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Merseburg, month by month

Merseburg has a measured daily mean on 489 days since 5 February 2025. Its worst month was January 2026, at 80 US AQI (24.4 µg/m³), 264th of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 27 US AQI (4.9 µg/m³).

Every month since 2025

202554 for the year260 days measured815th of 2,681 in the world
Each square is a month's mean PM2.5 in US AQI from Merseburg's measured days, with its place on that month's world ranking under it. A month has a mean once 70% of its days are measured, the rule the monthly rankings use; under that, the square gives the days measured. Each square opens that month's ranking with Merseburg marked; each year, the year's. A dashed square is the running month, so far.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

4 months
MonthWhy
Jun 202610 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Jun 202516 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Mar 202519 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.
Feb 202519 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 5 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks.

A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.

Merseburg's worst months

MonthUS AQIDays measuredWorld rankEpisode
January 2026 8024.4 µg/m³27 of 31264thof 2,617Europe, January and February 2026
Europe, December 2025 to January 2026
February 2026 7220.5 µg/m³24 of 28536thof 2,866Europe, January and February 2026
March 2026 6315.6 µg/m³31 of 31793rdof 2,971Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026
December 2025 5611.6 µg/m³29 of 311,026thof 3,006Europe, December 2025 to January 2026
April 2025 5310.1 µg/m³28 of 301,145thof 2,951–
November 2025 529.6 µg/m³27 of 301,120thof 2,715–

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.

Merseburg's worst days

DayUS AQIEpisode
6 Feb 2026 184102.0 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
25 Jan 2026 16676.8 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
24 Jan 2026 16575.3 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
13 Feb 2025 15663.2 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
10 Mar 2025 15257.3 µg/m³Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025
10 Feb 2025 15156.0 µg/m³Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025
9 Mar 2025 14754.1 µg/m³Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025
23 Jan 2026 14252.3 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
4 Feb 2026 14252.1 µg/m³Europe, January and February 2026
11 Mar 2025 13649.9 µg/m³Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025

Daily means, the highest since 5 Feb 2025; 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.

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SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Merseburg, Germany, 5 Feb 2025 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/merseburg/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).

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Merseburg 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).