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Most polluted cities in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
27 measured cities, this year; 27 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Mannheim at 11.1 µg/m³, #800 in the world.
About 14.1K people in these 2 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day so far this year.
Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.
Cities coloured by their PM2.5 over the last 24 hours. Fires, smoke and ash: Oct 5, the newest UTC day mapped.
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
Estimated: cities without a monitor
Baden-Wurttemberg cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.
| City | 7-day estimate |
|---|---|
| Esslingen | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Konstanz | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Sindelfingen | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Schwäbisch Gmünd | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Offenburg | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Göppingen | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Waiblingen | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Lahr | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Heidenheim an der Brenz | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Leonberg | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Ravensburg | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Rastatt | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Bruchsal | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Singen | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Lörrach | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Albstadt | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Böblingen | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Fellbach | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Bietigheim-Bissingen | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Weinheim | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Rottenburg | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Schorndorf | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Leinfelden-Echterdingen | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Nürtingen | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Kirchheim unter Teck | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Backnang | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Ettlingen | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Sinsheim | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Crailsheim | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Tuttlingen | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Rheinfelden | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Balingen | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Herrenberg | ≈ 9 µg/m³ |
| Kornwestheim | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Ostfildern | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Weil am Rhein | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Radolfzell | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Bretten | ≈ 8 µg/m³ |
| Winnenden | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Gaggenau | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
Bad-air episodes in Baden-Wurttemberg
- Germany, Belgium and 2 more countries, August 202615 to 17 August 2026, 3 days27 cities76 µg/m³peak, Vielsalm
- Europe, 18 to 25 March 20268 days430 cities136 µg/m³peak, Łask
- Europe, 1 to 12 March 202612 days532 cities109 µg/m³peak, Radomsko
- Europe, January and February 202612 January to 12 February 2026, 32 days625 cities252 µg/m³peak, Travnik
- Germany and France, January 20266 January 2026, 1 day15 cities34 µg/m³peak, Speyer
- Europe, December 2025 to January 202625 December 2025 to 2 January 2026, 9 days189 cities110 µg/m³peak, Kempten (Allgäu)
Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.
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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/de/region/baden-wurttemberg?w=year.
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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.