SmogRank / Countries / Germany / January 2025

Most polluted cities in Germany, January 2025

189 cities in Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Ingolstadt at 18.9 µg/m³, #183 of 1,937 cities in the world. Cleanest: Königstein im Taunus at 3.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1IngolstadtBavaria
    18.9
  2. 2PassauBavaria
    18.3
  3. 3AugsburgBavaria
    16.0
  4. 4TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    15.6
  5. 5Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria
    15.0
  6. 6MunichBavaria
    14.8
  7. 6BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.8
  8. 8HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.5
  9. 9MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.4
  10. 10StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.3
  11. 11DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.2
  12. 12OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.1
  13. 12LampertheimHesse
    14.1
  14. 14KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.0
  15. 14FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.0
  16. 16KehlBaden-Wurttemberg
    13.9
  17. 16GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.9
  18. 18Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg
    13.6
  19. 19DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.5
  20. 19DillingenSaarland
    13.5
  21. 19BensheimHesse
    13.5
  22. 19BambergBavaria
    13.5
  23. 23UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.3
  24. 23Neu-UlmBavaria
    13.3
  25. 23DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.3
  26. 26MainzRheinland-Pfalz
    13.2
  27. 26KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.2
  28. 28TraunreutBavaria
    13.1
  29. 28TeltowBrandenburg
    13.1
  30. 28ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    13.1
  31. 31EschbornHesse
    13.0
  32. 32UlmBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.9
  33. 32EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.9
  34. 34NurembergBavaria
    12.8
  35. 35Frankfurt am MainHesse
    12.6
  36. 35DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.6
  37. 35BurghausenBavaria
    12.6
  38. 38SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz
    12.5
  39. 38GroßostheimBavaria
    12.5
  40. 40HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.4
  41. 40BerlinState of Berlin
    12.4
  42. 42WiesbadenHesse
    12.3
  43. 42LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.3
  44. 42AnsbachBavaria
    12.3
  45. 45VölklingenSaarland
    12.2
  46. 46WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.0
  47. 46SaarbrückenSaarland
    12.0
  48. 46MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.0
  49. 46Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz
    12.0
  50. 46LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.0
  51. 46LindauBavaria
    12.0
  52. 52WürzburgBavaria
    11.9
  53. 53WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.8
  54. 53Schwandorf in BayernBavaria
    11.8
  55. 53KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.8
  56. 56Rüsselsheim am MainHesse
    11.7
  57. 56FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.7
  58. 58MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.6
  59. 58Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.6
  60. 60RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.5
  61. 60PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.5
  62. 60KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.5
  63. 63LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.4
  64. 63BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.4
  65. 65KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz
    11.3
  66. 65AalenBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.3
  67. 67HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.2
  68. 67GießenHesse
    11.2
  69. 69WeidenBavaria
    11.1
  70. 70WetzlarHesse
    11.0
  71. 70KelheimBavaria
    11.0
  72. 70FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.0
  73. 70RiedstadtHesse
    11.0
  74. 70Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.0
  75. 75PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.9
  76. 75MarktredwitzBavaria
    10.9
  77. 75KasselHesse
    10.9
  78. 75DarmstadtHesse
    10.9
  79. 79HattersheimHesse
    10.8
  80. 79Hanau am MainHesse
    10.8
  81. 79EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg
    10.8
  82. 82JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.7
  83. 83TrierRheinland-Pfalz
    10.6
  84. 83OldenburgLower Saxony
    10.6
  85. 83JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.6
  86. 86Limburg an der LahnHesse
    10.5
  87. 86Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg
    10.5
  88. 88CottbusBrandenburg
    10.4
  89. 89WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.3
  90. 89Marburg an der LahnHesse
    10.3
  91. 89HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.3
  92. 89DessauSaxony-Anhalt
