SmogRank / Germany / Saxony-Anhalt / Thale
Thale, month by month
Thale has a measured daily mean on 960 days since 14 February 2023. Its worst month was January 2026, at 65 US AQI (16.6 µg/m³), 652nd of 2,617 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2023, at 16 US AQI (2.9 µg/m³).
Every month since 2023
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
Months without a mean, and why
14 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 16 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 7 with no readings from the monitor, 7 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2025 | 10 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 7 with no readings from the monitor, 13 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2025 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Oct 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitor, 28 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitor, 16 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Mar 2024 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with no readings from the monitor, 9 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Feb 2024 | 19 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 3 with no readings from the monitor, 6 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Oct 2023 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with no readings from the monitor, 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2023 | 2 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 21 with no readings from the monitor, 7 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2023 | No day measured. The others: 31 with no readings from the monitor. |
| Jul 2023 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 with no readings from the monitor, 1 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Mar 2023 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 1 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 20 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
| Feb 2023 | 2 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 13 missing from OpenAQ's archive. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Thale's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 6516.6 µg/m³ | 652ndof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| February 2025 | 6013.7 µg/m³ | 933rdof 2,633 | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| February 2026 | 5812.7 µg/m³ | 955thof 2,866 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| March 2026 | 5511.0 µg/m³ | 1,423rdof 2,971 | – |
| May 2023 | 468.2 µg/m³ | 885thof 1,600 | – |
| June 2023 | 468.2 µg/m³ | 1,076thof 1,603 | – |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Thale's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jan 2026 | 15967.1 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 15155.5 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 4 Feb 2026 | 12344.6 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 12344.4 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 12143.7 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 30 Jan 2026 | 11742.1 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 13 Feb 2025 | 11139.5 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 1 Feb 2026 | 10336.3 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | 10235.9 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 11 Feb 2025 | 9935.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 14 Feb 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Thale, Germany, 14 Feb 2023 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/thale/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Thale now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).