SmogRank / Countries / Germany / January 2026

Most polluted cities in Germany, January 2026

192 cities in Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Bernburg at 27.3 µg/m³, #149 of 2,047 cities in the world. Cleanest: Königstein im Taunus at 6.3. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1BernburgSaxony-Anhalt
    27.3
  2. 2EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg
    26.3
  3. 3Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt
    26.1
  4. 4PassauBavaria
    25.2
  5. 5Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz
    24.9
  6. 6OranienburgBrandenburg
    24.8
  7. 6BerlinState of Berlin
    24.8
  8. 8SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz
    24.7
  9. 8Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg
    24.7
  10. 8WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt
    24.7
  11. 11MühlhausenThuringia
    24.6
  12. 12ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt
    24.5
  13. 13TeltowBrandenburg
    24.4
  14. 13MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt
    24.4
  15. 15NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    24.2
  16. 16StendalSaxony-Anhalt
    24.0
  17. 16Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt
    24.0
  18. 18WormsRheinland-Pfalz
    23.9
  19. 18WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt
    23.9
  20. 20MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    23.7
  21. 21Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg
    23.6
  22. 22CottbusBrandenburg
    23.4
  23. 23HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg
    23.2
  24. 23HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt
    23.2
  25. 25Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    23.1
  26. 26NordhausenThuringia
    22.6
  27. 26HildesheimLower Saxony
    22.6
  28. 26Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg
    22.6
  29. 29Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg
    22.4
  30. 30MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    22.3
  31. 31LuckenwaldeBrandenburg
    21.7
  32. 32UlmBaden-Wurttemberg
    21.5
  33. 32TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    21.5
  34. 32SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    21.5
  35. 32BraunschweigLower Saxony
    21.5
  36. 36Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg
    21.4
  37. 37StrausbergBrandenburg
    21.3
  38. 37Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz
    21.3
  39. 37LubnjowBrandenburg
    21.3
  40. 40NauenBrandenburg
    21.2
  41. 41PotsdamBrandenburg
    21.1
  42. 42OldenburgLower Saxony
    21.0
  43. 43EschbornHesse
    20.9
  44. 44WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt
    20.8
  45. 45LandshutBavaria
    20.7
  46. 45Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg
    20.7
  47. 47WeimarThuringia
    20.6
  48. 47KöthenSaxony-Anhalt
    20.6
  49. 47HamburgHamburg
    20.6
  50. 50KasselHesse
    20.4
  51. 51Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg
    20.3
  52. 51NeuruppinBrandenburg
    20.3
  53. 53WolfsburgLower Saxony
    20.2
  54. 53SalzgitterLower Saxony
    20.2
  55. 53LampertheimHesse
    20.2
  56. 53GreizThuringia
    20.2
  57. 53FriesoytheLower Saxony
    20.2
  58. 58WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    20.1
  59. 58MainzRheinland-Pfalz
    20.1
  60. 58FalkenseeBrandenburg
    20.1
  61. 58ErfurtThuringia
    20.1
  62. 62IngolstadtBavaria
    20.0
  63. 63Limburg an der LahnHesse
    19.8
  64. 64KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg
    19.7
  65. 64AltenburgThuringia
    19.7
  66. 66WalsrodeLower Saxony
    19.6
  67. 66HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein
    19.6
  68. 66Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg
    19.6
  69. 69WiesbadenHesse
    19.5
  70. 69KehlBaden-Wurttemberg
    19.5
  71. 69HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    19.5
  72. 69HannoverLower Saxony
    19.5
  73. 69GeraThuringia
    19.5
  74. 69Frankfurt am MainHesse
    19.5
  75. 75UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    19.4
  76. 76WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg
    19.3
  77. 76Neu-UlmBavaria
    19.3
  78. 78ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    19.2
  79. 79StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg
    19.1
  80. 80Olpelow-cost sensorsNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    19.0
  81. 80NeuenhagenBrandenburg
    19.0
  82. 82GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    18.9
  83. 83StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    18.8
  84. 83Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt
    18.8
  85. 83RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    18.8
  86. 83LüneburgLower Saxony
    18.8
  87. 83EisenachThuringia
    18.8
  88. 88WittenbergeBrandenburg
    18.7
  89. 88Marburg an der LahnHesse
    18.7
  90. 88BuxtehudeLower Saxony
    18.7
  91. 91Rüsselsheim am MainHesse
    18.6
  92. 92WetzlarHesse
    18.5
  93. 92EmdenLower Saxony
    18.5
  94. 92BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    18.5
  95. 92AugsburgBavaria
    18.5