    10.3
  93. 89BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.3
  94. 89Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.3
  95. 95MühlhausenThuringia
    10.2
  96. 95MichelstadtHesse
    10.2
  97. 95AschaffenburgBavaria
    10.2
  98. 98OranienburgBrandenburg
    10.1
  99. 98Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.1
  100. 98Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz
    10.1
  101. 101SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.9
  102. 101NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    9.9
  103. 101HamburgHamburg
    9.9
  104. 101FriesoytheLower Saxony
    9.9
  105. 105BremenBremen
    9.8
  106. 105WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt
    9.8
  107. 107WalsrodeLower Saxony
    9.7
  108. 107HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein
    9.7
  109. 107GreizThuringia
    9.7
  110. 110LuckenwaldeBrandenburg
    9.6
  111. 110BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.6
  112. 110Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg
    9.6
  113. 113OsnabrückLower Saxony
    9.4
  114. 113Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg
    9.4
  115. 113BernburgSaxony-Anhalt
    9.4
  116. 116Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg
    9.3
  117. 116MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.3
  118. 118LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.2
  119. 119SaalfeldThuringia
    9.1
  120. 120StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    9.0
  121. 120RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    9.0
  122. 120LubnjowBrandenburg
    9.0
  123. 120FuldaHesse
    9.0
  124. 120Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg
    9.0
  125. 125SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    8.9
  126. 125PotsdamBrandenburg
    8.9
  127. 127WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    8.8
  128. 127StrausbergBrandenburg
    8.8
  129. 127NordhausenThuringia
    8.8
  130. 127Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg
    8.8
  131. 131OytenLower Saxony
    8.7
  132. 132MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    8.6
  133. 132BremerhavenBremen
    8.6
  134. 134FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein
    8.5
  135. 134AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.5
  136. 136SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.4
  137. 136GeraThuringia
    8.4
  138. 136AltenburgThuringia
    8.4
  139. 139NeuenhagenBrandenburg
    8.3
  140. 139EmdenLower Saxony
    8.3
  141. 139BuxtehudeLower Saxony
    8.3
  142. 142SuhlThuringia
    8.2
  143. 142LingenLower Saxony
    8.2
  144. 144WilhelmshavenLower Saxony
    8.1
  145. 144KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz
    8.1
  146. 144Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt
    8.1
  147. 147WeimarThuringia
    8.0
  148. 147NauenBrandenburg
    8.0
  149. 147GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    8.0
  150. 147FalkenseeBrandenburg
    8.0
  151. 151ErfurtThuringia
    7.9
  152. 152WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt
    7.8
  153. 152JenaThuringia
    7.8
  154. 152HannoverLower Saxony
    7.8
  155. 152DelmenhorstLower Saxony
    7.8
  156. 152Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt
    7.8
  157. 157NeuruppinBrandenburg
    7.6
  158. 157KöthenSaxony-Anhalt
    7.6
  159. 157CuxhavenLower Saxony
    7.6
  160. 160WolfsburgLower Saxony
    7.5
  161. 160WittenbergeBrandenburg
    7.5
  162. 160EisenachThuringia
    7.5
  163. 163WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt
    7.4
  164. 163KleinmachnowBrandenburg
    7.4
  165. 163KielSchleswig-Holstein
    7.4
  166. 163HildesheimLower Saxony
    7.4
  167. 167BraunschweigLower Saxony
    7.3
  168. 168ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein
    7.2
  169. 169Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.1
  170. 169GöttingenLower Saxony
    7.1
  171. 171LüneburgLower Saxony
    7.0
  172. 171LübeckSchleswig-Holstein
    7.0
  173. 173RintelnLower Saxony
    6.9
  174. 173MeiningenThuringia
    6.9
  175. 173HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt
    6.9
  176. 173DuderstadtLower Saxony
    6.9
  177. 177WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    6.8
  178. 177Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt
    6.8
  179. 179Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    6.7
  180. 180SalzgitterLower Saxony
    6.6
  181. 181StarnbergBavaria
    6.3
  182. 182UslarLower Saxony
    5.1
  183. 182SondershausenThuringia
    5.1
  184. 184GoslarLower Saxony
    4.7
  185. 185Bad WildungenHesse
    4.3
  186. 186WitzenhausenHesse
    3.7
  187. 186NetphenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    3.7
  188. 188BendorfRheinland-Pfalz
    3.5
  189. 189Königstein im TaunusHesse
    3.2
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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