SmogRank / Countries / Germany / February 2026

Most polluted cities in Germany, February 2026

197 cities in Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 28 days. Worst: Bernburg at 25.0 µg/m³, #229 of 2,251 cities in the world. Cleanest: Bendorf at 3.3. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

  1. 1BernburgSaxony-Anhalt
    25.0
  2. 2EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg
    23.9
  3. 3Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    23.3
  4. 4BerlinState of Berlin
    23.1
  5. 5LubnjowBrandenburg
    23.0
  6. 6WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt
    22.8
  7. 7TeltowBrandenburg
    22.7
  8. 8DessauSaxony-Anhalt
    22.6
  9. 9Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt
    22.4
  10. 10MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    22.3
  11. 10CottbusBrandenburg
    22.3
  12. 12NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    22.2
  13. 13WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt
    21.8
  14. 13LuckenwaldeBrandenburg
    21.8
  15. 15StendalSaxony-Anhalt
    21.7
  16. 15HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt
    21.7
  17. 15Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg
    21.7
  18. 18OranienburgBrandenburg
    21.3
  19. 18Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg
    21.3
  20. 20Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg
    21.2
  21. 21Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt
    21.0
  22. 21Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg
    21.0
  23. 23MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt
    20.5
  24. 24SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    20.4
  25. 25PotsdamBrandenburg
    20.3
  26. 26HamburgHamburg
    20.2
  27. 27OldenburgLower Saxony
    20.0
  28. 28Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg
    19.8
  29. 29WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    19.7
  30. 29NauenBrandenburg
    19.7
  31. 31ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt
    19.4
  32. 31Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg
    19.4
  33. 33HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein
    19.2
  34. 34KöthenSaxony-Anhalt
    19.1
  35. 35StrausbergBrandenburg
    18.8
  36. 36FalkenseeBrandenburg
    18.7
  37. 37FriesoytheLower Saxony
    18.6
  38. 38WolfsburgLower Saxony
    18.5
  39. 39MühlhausenThuringia
    18.4
  40. 40BuxtehudeLower Saxony
    18.3
  41. 41WalsrodeLower Saxony
    18.2
  42. 41NeuruppinBrandenburg
    18.2
  43. 43GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    18.0
  44. 44Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt
    17.9
  45. 45NeuenhagenBrandenburg
    17.8
  46. 45BraunschweigLower Saxony
    17.8
  47. 47HannoverLower Saxony
    17.4
  48. 47CuxhavenLower Saxony
    17.4
  49. 49WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt
    17.3
  50. 50LüneburgLower Saxony
    17.2
  51. 51RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    17.1
  52. 51NordhausenThuringia
    17.1
  53. 53WittenbergeBrandenburg
    17.0
  54. 53HildesheimLower Saxony
    17.0
  55. 53EmdenLower Saxony
    17.0
  56. 56KleinmachnowBrandenburg
    16.8
  57. 57WeimarThuringia
    16.6
  58. 58OytenLower Saxony
    16.2
  59. 59StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    16.1
  60. 59LübeckSchleswig-Holstein
    16.1
  61. 61ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein
    16.0
  62. 62PassauBavaria
    15.7
  63. 63ErfurtThuringia
    15.6
  64. 63BremenBremen
    15.6
  65. 65WilhelmshavenLower Saxony
    15.4
  66. 66SalzgitterLower Saxony
    15.3
  67. 66AltenburgThuringia
    15.3
  68. 68OsnabrückLower Saxony
    15.2
  69. 69RintelnLower Saxony
    15.0
  70. 70BremerhavenBremen
    14.9
  71. 71LingenLower Saxony
    14.8
  72. 72JenaThuringia
    14.7
  73. 73GoslarLower Saxony
    14.5
  74. 73BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.5
  75. 75MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.4
  76. 76GeraThuringia
    14.3
  77. 77EisenachThuringia
    14.2
  78. 78KasselHesse
    14.1
  79. 78DuderstadtLower Saxony
    14.1
  80. 80GreizThuringia
    14.0
  81. 80DelmenhorstLower Saxony
    14.0
  82. 82Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz
    13.9
  83. 83GöttingenLower Saxony
    13.7
  84. 83DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.7
  85. 85KielSchleswig-Holstein
    13.3
  86. 86WormsRheinland-Pfalz
    13.2
  87. 87UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.9
  88. 88FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein
    12.8
  89. 88BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.8
  90. 90MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.5
  91. 91FuldaHesse
    12.4
  92. 92Marburg an der LahnHesse
    12.3
  93. 92DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.3
  94. 94NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz
    12.2
  95. 94EschbornHesse
    12.2
  96. 96Olpelow-cost sensorsNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.0
  97. 96BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.0
  98. 98UlmBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.9
  99. 99SondershausenThuringia
    11.8
  100. 99Füssenlow-cost sensorsBavaria