  96. 96KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz
    18.4
  97. 96DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    18.4
  98. 98MunichBavaria
    18.3
  99. 98MichelstadtHesse
    18.3
  100. 98LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    18.3
  101. 98FuldaHesse
    18.3
  102. 98DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    18.3
  103. 98BensheimHesse
    18.3
  104. 104JenaThuringia
    18.2
  105. 104GießenHesse
    18.2
  106. 104BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    18.2
  107. 107RintelnLower Saxony
    18.1
  108. 107DillingenSaarland
    18.1
  109. 107DarmstadtHesse
    18.1
  110. 110MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    18.0
  111. 110GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    18.0
  112. 112Hanau am MainHesse
    17.9
  113. 113OsnabrückLower Saxony
    17.7
  114. 113KleinmachnowBrandenburg
    17.7
  115. 113BremenBremen
    17.7
  116. 116DuderstadtLower Saxony
    17.6
  117. 117WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    17.5
  118. 118OytenLower Saxony
    17.4
  119. 118OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    17.4
  120. 118LingenLower Saxony
    17.4
  121. 121WilhelmshavenLower Saxony
    17.3
  122. 121GöttingenLower Saxony
    17.3
  123. 121CuxhavenLower Saxony
    17.3
  124. 121AnsbachBavaria
    17.3
  125. 125KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz
    17.2
  126. 125Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria
    17.2
  127. 125HattersheimHesse
    17.2
  128. 128DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    17.1
  129. 128BambergBavaria
    17.1
  130. 128FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg
    17.1
  131. 131JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    16.8
  132. 132KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    16.7
  133. 132BurghausenBavaria
    16.7
  134. 134TraunreutBavaria
    16.6
  135. 134FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    16.6
  136. 134DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    16.6
  137. 137HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    16.5
  138. 137BremerhavenBremen
    16.5
  139. 137RiedstadtHesse
    16.5
  140. 140PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    16.4
  141. 140LindauBavaria
    16.4
  142. 140EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    16.4
  143. 143KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    16.3
  144. 143GroßostheimBavaria
    16.3
  145. 145NurembergBavaria
    16.2
  146. 146SondershausenThuringia
    16.1
  147. 147WürzburgBavaria
    16.0
  148. 147Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    16.0
  149. 147BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    16.0
  150. 150VölklingenSaarland
    15.8
  151. 150LübeckSchleswig-Holstein
    15.8
  152. 150ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein
    15.8
  153. 150GoslarLower Saxony
    15.8
  154. 154MarktredwitzBavaria
    15.7
  155. 154BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.7
  156. 156TrierRheinland-Pfalz
    15.6
  157. 156MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.6
  158. 156AschaffenburgBavaria
    15.6
  159. 156AalenBaden-Wurttemberg
    15.6
  160. 160WeidenBavaria
    15.5
  161. 161Schwandorf in BayernBavaria
    15.4
  162. 161LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.4
  163. 163JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.2
  164. 163DelmenhorstLower Saxony
    15.2
  165. 165SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.1
  166. 165SaarbrückenSaarland
    15.1
  167. 165RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.1
  168. 165PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.1
  169. 169KelheimBavaria
    15.0
  170. 169Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg
    15.0
  171. 171MeiningenThuringia
    14.8
  172. 172HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.6
  173. 172Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.6
  174. 174UslarLower Saxony
    14.2
  175. 175LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.1
  176. 176WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.0
  177. 177SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.7
  178. 178HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    13.4
  179. 179Bad WildungenHesse
    13.0
  180. 180KielSchleswig-Holstein
    12.7
  181. 181WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.2
  182. 182FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.1
  183. 183MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.5
  184. 184LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.3
  185. 184AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.3
  186. 186SuhlThuringia
    11.2
  187. 187WitzenhausenHesse
    10.9
  188. 187FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein
    10.9
  189. 189StarnbergBavaria
    10.6
  190. 190Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.5
  191. 191BendorfRheinland-Pfalz
    10.1
  192. 192Königstein im TaunusHesse
    6.3
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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