SmogRank / World / Germany / October 2025

Most polluted cities in Germany, October 2025

190 cities in Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Berlin at 8.9 µg/m³, #624 of 2,296 cities in the world. Cleanest: Königstein im Taunus at 3.3. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Berlin 8.9
Every city in Germany ranked for October 2025, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1BerlinState of Berlin
    49
  2. 2SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz
    47
  3. 2HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    47
  4. 4PassauBavaria
    47
  5. 5TeltowBrandenburg
    44
  6. 5AschaffenburgBavaria
    44
  7. 7MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    44
  8. 8DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    43
  9. 9IngolstadtBavaria
    42
  10. 10NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    42
  11. 10Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz
    42
  12. 12FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    41
  13. 13WormsRheinland-Pfalz
    40
  14. 14OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    39
  15. 14NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz
    39
  16. 14MühlhausenThuringia
    39
  17. 17WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    39
  18. 17DillingenSaarland
    39
  19. 19UlmBaden-Wurttemberg
    38
  20. 19TrierRheinland-Pfalz
    38
  21. 19Olpelow-cost sensorsNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    38
  22. 19BurghausenBavaria
    38
  23. 23DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    38
  24. 24StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg
    37
  25. 24KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    37
  26. 24GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    37
  27. 24EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    37
  28. 28UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    37
  29. 28MainzRheinland-Pfalz
    37
  30. 28LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    37
  31. 28LampertheimHesse
    37
  32. 28DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    37
  33. 28BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    37
  34. 34WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt
    36
  35. 34Neu-UlmBavaria
    36
  36. 34KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    36
  37. 34BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    36
  38. 34Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg
    36
  39. 39Schwandorf in BayernBavaria
    36
  40. 39OranienburgBrandenburg
    36
  41. 39LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    36
  42. 39KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg
    36
  43. 39JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    36
  44. 39HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg
    36
  45. 39EschbornHesse
    36
  46. 39BernburgSaxony-Anhalt
    36
  47. 39AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    36
  48. 39WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt
    36
  49. 49Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg
    35
  50. 49MunichBavaria
    35
  51. 49LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    35
  52. 49KasselHesse
    35
  53. 49KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg
    35
  54. 49JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    35
  55. 55WiesbadenHesse
    34
  56. 55TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    34
  57. 55SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    34
  58. 55MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    34
  59. 55LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg
    34
  60. 55KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz
    34
  61. 55Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg
    34
  62. 55DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    34
  63. 55Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg
    34
  64. 55AugsburgBavaria
    34
  65. 65Rüsselsheim am MainHesse
    34
  66. 65NurembergBavaria
    34
  67. 65NeuenhagenBrandenburg
    34
  68. 65Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria
    34
  69. 65KehlBaden-Wurttemberg
    34
  70. 65Frankfurt am MainHesse
    34
  71. 65EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg
    34
  72. 65FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg
    34
  73. 73PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    33
  74. 73OldenburgLower Saxony
    33
  75. 73MarktredwitzBavaria
    33
  76. 73Limburg an der LahnHesse
    33
  77. 73CottbusBrandenburg
    33
  78. 73Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg
    33
  79. 79WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    33
  80. 79GießenHesse
    33
  81. 79BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    33
  82. 82WürzburgBavaria
    32
  83. 82WetzlarHesse
    32
  84. 82WeidenBavaria
    32
  85. 82VölklingenSaarland
    32
  86. 82StendalSaxony-Anhalt
    32
  87. 82SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    32
  88. 82Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg
    32
  89. 82RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    32
  90. 82HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    32
  91. 82GroßostheimBavaria
    32
  92. 82GreizThuringia
    32
  93. 82Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg
    32
  94. 82AnsbachBavaria
    32
  95. 95WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    32
  96. 95SaarbrückenSaarland
    32
  97. 95Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg
    32
  98. 95DessauSaxony-Anhalt
    32
  99. 99PotsdamBrandenburg
    31
  100. 99MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    31
  101. 99MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt
    31
  102. 99MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    31
  103. 99Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt
    31
  104. 99DarmstadtHesse
    31
  105. 99AalenBaden-Wurttemberg
    31
  106. 106StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    31
  107. 106PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    31
  108. 106MichelstadtHesse
    31
  109. 106LuckenwaldeBrandenburg
    31
  110. 106KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz
    31
  111. 106HamburgHamburg
    31
  112. 112WalsrodeLower Saxony
    30
  113. 112Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg
    30
  114. 112SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    30
  115. 112ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    30
  116. 112RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    30
  117. 112NordhausenThuringia
    30
  118. 112NauenBrandenburg
    30
  119. 112MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    30
  120. 112HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    30
  121. 112Hanau am MainHesse
    30
  122. 112FriesoytheLower Saxony
    30
  123. 112EmdenLower Saxony
    30
  124. 112BensheimHesse
    30
  125. 125KleinmachnowBrandenburg
    29
  126. 125HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein
    29
  127. 125Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt
    29
  128. 125BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    29
  129. 129WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    29
  130. 129WeimarThuringia
    29
  131. 129StrausbergBrandenburg
    29
  132. 129NeuruppinBrandenburg
    29
  133. 129Marburg an der LahnHesse
    29
  134. 129JenaThuringia
    29
  135. 129BremenBremen
    29
  136. 129AltenburgThuringia
    29
  137. 137OsnabrückLower Saxony
    28
  138. 137KelheimBavaria
    28
  139. 137CuxhavenLower Saxony
    28
  140. 140WolfsburgLower Saxony
    28
  141. 140WittenbergeBrandenburg
    28
  142. 140WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg
    28
  143. 140LubnjowBrandenburg
    28
  144. 140LingenLower Saxony
    28
  145. 140HannoverLower Saxony
    28
  146. 140GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    28
  147. 140ErfurtThuringia
    28
  148. 140Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    28
  149. 140BuxtehudeLower Saxony
    28
  150. 140BraunschweigLower Saxony
    28
  151. 151ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt
    27
  152. 151WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt
    27
  153. 151HildesheimLower Saxony
    27
  154. 151HattersheimHesse
    27
  155. 151GeraThuringia
    27
  156. 151FuldaHesse
    27
  157. 151FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    27
  158. 151FalkenseeBrandenburg
    27
  159. 151Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    27
  160. 151BremerhavenBremen
    27
  161. 151BambergBavaria
    27
  162. 162Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt
    27
  163. 162RintelnLower Saxony
    27
  164. 162LüneburgLower Saxony
    27
  165. 162FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein
    27
  166. 162RiedstadtHesse
    27
  167. 162Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg
    27
  168. 168WilhelmshavenLower Saxony
    26
  169. 168KöthenSaxony-Anhalt
    26
  170. 168HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    26
  171. 171SalzgitterLower Saxony
    26
  172. 171HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt
    26
  173. 171EisenachThuringia
    26
  174. 171DelmenhorstLower Saxony
    26
  175. 175SuhlThuringia
    25
  176. 175GöttingenLower Saxony
    25
  177. 177OytenLower Saxony
    24
  178. 177MeiningenThuringia
    24
  179. 177ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein
    24
  180. 177Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg
    24
  181. 181UslarLower Saxony
    24
  182. 182DuderstadtLower Saxony
    23
  183. 183SondershausenThuringia
    22
  184. 184StarnbergBavaria
    22
  185. 185LübeckSchleswig-Holstein
    21
  186. 186KielSchleswig-Holstein
    21
  187. 187GoslarLower Saxony
    20
  188. 187Bad WildungenHesse
    20
  189. 189WitzenhausenHesse
    18
  190. 189Königstein im TaunusHesse
    18
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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