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Most polluted cities in Bavaria, Germany, January 2026
25 cities in Bavaria, Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Kiefersfelden at 24.2 µg/m³, #269 of 2,593 cities in the world. Cleanest: Oberviechtach at 10.1. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.
- 1Kiefersfelden 17%
- 2Munich 17%
- 3Oettingen in Bayern 15%
- 4Landshut 14%
- 5Neu-Ulm 14%
- 6Augsburg 14%
- 7Ingolstadt 10%
- 8Ansbach 10%
- 9Burghausen 10%
- 10Trostberg an der Alz 10%
- 11Elsenfeld 10%
- 12Bamberg 7%
- 13Nuremberg 7%
- 14Würzburg 7%
- 15Bad Windsheim 7%
- 16Lindau 4%
- 17Kempten (Allgäu) 3%
- 18Aschaffenburg 3%
- 19Schwandorf in Bayern 3%
- 20Neustadt an der Donau 3%
- 20Kelheim 3%
- 22Herrsching am Ammersee 3%
- 23Arzberg 0%
- 24Weiden 0%
- 25Oberviechtach 0%
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
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