SmogRank / Germany / Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Malchow
Malchow, month by month
Malchow has a measured daily mean on 991 days since 14 February 2023. Its worst month was January 2026, at 73 US AQI (20.8 µg/m³), 382nd of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 27 US AQI (4.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 47 US AQI (8.5 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³) in 2024.
Every month since 2023
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
14 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitor, 9 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2026 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 7 with no readings from the monitor, 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Oct 2025 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2025 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 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). |
| Oct 2023 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2023 | 1 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 22 with no readings from the monitor, 7 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jul 2023 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with no readings from the monitor, 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Mar 2023 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 2 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 13 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Malchow's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 7320.8 µg/m³ | 382ndof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2026 | 7019.2 µg/m³ | 584thof 2,866 | Germany, Poland and Czechia, February 2026 Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2025 | 6516.6 µg/m³ | 783rdof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| March 2025 | 6416.1 µg/m³ | 849thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more |
| April 2024 | 6114.6 µg/m³ | 432ndof 2,520 | Europe, March and April 2024 |
| March 2026 | 5913.5 µg/m³ | 1,007thof 2,971 | Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026 Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026 |
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.
Malchow's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 2024 | 226151.0 µg/m³ | Europe, March and April 2024 |
| 31 Mar 2024 | 206131.0 µg/m³ | Europe, March and April 2024 |
| 1 May 2024 | 16474.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 2 Apr 2024 | 16068.7 µg/m³ | Europe, March and April 2024 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 15865.0 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 14252.1 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Mar 2025 | 12746.0 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 12445.0 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 2 May 2024 | 12444.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 6 Dec 2023 | 12243.9 µg/m³ | Europe, December 2023 |
Daily means, the highest since 14 Feb 2023; 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, Malchow, Germany, 14 Feb 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/malchow/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Malchow now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).