SmogRank / World / Germany / March 2026

Most polluted cities in Germany, March 2026

196 cities in Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Bernburg at 18.2 µg/m³, #364 of 2,318 cities in the world. Cleanest: Bendorf at 8.4. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Bernburg 18.2
Every city in Germany ranked for March 2026, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1BernburgSaxony-Anhalt
    18.2
  2. 2Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz
    18.0
  3. 3TeltowBrandenburg
    17.4
  4. 4BerlinState of Berlin
    17.2
  5. 5WormsRheinland-Pfalz
    17.1
  6. 6DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    16.9
  7. 7NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    16.6
  8. 7MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    16.6
  9. 9FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    16.5
  10. 10ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt
    16.4
  11. 11HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg
    16.3
  12. 11Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt
    16.3
  13. 13Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt
    16.2
  14. 14OranienburgBrandenburg
    15.9
  15. 14DessauSaxony-Anhalt
    15.9
  16. 14DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.9
  17. 17UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.8
  18. 17UlmBaden-Wurttemberg
    15.8
  19. 17SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz
    15.8
  20. 17MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    15.8
  21. 21OldenburgLower Saxony
    15.7
  22. 21Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt
    15.7
  23. 23WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt
    15.6
  24. 23MühlhausenThuringia
    15.6
  25. 23MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt
    15.6
  26. 23HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt
    15.6
  27. 27StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    15.5
  28. 28StendalSaxony-Anhalt
    15.4
  29. 28HamburgHamburg
    15.4
  30. 28BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.4
  31. 31SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    15.3
  32. 31MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.3
  33. 31WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt
    15.3
  34. 34OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    15.2
  35. 34LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    15.2
  36. 34KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg
    15.2
  37. 34Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg
    15.2
  38. 38NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz
    15.1
  39. 38LampertheimHesse
    15.1
  40. 40Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg
    15.0
  41. 41Olpelow-cost sensorsNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.9
  42. 42WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    14.8
  43. 42PassauBavaria
    14.8
  44. 42KasselHesse
    14.8
  45. 42GreizThuringia
    14.8
  46. 42FriesoytheLower Saxony
    14.8
  47. 42BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.8
  48. 48RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    14.7
  49. 48HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.7
  50. 50Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.6
  51. 50MainzRheinland-Pfalz
    14.6
  52. 50AltenburgThuringia
    14.6
  53. 53StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.5
  54. 53KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.5
  55. 53HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein
    14.5
  56. 53DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.5
  57. 53Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg
    14.5
  58. 58KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.4
  59. 58GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.4
  60. 60HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.3
  61. 60EschbornHesse
    14.3
  62. 62KehlBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.2
  63. 62Frankfurt am MainHesse
    14.2
  64. 62EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg
    14.2
  65. 65WeimarThuringia
    14.1
  66. 65WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.1
  67. 65OsnabrückLower Saxony
    14.1
  68. 65LindauBavaria
    14.1
  69. 65EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.1
  70. 65EmdenLower Saxony
    14.1
  71. 65BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    14.1
  72. 72WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg
    14.0
  73. 72MarktredwitzBavaria
    14.0
  74. 72GeraThuringia
    14.0
  75. 75DillingenSaarland
    13.9
  76. 76WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt
    13.8
  77. 76SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.8
  78. 76ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    13.8
  79. 76MunichBavaria
    13.8
  80. 76KöthenSaxony-Anhalt
    13.8
  81. 76JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.8
  82. 82TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg
    13.7
  83. 82Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg
    13.7
  84. 84HannoverLower Saxony
    13.6
  85. 84Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz
    13.6
  86. 84FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg
    13.6
  87. 87LuckenwaldeBrandenburg
