 14.4 µg/m³, #243 of 1,889 cities in the world. Cleanest: Königstein im Taunus at 2.6. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Passau 14.4
Every city in Germany ranked for December 2023, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1PassauBavaria
    14.4
  2. 2EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg
    13.8
  3. 3Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg
    13.5
  4. 4TeltowBrandenburg
    13.4
  5. 4BerlinState of Berlin
    13.4
  6. 6StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    13.2
  7. 7RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    13.0
  8. 8WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    12.6
  9. 9Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg
    12.1
  10. 10Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg
    11.8
  11. 11GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    11.7
  12. 12KielSchleswig-Holstein
    11.3
  13. 13NeuenhagenBrandenburg
    11.2
  14. 14WormsRheinland-Pfalz
    11.1
  15. 14HamburgHamburg
    11.1
  16. 16WürzburgBavaria
    10.9
  17. 16EberswaldeBrandenburg
    10.9
  18. 18MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.6
  19. 18BurghausenBavaria
    10.6
  20. 20OldenburgLower Saxony
    10.5
  21. 21NeuruppinBrandenburg
    10.4
  22. 21WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt
    10.4
  23. 23SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz
    10.3
  24. 24LübeckSchleswig-Holstein
    10.2
  25. 24CottbusBrandenburg
    10.2
  26. 26StrausbergBrandenburg
    10.1
  27. 26KleinmachnowBrandenburg
    10.1
  28. 26ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein
    10.1
  29. 29KelheimBavaria
    10.0
  30. 29BensheimHesse
    10.0
  31. 31PotsdamBrandenburg
    9.9
  32. 31BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.9
  33. 33DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.8
  34. 34Hanau am MainHesse
    9.7
  35. 34DelmenhorstLower Saxony
    9.7
  36. 36Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz
    9.6
  37. 36GroßostheimBavaria
    9.6
  38. 36GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.6
  39. 36FalkenseeBrandenburg
    9.6
  40. 40MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.5
  41. 40FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein
    9.5
  42. 40EschbornHesse
    9.5
  43. 40Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg
    9.5
  44. 40AnsbachBavaria
    9.5
  45. 45WeidenBavaria
    9.4
  46. 45UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.4
  47. 45KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.4
  48. 45HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.4
  49. 45Frankfurt am MainHesse
    9.4
  50. 45BremenBremen
    9.4
  51. 51TraunreutBavaria
    9.3
  52. 51Rüsselsheim am MainHesse
    9.3
  53. 53NauenBrandenburg
    9.2
  54. 53MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    9.2
  55. 53KasselHesse
    9.2
  56. 53FriesoytheLower Saxony
    9.2
  57. 53Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.2
  58. 53Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg
    9.2
  59. 59SaarbrückenSaarland
    9.0
  60. 59LindauBavaria
    9.0
  61. 59DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.0
  62. 59CoburgBavaria
    9.0
  63. 63OsnabrückLower Saxony
    8.9
  64. 63OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.9
  65. 63GießenHesse
    8.9
  66. 63Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz
    8.9
  67. 67Neu-UlmBavaria
    8.8
  68. 67MühlhausenThuringia
    8.8
  69. 67LampertheimHesse
    8.8
  70. 67KehlBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.8
  71. 67DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.8
  72. 67BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.8
  73. 73WittenbergeBrandenburg
    8.7
  74. 73Schwandorf in BayernBavaria
    8.7
  75. 73HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.7
  76. 73DarmstadtHesse
    8.7
  77. 77TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.6
  78. 77MichelstadtHesse
    8.6
  79. 77Marburg an der LahnHesse
    8.6
  80. 77LubnjowBrandenburg
    8.6
  81. 77KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.6
  82. 77BremerhavenBremen
    8.6
  83. 83WiesbadenHesse
    8.5
  84. 83TrierRheinland-Pfalz
    8.5
  85. 83StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.5
  86. 83BambergBavaria
    8.5
  87. 83AugsburgBavaria
    8.5
  88. 88WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.4
  89. 88WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.4
  90. 88NurembergBavaria
    8.4
  91. 88LingenLower Saxony
    8.4
  92. 88KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.4
  93. 93MarktredwitzBavaria
    8.3
  94. 93Limburg an der LahnHesse
    8.3
  95. 93FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.3
  96. 93DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.3
  97. 93BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.3
  98. 93AschaffenburgBavaria
    8.3
  99. 99UlmBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.2
  100. 99HannoverLower Saxony
    8.2
  101. 99GreizThuringia
    8.2
  102. 99BergheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.2
  103. 103WilhelmshavenLower Saxony
    8.1
  104. 103RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.1
  105. 103NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz
    8.1
  106. 106LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.0
  107. 106HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.0
  108. 106Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt
    8.0
  109. 106FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.0
  110. 110SuhlThuringia
    7.9
  111. 110KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.9
  112. 110KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz
    7.9
  113. 110AalenBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.9
  114. 114OytenLower Saxony
    7.8
  115. 114MainzRheinland-Pfalz
    7.8
  116. 116LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.7
  117. 116EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.7
  118. 118LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.6
  119. 118FuldaHesse
    7.6
  120. 118Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.6
  121. 121Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt
    7.5
  122. 121MunichBavaria
    7.5
  123. 123RintelnLower Saxony
    7.4
  124. 123NordhausenThuringia
    7.4
  125. 123Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    7.4
  126. 126BraunschweigLower Saxony
    7.3
  127. 126AltenburgThuringia
    7.3
  128. 128LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.2
  129. 128JenaThuringia
    7.2
  130. 128HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.2
  131. 131ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.1
  132. 131KöthenSaxony-Anhalt
    7.1
  133. 131Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria
    7.1
  134. 131JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.1
  135. 131JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.1
  136. 136MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.0
  137. 136GeraThuringia
    7.0
  138. 136BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.0
  139. 139HildesheimLower Saxony
    6.9
  140. 140WeimarThuringia
    6.8
  141. 140HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    6.8
  142. 140Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg
    6.8
  143. 143KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz
    6.7
  144. 144SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    6.6
  145. 144SalzgitterLower Saxony
    6.6
  146. 146SaalfeldThuringia
    6.5
  147. 146MeiningenThuringia
    6.5
  148. 148AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    6.4
  149. 149WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt
    6.3
  150. 149PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    6.3
  151. 149GöttingenLower Saxony
    6.3
  152. 149EisenachThuringia
    6.3
  153. 153ErfurtThuringia
    6.2
  154. 153Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg
    6.2
  155. 155SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    6.1
  156. 156HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt
    6.0
  157. 157FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    5.6
  158. 158WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    5.4
  159. 159Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg
    5.0
  160. 160MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    4.8
  161. 161GoslarLower Saxony
    4.5
  162. 162NetphenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    4.0
  163. 163WitzenhausenHesse
    3.9
  164. 164StarnbergBavaria
    3.4
  165. 164BendorfRheinland-Pfalz
    3.4
  166. 166Königstein im TaunusHesse
    2.6
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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