SmogRank / World / Germany / Hesse / January 2024
Most polluted cities in Hesse, Germany, January 2024
20 cities in Hesse, Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Bensheim at 15.4 µg/m³, #435 of 2,341 cities in the world. Cleanest: Gersfeld at 2.8. 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.
- 1Limburg an der Lahn 10%
- 2Hanau am Main 6%
- 3Frankfurt am Main 6%
- 4Gießen 6%
- 5Fulda 6%
- 6Bebra 6%
- 7Bensheim 3%
- 8Rüsselsheim am Main 3%
- 8Lampertheim 3%
- 10Sulzbach 3%
- 11Darmstadt 3%
- 12Michelstadt 3%
- 13Kassel 3%
- 14Marburg an der Lahn 0%
- 15Wiesbaden 0%
- 16Fürth 0%
- 17Zierenberg 0%
- 18Großalmerode 0%
- 19Glashütten 0%
- 20Gersfeld 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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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Hesse, Germany, PM2.5, January 2024, smogrank.com/de/region/hesse/history/2024-01 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).
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