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Most polluted cities in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

12 measured cities, last 30 days; 0 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Wittenberg at 7.6 µg/m³, #1,091 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.

Schleswig-Holstein: 2 measured citiesBrandenburg: 7 measured citiesMecklenburg-Vorpommern: 6 measured citiesSaxonySaxony-Anhalt: 12 measured citiesThuringia: 6 measured citiesState of BerlinLower Saxony: 26 measured citiesHesse: 16 measured cities#12 Klötze: 5.1 µg/m³#11 Thale: 5.6 µg/m³#10 Halberstadt: 5.8 µg/m³#9 Stendal: 5.9 µg/m³#8 Wernigerode: 6.1 µg/m³#5 Zeitz: 6.5 µg/m³#6 Weißenfels: 6.5 µg/m³#7 Bernburg: 6.5 µg/m³#4 Halle (Saale): 6.7 µg/m³#3 Dessau: 7.0 µg/m³#2 Magdeburg: 7.2 µg/m³#1 Wittenberg: 7.6 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city.
← Wittenberg 0% 0.75%0
Every measured city in Saxony-Anhalt, 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.
  1. 1Wittenberg 0%
  2. 2Magdeburg 0%
  3. 3Dessau 0%
  4. 4Halle (Saale) 0%
  5. 5Zeitz 0%
  6. 5Weißenfels 0%
  7. 5Bernburg 0%
  8. 8Wernigerode 0%
  9. 9Stendal 0%
  10. 10Halberstadt 0%
  11. 11Thalelast full day 3 Oct 0%
  12. 12Klötze 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

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Saxony-Anhalt 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.

City7-day estimateBand
Schönebeck≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Naumburg≈ 14 µg/m³Moderate
Köthen≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Aschersleben≈ 12 µg/m³Moderate
Wolfen≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Sangerhausen≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Staßfurt≈ 12 µg/m³Moderate
Quedlinburg≈ 9 µg/m³Good
Eisleben Lutherstadt≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Zerbst≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Hansestadt Salzwedel≈ 9 µg/m³Moderate
Haldensleben I≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Oschersleben≈ 9 µg/m³Moderate
Blankenburg≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Hettstedt≈ 12 µg/m³Moderate

Bad-air episodes in Saxony-Anhalt

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 Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, PM2.5, last 30 days to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/de/region/saxony-anhalt?w=30d.

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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.