    11.8
  101. 101SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz
    11.6
  102. 101Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz
    11.6
  103. 101GießenHesse
    11.6
  104. 104WetzlarHesse
    11.5
  105. 105UslarLower Saxony
    11.4
  106. 105Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.4
  107. 105MainzRheinland-Pfalz
    11.4
  108. 105GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.4
  109. 105Frankfurt am MainHesse
    11.4
  110. 110WiesbadenHesse
    11.3
  111. 110KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.3
  112. 110HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.3
  113. 113StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.2
  114. 113HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.2
  115. 115OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.0
  116. 115Limburg an der LahnHesse
    11.0
  117. 117DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.9
  118. 118WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.8
  119. 118LindauBavaria
    10.8
  120. 118FreilassingBavaria
    10.8
  121. 118DillingenSaarland
    10.8
  122. 122Rüsselsheim am MainHesse
    10.7
  123. 122KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.7
  124. 124KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz
    10.6
  125. 124BurghausenBavaria
    10.6
  126. 126LandshutBavaria
    10.5
  127. 126LampertheimHesse
    10.5
  128. 128IngolstadtBavaria
    10.4
  129. 129EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    10.3
  130. 130MarktredwitzBavaria
    10.2
  131. 130KehlBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.2
  132. 132FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.1
  133. 133TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.0
  134. 133AugsburgBavaria
    10.0
  135. 133Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.0
  136. 136MunichBavaria
    9.9
  137. 136LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.9
  138. 138SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.8
  139. 139SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.7
  140. 139Neu-UlmBavaria
    9.7
  141. 139HattersheimHesse
    9.7
  142. 139DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.7
  143. 143Hanau am MainHesse
    9.6
  144. 144WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.5
  145. 144JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.5
  146. 144HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.5
  147. 147Schwandorf in BayernBavaria
    9.4
  148. 147KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.4
  149. 147DarmstadtHesse
    9.4
  150. 150WeidenBavaria
    9.3
  151. 150WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.3
  152. 150ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.3
  153. 150BensheimHesse
    9.3
  154. 150Bad WildungenHesse
    9.3
  155. 155WürzburgBavaria
    9.2
  156. 155KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz
    9.2
  157. 157PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.1
  158. 157HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.1
  159. 157Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg
    9.1
  160. 157AnsbachBavaria
    9.1
  161. 161WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    9.0
  162. 161SaarbrückenSaarland
    9.0
  163. 163VölklingenSaarland
    8.9
  164. 163MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.9
  165. 163MeiningenThuringia
    8.9
  166. 163KelheimBavaria
    8.9
  167. 167PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.8
  168. 167NurembergBavaria
    8.8
  169. 167MichelstadtHesse
    8.8
  170. 167LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.8
  171. 167FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.8
  172. 172TrierRheinland-Pfalz
    8.7
  173. 172BambergBavaria
    8.7
  174. 174RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.6
  175. 174Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.6
  176. 174BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.6
  177. 174AschaffenburgBavaria
    8.6
  178. 174RiedstadtHesse
    8.6
  179. 179TraunreutBavaria
    8.5
  180. 179Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.5
  181. 181AalenBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.4
  182. 182KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.2
  183. 182GroßostheimBavaria
    8.2
  184. 184LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg
    8.0
  185. 184JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    8.0
  186. 186MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.8
  187. 187SuhlThuringia
    7.5
  188. 188LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.4
  189. 189Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria
    7.3
  190. 190FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    7.1
  191. 191AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    7.0
  192. 192WitzenhausenHesse
    6.9
  193. 193HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    6.8
  194. 194StarnbergBavaria
    6.1
  195. 195Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg
    5.4
  196. 196Königstein im TaunusHesse
    3.5
  197. 197BendorfRheinland-Pfalz
    3.3
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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