SmogRank / Germany / Baden-Wurttemberg / Pforzheim
Pforzheim, month by month
Pforzheim has a measured daily mean on 1,067 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 74 US AQI (21.3 µg/m³), 467th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2023, at 22 US AQI (3.9 µg/m³).
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
10 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2023 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2023 | 1 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 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.
Pforzheim's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 7421.3 µg/m³ | 467thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| January 2026 | 6516.4 µg/m³ | 670thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| March 2025 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 1,126thof 2,862 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| January 2024 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 678thof 2,385 | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 Western Europe, January 2024 |
| February 2023 | 5611.9 µg/m³ | 547thof 1,129 | Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023 |
| March 2026 | 5611.8 µg/m³ | 1,252ndof 2,971 | – |
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.
Pforzheim's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2025 | 13549.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | 13147.5 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 12946.7 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 12244.0 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 11 Jan 2024 | 12143.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024 |
| 1 Jan 2025 | 10537.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 24 December 2024 to 3 January 2025 |
| 14 Feb 2025 | 10436.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 10235.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 9 Feb 2025 | 9834.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | 9633.5 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 11 Jan 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, Pforzheim, Germany, 11 Jan 2023 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/pforzheim/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Pforzheim now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).