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Most polluted cities in Bavaria, Germany

21 measured cities, this year; 21 above the WHO annual guideline. Worst: Landshut at 10.8 µg/m³, #845 in the world.

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.

Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.

← Munich 2% 1.5%0

Every measured city in Bavaria, Germany, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.

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

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Bavaria 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	Band
Regensburg	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Fürth	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Erlangen	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Bayreuth	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Rosenheim	≈ 18 µg/m³	Moderate
Schweinfurt	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Hof	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Amberg	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Straubing	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Memmingen	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Freising	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Kaufbeuren	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Coburg	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Germering	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Dachau	≈ 16 µg/m³	Moderate
Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Schwabach	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Fürstenfeldbruck	≈ 16 µg/m³	Moderate
Erding	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Deggendorf	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Forchheim	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Friedberg	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Unterschleißheim	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Neuburg an der Donau	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Königsbrunn	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Kulmbach	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Landsberg am Lech	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Lauf an der Pegnitz	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Zirndorf	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Roth	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Waldkraiburg	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Herzogenaurach	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Olching	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Starnberg	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Weilheim	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Geretsried	≈ 17 µg/m³	Moderate
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	≈ 15 µg/m³	Moderate
Neusäß	≈ 14 µg/m³	Moderate
Senden	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate

Bad-air episodes in Bavaria

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 Bavaria, Germany, PM2.5, this year to 6 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC, smogrank.com/de/region/bavaria?w=year.

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Updated 2026-10-06 22:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.