    13.5
  88. 87Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg
    13.5
  89. 87BuxtehudeLower Saxony
    13.5
  90. 90NordhausenThuringia
    13.4
  91. 90NauenBrandenburg
    13.4
  92. 90Limburg an der LahnHesse
    13.4
  93. 90CottbusBrandenburg
    13.4
  94. 90BurghausenBavaria
    13.4
  95. 95ErfurtThuringia
    13.3
  96. 96KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz
    13.2
  97. 96DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.2
  98. 96CuxhavenLower Saxony
    13.2
  99. 99PotsdamBrandenburg
    13.1
  100. 99AugsburgBavaria
    13.1
  101. 99AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    13.1
  102. 102IngolstadtBavaria
    13.0
  103. 102HildesheimLower Saxony
    13.0
  104. 102GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern
    13.0
  105. 102Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg
    13.0
  106. 106Rüsselsheim am MainHesse
    12.9
  107. 106NeuruppinBrandenburg
    12.9
  108. 106Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg
    12.9
  109. 106Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.9
  110. 106AalenBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.9
  111. 111WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.8
  112. 111NurembergBavaria
    12.8
  113. 111Füssenlow-cost sensorsBavaria
    12.8
  114. 111BraunschweigLower Saxony
    12.8
  115. 115SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.7
  116. 115SaarbrückenSaarland
    12.7
  117. 115MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.7
  118. 115FreilassingBavaria
    12.7
  119. 115BensheimHesse
    12.7
  120. 120KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.6
  121. 120ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein
    12.6
  122. 122WürzburgBavaria
    12.5
  123. 122WilhelmshavenLower Saxony
    12.5
  124. 122MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.5
  125. 122GießenHesse
    12.5
  126. 122FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein
    12.5
  127. 122AnsbachBavaria
    12.5
  128. 128WiesbadenHesse
    12.4
  129. 128JenaThuringia
    12.4
  130. 128GöttingenLower Saxony
    12.4
  131. 131WolfsburgLower Saxony
    12.3
  132. 131Neu-UlmBavaria
    12.3
  133. 131LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg
    12.3
  134. 131EisenachThuringia
    12.3
  135. 131DarmstadtHesse
    12.3
  136. 136WittenbergeBrandenburg
    12.2
  137. 136VölklingenSaarland
    12.2
  138. 136HattersheimHesse
    12.2
  139. 139WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.1
  140. 139WeidenBavaria
    12.1
  141. 139Schwandorf in BayernBavaria
    12.1
  142. 139NeuenhagenBrandenburg
    12.1
  143. 139Hanau am MainHesse
    12.1
  144. 139RiedstadtHesse
    12.1
  145. 145StrausbergBrandenburg
    12.0
  146. 145LingenLower Saxony
    12.0
  147. 145LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    12.0
  148. 145DuderstadtLower Saxony
    12.0
  149. 149WetzlarHesse
    11.9
  150. 149WalsrodeLower Saxony
    11.9
  151. 149BremerhavenBremen
    11.9
  152. 149BambergBavaria
    11.9
  153. 153TrierRheinland-Pfalz
    11.8
  154. 153PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.8
  155. 153PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.8
  156. 153LüneburgLower Saxony
    11.8
  157. 153Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria
    11.8
  158. 153JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.8
  159. 159MichelstadtHesse
    11.7
  160. 159Marburg an der LahnHesse
    11.7
  161. 159HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.7
  162. 159BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.7
  163. 163RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.6
  164. 163FuldaHesse
    11.6
  165. 163FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.6
  166. 163DelmenhorstLower Saxony
    11.6
  167. 163BremenBremen
    11.6
  168. 168TraunreutBavaria
    11.5
  169. 168SalzgitterLower Saxony
    11.5
  170. 170RintelnLower Saxony
    11.4
  171. 170KielSchleswig-Holstein
    11.4
  172. 170KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz
    11.4
  173. 170Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenBaden-Wurttemberg
    11.4
  174. 174KelheimBavaria
    11.3
  175. 175SondershausenThuringia
    11.2
  176. 175Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt
    11.2
  177. 175LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia
    11.2
  178. 178WitzenhausenHesse
    11.1
  179. 178LübeckSchleswig-Holstein
    11.1
  180. 178AschaffenburgBavaria
    11.1
  181. 181OytenLower Saxony
    11.0
  182. 182GroßostheimBavaria
    10.9
  183. 182FalkenseeBrandenburg
    10.9
  184. 184StarnbergBavaria
    10.7
  185. 184LubnjowBrandenburg
    10.7
  186. 184HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.7
  187. 187SuhlThuringia
    10.5
  188. 187GoslarLower Saxony
    10.5
  189. 187Bad WildungenHesse
    10.5
  190. 190UslarLower Saxony
    10.4
  191. 191KleinmachnowBrandenburg
    10.3
  192. 192MeiningenThuringia
    10.2
  193. 193Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.1
  194. 194Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg
    10.0
  195. 195Königstein im TaunusHesse
    9.8
  196. 196BendorfRheinland-Pfalz
    8.4
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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