SmogRank / Germany / Schleswig-Holstein / Lauenburg
Lauenburg, month by month
Lauenburg has a measured daily mean on 767 days since 29 January 2024. Its worst month was January 2026, at 71 US AQI (20.1 µg/m³), 420th of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 19 US AQI (3.4 µg/m³).
Every month since 2024
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
8 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 13 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 7 with no readings from the monitor, 10 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Oct 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitor, 14 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with no readings from the monitor, 6 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Feb 2024 | 20 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 3 with no readings from the monitor, 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 with readings left out by our checks, 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Jan 2024 | 3 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Lauenburg's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 7120.1 µg/m³ | 420thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2026 | 6717.7 µg/m³ | 651stof 2,866 | Germany, Poland and Czechia, February 2026 Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2025 | 6516.7 µg/m³ | 777thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| March 2025 | 6416.0 µg/m³ | 860thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more |
| March 2026 | 5611.7 µg/m³ | 1,272ndof 2,971 | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
| November 2024 | 529.8 µg/m³ | 890thof 2,624 | Europe, November 2024 |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Lauenburg's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Jan 2026 | 16575.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | 12946.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Mar 2025 | 12846.4 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 12344.4 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 13 Feb 2025 | 10938.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 6 Feb 2026 | 10637.5 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 4 Mar 2024 | 10537.1 µg/m³ | Europe, February and March 2024 |
| 9 Nov 2024 | 10436.6 µg/m³ | Europe, November 2024 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | 10035.4 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 31 Mar 2024 | 9935.1 µg/m³ | Europe, March and April 2024 |
Daily means, the highest since 29 Jan 2024; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Lauenburg, Germany, 29 Jan 2024 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/lauenburg/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Lauenburg now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).