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Most polluted cities in Lower Saxony, Germany, February 2026

27 cities in Lower Saxony, Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 28 days. Worst: Oldenburg at 20.0 µg/m³, #563 of 2,841 cities in the world. Cleanest: Braunlage at 3.6. 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.

← Oldenburg 20% 15%0

Every city in Lower Saxony, Germany ranked for February 2026, 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.

1Oldenburg
20%
2Bösel
20%
3Hannover
16%
4Wolfsburg
12%
5Braunschweig
12%
6Goslar
12%
7Walsrode
9%
8Salzgitter
9%
9Hildesheim
8%
10Lüchow
8%
11Osnabrück
8%
12Rinteln
8%
13Lingen
8%
14Emden
4%
15Jork
4%
16Lüneburg
4%
17Wittingen
4%
18Göttingen
4%
19Oyten
4%
20Otterndorf
0%
21Norderney
0%
22Ritterhude
0%
23Wilhelmshaven
0%
24Duderstadt
0%
25Lemwerder
0%
26Uslar
0%
27Braunlage
0%

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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Lower Saxony, Germany, PM2.5, February 2026, smogrank.com/de/region/lower-saxony/history/2026-02 (accessed 7 Oct 2026).

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