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Most polluted cities in Lower Saxony, Germany, August 2026

26 cities in Lower Saxony, Germany ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Bösel at 6.8 µg/m³, #2,148 of 2,866 cities in the world. Cleanest: Oyten at 4.6. 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.

← Bösel 0% 0.75%0

Every city in Lower Saxony, Germany ranked for August 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.

1Bösel
0%
2Oldenburg
0%
3Göttingen
0%
4Hannover
0%
5Walsrode
0%
5Hildesheim
0%
7Salzgitter
0%
7Osnabrück
0%
7Jork
0%
10Wolfsburg
0%
11Duderstadt
0%
11Braunschweig
0%
11Lemwerder
0%
14Lüneburg
0%
15Lingen
0%
15Emden
0%
17Norderney
0%
17Lüchow
0%
19Otterndorf
0%
20Rinteln
0%
21Ritterhude
0%
21Braunlage
0%
23Uslar
0%
24Goslar
0%
25Wilhelmshaven
0%
25Oyten
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, August 2026, smogrank.com/de/region/lower-saxony/history/2026-08 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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